Mixed species exhibits #2

Mixed species.......

I would worry about quail and armadillos together. Armadillos eat most things.
 
jbnbsn99 said:
Armadillos really aren't good display animals in any exhibit.
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I'd be inclined to disagree; Big Hairy Armadillo can be pretty active and showy when I have seen them in mixed exhibits.
 
Here's a couple more I'm wondering about:

Squirrel monkey and coati?
Peccary and storks?
or possibly peccary and coati?
 
Batto said:
Works at the zoos of Plzen and Schwerin, among others.
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Always wondered about the potential of mixing peccaries and coati. Although both coatis and peccaries could be aggressive to other spp, one would expect them to largely avoid each other by utilising different parts of an exhibit. Do you know whether both are in breeding situations at Plzen and Schwerin?
 
Are they any zoos in the states that currently mix baboons with anything besides Bronx?
 
Safaripark Beekse Bergen in The Netherlands has hamadryas baboon with their african elephants.

Edit nevermind you asked about the states.
 
Does anyone know of any mixed exhibits with Penguins and mammals. The only one I can think of is an exhibit in Omaha that has penguins in the moat of the giraffe exhibit. Anything with Hyrax or other small mammals?
 
There are two exhibits that I have seen that mix penguins with Pinnipeds.
The one that I think jbnbsn99 is thinking about is the one at Artis, Amsterdam, Netherlands (unless there is another one in Germany as well?) which mixes African Penguins with Californian Sea Lions.
I have also seen a mixed exhibit at Budapest Zoo with Common Seals and African Penguins.
 
LaughingDove said:
The one that I think jbnbsn99 is thinking about is the one at Artis, Amsterdam, Netherlands (unless there is another one in Germany as well?) which mixes African Penguins with Californian Sea Lions..
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Worth mentioning that the sea lions in Artis are a female-only group. I suspect male sea lions would be problematic as they tend to take larger prey, including occasional sea birds of a decent size. Some of the southern sea lion species have a similar gender pattern and actually include penguins in their diet. The same can be seen in fur seals. Additionally, the penguins in Artis are a bachelor group. Breeding penguins would likely be disturbed by sea lions and vulnerable juveniles could potentially fall prey even to female sea lions. So, this mix should work fine, but probably has its clear limits in terms of sexes of the two species.
 
Interesting, thanks. I know I asked about mammals but i wonder if sea turtles would work as well?
 
Sea turtles are mixed with fish in many aquariums around the world, ranging from small reef fish to large sharks and rays. There are some variations depending on the exact species (e.g., hawksbill may take smaller fish if it can catch them, green doesn't) and keeping them with large bull or tiger sharks would be a very bad idea. I don't remember any exhibits where aquatic mammals have been mixed with sea turtles, but presume dugong would be unproblematic, whereas dolphins and pinnipeds would cause problems (at least stress and sea turtles don't handle that well).
 
temp said:
Sea turtles are mixed with fish in many aquariums around the world, ranging from small reef fish to large sharks and rays. There are some variations depending on the exact species (e.g., hawksbill may take smaller fish if it can catch them, green doesn't) and keeping them with large bull or tiger sharks would be a very bad idea. I don't remember any exhibits where aquatic mammals have been mixed with sea turtles, but presume dugong would be unproblematic, whereas dolphins and pinnipeds would cause problems (at least stress and sea turtles don't handle that well).
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I saw marine turtles mixed with small-clawed otters at the aquarium on Sentosa Island back in 2006 (or 2004? I can't remember which year). Seemed like a thoroughly stupid idea to me (and the enclosure itself was pretty small as well).
 
It doesn't seem like the penguins would mess with the turtles all that much like a curious otter, dolphin, or pinniped would. Thoughts?
 
Even if disregarding possible stress and alike, the key word is temperature. Most sea turtles are tropical with only short visits to slightly "colder" oceans. Even the "warmer" water penguins (Spheniscus and little blue) actually inhabit quite cold water where sea turtles wouldn't survive long term. If you've visited the Galápagos there's a good chance you saw both green sea turtles and Galápagos penguins, but this is misleading: The turtles stay in the warmer bays of the islands and the penguins in places directly influenced by the cold Humboldt Current. It's the same current that gave the name to the Humboldt penguins of the South American mainland, while African penguins rely on the equally cold Benguela Current. The only real long term overlap in temperature would be with leatherback sea turtle. Keeping the highly oceanic leatherback in captivity is unfortunately virtually impossible and for that reason you don't see it in captivity anywhere.

Many places keep penguins in freshwater and for the most part this works ok, but there is a slow move towards saltwater due to health concerns. You could potentially mix some of the hardy freshwater turtles (e.g., pond slider) with penguins in freshwater, but that would be a very odd mix to say the least. This would bring up a whole range of issues. For example, freshwater turtles have a very rich bacterial flora in their feces and penguins kept in freshwater are more susceptible to infections.
 
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What Us-Zoos keep Yellow-backed Duikers in Mixed exhibts ( I think, most holders of them do), and in what combinations ? Bongo and Okapi could be the most, San Francicso keeps them in the Savannah exhibit with Giraffe, zebra and other antelope, correct ? Sacramento with Sitatunga ?

Are there other combianions ?
 
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