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They didn’t have any back in the 70’s, but not sure about before that.[/QUOTE]
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im only 10 so i did not know like when i was a baby i used to see the bears and big cats and i still go i wish that they still have rhinos if they did have them because my dad was born in 1983 he said that they were near the giraffes and zebras but this one can you please awnser did they have hippos i dont mean the pygmy ones i mean the huge ones at werribee if they did were that near the elephants or where were they
 
Luca Coleiro said:
i have a question did melbourne zoo have rhinos if did can i see a picture of it and when did they leave if they had pleasssssse im begging
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Jambo said:
Melbourne haven’t had rhinos for a long long time (if they have at all).

They didn’t have any back in the 70’s, but not sure about before that.
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Rhinoceros:

Melbourne Zoo have held rhinoceros before:

A two year old was imported in 1915. It was noted to be the first rhinoceros in Australia.

They received a five year old male named Peter in 1950 (donated by Sir Edward Hallstrom. He was captured in Tanganyika (Tanzania) and cost £4000.

Due to the price, rhinos weren’t common across our region’s zoos. Other species were cheaper; and expensive species like elephants at least had the potential to earn their keep.

Common hippopotamus:

Melbourne Zoo housed Common hippopotamus until 1982, when they were transferred to Werribee Open Range Zoo.

Their exhibit was next to the elephants (bottom right on this map):

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Zoofan15 said:
Rhinoceros:

Melbourne Zoo have held rhinoceros before:

A two year old was imported in 1915. It was noted to be the first rhinoceros in Australia.

They received a five year old male named Peter in 1950 (donated by Sir Edward Hallstrom. He was captured in Tanganyika (Tanzania) and cost £4000.

Due to the price, rhinos weren’t common across our region’s zoos. Other species were cheaper; and expensive species like elephants at least had the potential to earn their keep.

Common hippopotamus:

Melbourne Zoo housed Common hippopotamus until 1982, when they were transferred to Werribee Open Range Zoo.

Their exhibit was next to the elephants (bottom right on this map):

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Map uploaded by @Jambo
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but my dad used to go there and he said he saw river hippos and rhinos and hes only 40 he was born in 1983 and im 10 i used to go there when i was a baby i saw bears tree kangaroos capuchins but that was about 9 or 8 years ago if not 10 and i still go there its sad that they dont have zebras anymore when i went there and i see your comments alot on things on zoochat so yeah
 
Luca Coleiro said:
but my dad used to go there and he said he saw river hippos and rhinos and hes only 40 he was born in 1983 and im 10 i used to go there when i was a baby i saw bears tree kangaroos capuchins but that was about 9 or 8 years ago if not 10 and i still go there its sad that they dont have zebras anymore when i went there and i see your comments alot on things on zoochat so yeah
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Nup. No rhinos in my lifetime and I am over 60. He may be confused with Werribee.
 
Luca Coleiro said:
ok but were there cassowarys then they have them now but are they new or old
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No idea. I’m sure cassowary have come and gone according to the whims of curators and directors.
 
Jambo said:
They have one female at the moment - Zillie. She can be viewed in the former Mandrill enclosure in the Gorilla Rainforest trail.
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i know when i was a baby we used to see mandrils but no cassowaries and where did you get that rhino information can you send it please to me
 
Jambo said:
They have one female at the moment - Zillie. She can be viewed in the former Mandrill enclosure in the Gorilla Rainforest trail.
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will zillie be having friends cuz healsville told me that the casowaries from healsville are at werribee and are coming to melbourne zoo
i just cant wait till the elephants come to werribee i think there will be rhinos in the elephant enclosure like before i saw all of thos about the rhinos should come i said to my dad i think there will be indian rhinos he thinks there will not be because they are at werribee but werribee does not have indian ones and he said because melbourne zoo has only girl giraffes and werribee has boys but melbourne zoo actually has one boy and the rest are girls
 
Luca Coleiro said:
i know when i was a baby we used to see mandrils but no cassowaries and where did you get that rhino information can you send it please to me
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The rhino information is just what I know, from past maps ect.

The last mandrill died back in 2017.
Luca Coleiro said:
will zillie be having friends cuz healsville told me that the casowaries from healsville are at werribee and are coming to melbourne zoo
i just cant wait till the elephants come to werribee i think there will be rhinos in the elephant enclosure like before i saw all of thos about the rhinos should come i said to my dad i think there will be indian rhinos he thinks there will not be because they are at werribee but werribee does not have indian ones and he said because melbourne zoo has only girl giraffes and werribee has boys but melbourne zoo actually has one boy and the rest are girls
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Zillie won't be getting any companions to my knowledge. They're usually a solitary species. There are also no cassowary at Werribee at the moment.

Werribee have a bachelor group of Giraffe, Melbourne have one male and two females; a young breeding pair and a middle aged female.
 
Jambo said:
The rhino information is just what I know, from past maps ect.

The last mandrill died back in 2017.

Zillie won't be getting any companions to my knowledge. They're usually a solitary species. There are also no cassowary at Werribee at the moment.

Werribee have a bachelor group of Giraffe, Melbourne have one male and two females; a young breeding pair and a middle aged female.
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i know they left in 2017 but i did not know he died or she but then that was when alot of the animals were going like the bears and the bongos and capuchins and more
 
Jambo said:
The rhino information is just what I know, from past maps ect.

The last mandrill died back in 2017.

Zillie won't be getting any companions to my knowledge. They're usually a solitary species. There are also no cassowary at Werribee at the moment.

Werribee have a bachelor group of Giraffe, Melbourne have one male and two females; a young breeding pair and a middle aged female.
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i was only 4 when the last one died because i was born in 2013
 
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