Mixed species exhibit ideas

[15399]

Would these work out?

1. Rabbits + Peccaries

2.Nenes + Hawaiian Crows

For peccaries and rabbits, I think this would work from an aggression/diet standpoint, although depending on what type of rabbit you are talking, husbandry might not be compatible. You'd need to specify more in order to know if it would work or not.

 

[The Cassowary]

The geese would harass a Koala too much. You'd be better off with the crows.

Koloa, AKA Hawaiian duck (Anas wyvilliana), not koala.

 

[Zooguy32]

Could a large wetland aviary with lesser flamingo, pink-backed pelican, African darter, black heron, Goliath heron, hamerkop, shoebill, African spoonbill, African sacred ibis, hadada ibis, Egyptian plover, malachite kingfisher, knob-billed duck, African pygmy goose, Egyptian goose, white-faced whistling duck, Hottentot teal, and African black duck work? Could it be a walkthrough?

Shoebill are best kept alone, they can be aggressive to the other birds.

 

[15399]

Koloa, AKA Hawaiian duck (Anas wyvilliana), not koala.

Sorry. My bad. Misread what you wrote. Hawaiian Ducks with Nene makes a lot more sense than koalas with nene.

 

[15399]

Would poison dart frogs and Amazon milk frogs work in the same exhibit?

 

[chaotic_froggie]

Could I keep dusky langur in a rainforest building with birds and small mammals like squirrels, cuscus, mouse deer and porcupine?

Could I also keep talapoin in a walkthrough rainforest aviary?

 

[Noah Butas]

Could ducks go with penguins and terns?

 

[15399]

Could I also keep talapoin in a walkthrough rainforest aviary?

The humans and talapoin mixed would be a problem.

 

[pan troglodytes]

Could ducks go with penguins and terns?

Magellanic steamer ducks can be mixed with penguins, don’t see why the terns would be a problem, except for duckling predation maybe.

 

[15399]

Magellanic steamer ducks can be mixed with penguins, don’t see why the terns would be a problem, except for duckling predation maybe.

Inca terns are small though, no way they could kill a duckling.

 

[pan troglodytes]

Inca terns are small though, no way they could kill a duckling.

Tern species wasn’t specified, although I’m not sure they’re too small to do any damage..

 

[Noah Butas]

What about this

King Penguin
Chinstrap Penguin
South American Tern
Southern Rockhopper Penguin
Macaroni Penguin
South Georgia Pintail

 

[15399]

Tern species wasn’t specified, although I’m not sure they’re too small to do any damage..

The AZA Avian SAG's Inca Tern guide (its the only tern species the AZA manages) suggests a fish-based diet supplemented with insects and pinkie mice. Pinkie mice and insects are substantially smaller than a duckling. Inca Terns are most certainty too small to do any damage to the ducks. According to the same exact guide, it lists the types of animals Inca terns have been mixed with in the past- and includes some species or groups of species much smaller than steamer ducks.

 

[red river hog]

Would poison dart frogs and Amazon milk frogs work in the same exhibit?

Yes, I've seen this mix before, specifically with Green-and-black Poison Dart Frogs.

 

[Chatt Wolf]

Southern Masked Weaver 72 / Violet-backed Starling 5

Namaqua Dove 6 / Lilac-breasted Roller 3

Yes or No?

 

[chaotic_froggie]

Could Gelada and Ethiopian Wolf work? I know they coexist well in the wild but would it work in an exhibit?

 

[red river hog]

Southern Masked Weaver 72 / Violet-backed Starling 5

Namaqua Dove 6 / Lilac-breasted Roller 3

Yes or No?

Yes, I think both of those would work.

 

[15399]

Could Gelada and Ethiopian Wolf work? I know they coexist well in the wild but would it work in an exhibit?

One problem with this is the fact no zoos keep Ethiopian wolves.

 

[chaotic_froggie]

One problem with this is the fact no zoos keep Ethiopian wolves.

Yes, but if there were would it work?

 

[Noah Butas]

Yes, but if there were would it work?

I think the wolves would have stress on the geladas