Mixed species exhibit ideas

Van Beal said:
Another mix I have in mind to ask about is mixing either Rhinoceros or Wreathed Hornbill with Green Peafowl Pavo muticus, White-breasted Wood Swallow Artamus leucorynchus, Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica, and Spotted Laughingthrush Garrulax ocellatus?
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Yeah, mix would be great enrichment for the hornbill, they get live prey
 
I worry my suggestion might sound completely idiotic (and if it is I do apologize :oops:) but would Malayan Tapir and Dhole be able to mix peacefully?
 
Van Beal said:
Cool. After I posted this I did some research and it did say that dhole, alongside tigers, are one of the only threats a tapir faces in the wild.
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A good thing to remember is that even if a predator isn’t naturally known to prey on a given species in the wild (perhaps having other, preferred prey species), confining them together in a relatively small space completely changes the calculus- and pretty much always in favor of the predator
 
I know that there have been mixed enclosures with elephants. But are there any specifics with Male Asian elephants? I have a plan for a male separation enclosure in an Aviary with Hog deer, Painted and Woolly-necked storks, Black-headed ibis, Whistling ducks, Junglefowl and parakeets
 
What about 11000 m2 grassy / dirt exhibit, with a dry moat. It would have multiple raised elongated islands, surrounded by rocks and planted with trees and shrubs, with multiple artificial burrows and hiding holes between and under rocks, holding:
Giraffe (1,6), Hartmann's zebras (1,4), white rhino (1,3), greater kudu (1,6), springbok (0,0,10), ostrich (1,3), dromedary (1,2), warthog (1,1), cape porcupine (1,2), rock hyrax (0,0,8) and zebra mongoose (0,0,10)?

If smaller animals would dig any further burrows, these would be ad-hoc covered with heaps of branches, to prevent larger ungulates from stepping into them.
 
Jurek7 said:
What about 11000 m2 grassy / dirt exhibit, with a dry moat. It would have multiple raised elongated islands, surrounded by rocks and planted with trees and shrubs, with multiple artificial burrows and hiding holes between and under rocks, holding:
Giraffe (1,6), Hartmann's zebras (1,4), white rhino (1,3), greater kudu (1,6), springbok (0,0,10), ostrich (1,3), dromedary (1,2), warthog (1,1), cape porcupine (1,2), rock hyrax (0,0,8) and zebra mongoose (0,0,10)?

If smaller animals would dig any further burrows, these would be ad-hoc covered with heaps of branches, to prevent larger ungulates from stepping into them.
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I'd worry about the Rhinos with the porcupines. The hyraxes or mongooses might be quick enough to avoid them, but porcupines are slow and could get trampled. Even with artificial burrows, porcupines like to lie out in the open
 
Aardwolf said:
A good thing to remember is that even if a predator isn’t naturally known to prey on a given species in the wild (perhaps having other, preferred prey species), confining them together in a relatively small space completely changes the calculus- and pretty much always in favor of the predator
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For instance, the entirely unnatural mix of meerkat and European souslik which was briefly (very briefly) visible at Edinburgh a decade ago :P
 
Next mix (and again, if it's idiotic just say so, but I apologize in advance) is Hippopotamus with Softshell Turtle, Helmeted Turtle, and Patas Monkey/Swamp Monkey

Yes or no?
 
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