Mixed species exhibit ideas

Mr Gharial said:
1 should be fine
2 is three burrowing animals and one foraging animal, the mongooses (mongeese?), foxes and aardvark should all get along. But the hogs would trample and/or dig up the burrows
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I don’t know, bat-eared foxes, and warthogs have been combined in San Diego. And the hog + mongoose combination is done multiple times
 
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What about 1.2 Queensland Koala, 1.2 Tammar Wallaby, 1.1 Australian Wood Duck, 2.2 Masked Lapwing, 1.1 Blue-faced Honeyeater?
 
Neil chace said:
What about 1.2 Queensland Koala, 1.2 Tammar Wallaby, 1.1 Australian Wood Duck, 2.2 Masked Lapwing, 1.1 Blue-faced Honeyeater?
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I know that wallabies and koalas have been kept together, and that wallabies and Australian birds have been kept together, so it should work (afaik).
 
Do you folks think Steller's sea eagles would be good for a mixed species exhibit, or would there be too great a risk of predation? I know they mostly eat fish, but they have also been known to eat birds and small mammals like foxes. Surely, however, a mix with moose might be okay. I'd propose a mix with otters if I knew they'd be safe, but I don't know that they'd be safe.
 
iluvwhales said:
Do you folks think Steller's sea eagles would be good for a mixed species exhibit, or would there be too great a risk of predation? I know they mostly eat fish, but they have also been known to eat birds and small mammals like foxes. Surely, however, a mix with moose might be okay. I'd propose a mix with otters if I knew they'd be safe, but I don't know that they'd be safe.
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I know that they are succesfully mixed with commen raven and black kites in avifauna. So smaler flying active birds would work. Otters and Moose both would be horrible ideas. The otters and eagles could both hurt/kill each other. Mooses would make no sense. And hat the sensetive animals could be spooked by the eagles. And ignoring the danger of the moose killing the eagles on accident. But a aviary big enough for moose is just unrelaistic.
 
GiratinaIsGod said:
I know that they are succesfully mixed with commen raven and black kites in avifauna. So smaler flying active birds would work. Otters and Moose both would be horrible ideas. The otters and eagles could both hurt/kill each other. Mooses would make no sense. And hat the sensetive animals could be spooked by the eagles. And ignoring the danger of the moose killing the eagles on accident. But a aviary big enough for moose is just unrelaistic.
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Birds of Eden Sanctuary in South Africa is believed to be the world's largest current free-flight aviary at 2.3 hectares (5.7 acres), ZooParc de Beauval has a hippo exhibit with netting over it for birds, and Chimelong International Forest Resort is reportedly building the world's largest aviary at 12 hectares (12.3 acres). If aviaries can be measured in acres and can house even hippos, then surely a Russian forest aviary with moose and Steller's sea eagles could make at least geographic sense. Like you said, however, it is a matter of safety for both species, which now I'm aware may not be a guarantee.
 
iluvwhales said:
Birds of Eden Sanctuary in South Africa is believed to be the world's largest current free-flight aviary at 2.3 hectares (5.7 acres), ZooParc de Beauval has a hippo exhibit with netting over it for birds, and Chimelong International Forest Resort is reportedly building the world's largest aviary at 12 hectares (12.3 acres). If aviaries can be measured in acres and can house even hippos, then surely a Russian forest aviary with moose and Steller's sea eagles could make at least geographic sense. Like you said, however, it is a matter of safety for both species, which now I'm aware may not be a guarantee.
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It is definitely possible, although expensive and not easy, to create aviaries that would be large enough to encompass moose paddocks. However, moose and eagles might not be the best combination. But I could see for example moose and different kinds of waterfowl working quite well.
 
iluvwhales said:
Do you folks think Steller's sea eagles would be good for a mixed species exhibit, or would there be too great a risk of predation? I know they mostly eat fish, but they have also been known to eat birds and small mammals like foxes. Surely, however, a mix with moose might be okay. I'd propose a mix with otters if I knew they'd be safe, but I don't know that they'd be safe.
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Doesn't Louisiville Zoo have waterfowl in their sea Eagle exhibit? I feel like I remember something like that from @Moebelle's video.
 
Neil chace said:
Doesn't Louisiville Zoo have waterfowl in their sea Eagle exhibit? I feel like I remember something like that from @Moebelle's video.
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There are two separate aviaries, waterfowl in the foreground and the eagles behind them. However, I did read that the waterfowl can access the eagle's exhibit, but I'm not 100% sure if that's true or not.

Edit: The zoo says they can: Steller’s Sea-Eagle Aviary
 
Bengal Tiger said:
Is there anything that could be kept with tigers? Other than turtles, that is.
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I’ve seen very small fish kept with bears and other big cats, always in an underwater viewing area. This would work well with tigers as they need space to swim.
 
Lol, I know it was a bit of a silly question, but the fact that I saw turtles kept with a tiger at the Nashville Zoo piqued my curiosity.
 
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