Mixed species exhibit ideas

[Olek]

laughing kookaburra, raibow lorikeet, victoria crowned pigeon & zebra finch in a walkthrough aviary??

 

[MOG2012]

laughing kookaburra, raibow lorikeet, victoria crowned pigeon & zebra finch in a walkthrough aviary??

Kookaburras are notoriously aggressive and can eat the smaller birds (and eggs if the animals are breeding). The lorikeets can harass the pigeons.

 

[Mr Gharial]

Kookaburras are notoriously aggressive and can eat the smaller birds (and eggs if the animals are breeding). The lorikeets can harass the pigeons.

Lorikeets and Crowned pigeons work fine in Wildlands, where they have quite a few lorikeets. The mix should work just fine without the Kookaburra

 

[Olek]

laughing kookaburra + short-beaked echidna?

 

[Paul.Haerle]

Would Spider Monkeys and Giant Otters work?
The Spider Monkeys would have seperate space too

 

[MOG2012]

Would Spider Monkeys and Giant Otters work?
The Spider Monkeys would have seperate space too

That combination is just risky as the spider monkeys might be too curious and the otters can be aggressive

 

[MClaeys]

Would a mixed exhibit with kinkajous and collared pekaris work?

 

[MOG2012]

Would a mixed exhibit with kinkajous and collared pekaris work?

Not really, the kinkajous might get stressed and both can be aggressive/territorial

 

[Paul.Haerle]

That combination is just risky as the spider monkeys might be too curious and the otters can be aggressive

Would Howler Monkeys work instead

 

[MOG2012]

Would Howler Monkeys work instead

I wouldn’t recommend mixing Giant otters with anything but that’s just my opinion (it’s very risky)

 

[Persephone]

laughing kookaburra + short-beaked echidna?

Brookfield Zoo Chicago does it. The kookaburras usually look displeased by the surprisingly active echidnas, but I’ve never seen actual aggression.

 

[Iguana_Cabana]

Would sand tiger sharks, Atlantic devil rays, and smalltooth sawfish be a good mix?

 

[Van Beal]

laughing kookaburra + short-beaked echidna?

From what I've heard, anything larger than a mouse or small bird would work with kookaburras, having seen a pair kept with woylie in person.

 

[MOG2012]

Would sand tiger sharks, Atlantic devil rays, and smalltooth sawfish be a good mix?

That would be an interesting Gulf of Mexico enclosure but the sawfish can be aggressive and the devil rays are prone to stress. It would just have to be very large (you could add more fish too)

 

[BenFoxster]

Does anyone know if the Columbus Zoo still mixes bonobos and red river hogs?

 

[Austin the Sengi]

If maintained between a size-appropriate enclosure and appropriately-paired individuals. Could two or more species of crane and/or stork peacefully coexist in the same space?

Examples:

• Demoiselle Crane with other “Asian Cranes”*
• Yellow-Billed Stork with Grey-Crowned Crane

*White-Naped, Red-Crowned (Japanese), etc.

 

[LadyA91]

If maintained between a size-appropriate enclosure and appropriately-paired individuals. Could two or more species of crane and/or stork peacefully coexist in the same space?

Examples:

• Demoiselle Crane with other “Asian Cranes”*
• Yellow-Billed Stork with Grey-Crowned Crane

*White-Naped, Red-Crowned (Japanese), etc.

The Houston Zoo has Yellow-Billed Storks with Grey-Crowned Cranes in the Africa savanna aviary in birds of the world exhibit.

 

[Austin the Sengi]

@LadyA91, do we know the numbers of each species and how well they get along?

 

[Mr Gharial]

If maintained between a size-appropriate enclosure and appropriately-paired individuals. Could two or more species of crane and/or stork peacefully coexist in the same space?

Examples:

• Demoiselle Crane with other “Asian Cranes”*
• Yellow-Billed Stork with Grey-Crowned Crane

*White-Naped, Red-Crowned (Japanese), etc.

Pairi Daiza holds Demoiselle and White-naped crane together

White naped cranes (Antigone vipio) and Demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo), 2020-09-03 - ZooChat

 

[MClaeys]

Would this South African savannah work? Hartmann’s mountain zebras, greater kudu, springbok, southern white rhinocerosses.

And would this work? Giant anteaters, capybaras and black howler monkeys.