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A naming competition is being held to name the male lion cub:
The choices are:
1. Roc
2. King
3. Tyson
4. Ari
VOTE | Name Mogo Zoo's latest little cub!
Apparently they were shortlisted from names suggested by listeners of the radio station linked above.
Roc is arguably the best of the bunch, but they’re all pretty bad. Ari is Hebrew for lion; so before I complain at the lack of African names, perhaps I should be grateful at least for the absence of Simba.
I will post in the lion population thread once the name has been selected.
A naming competition is being held to name the male lion cub:
The choices are:
1. Roc
2. King
3. Tyson
4. Ari
VOTE | Name Mogo Zoo's latest little cub!
Apparently they were shortlisted from names suggested by listeners of the radio station linked above.
Roc is arguably the best of the bunch, but they’re all pretty bad. Ari is Hebrew for lion; so before I complain at the lack of African names, perhaps I should be grateful at least for the absence of Simba.
I will post in the lion population thread once the name has been selected.
Ari's the best name for me out of those options, although all are pretty terrible choices. At least the name Ari, is a name sort of linked to lions. Tyson's a pretty general name. Roc's decent at best, and King well...that's the most common lion name you could get aside from Simba.
It's a male and he's been named Mshangoa (pronounced Shango), meaning surprise.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CeQh75tAN9I/
Are they in the former lion enclosure opposite the rhinos?
That sounds likely, but the only mention of hyena at Mogo has come from a visitor's FB post @Patrick Keegan found that offered no elaboration beyond the zoo having a hyena.
Thanks to @akasha, we've since learnt the hyena is a male named Cheka from Altina and that they'll be receiving a female shortly.
Wasn't that enclosure the White Lion enclosure? Since when was it uninhabited?
It’s always great to see more holders of a species. The more holders, the bigger the population; and the bigger the population, the more sustainable we become as a region.
It might seem like an effort to import; but if zoos can see the bigger picture of creating a sustainable population, then the imports needed become a lot less frequent - with pairings often able to be made within the region.
The sibling pair of white lions were moved just over 6 months ago, they’re still at the zoo but now living in the lion enclosure at the top of the zoo that has sat empty for a while (next to where the red pandas are)
Oh the one next to the tigers?
It would make sense then that Cheka has moved into their former enclosure.
I visited Mogo today, and I can confirm that Cheka is indeed housed in the former white lion enclosure near the rhinos, which is a rather spacious exhibit for him.
I also believe that G-Anne is still being housed alone in the moated exhibit. She was in there on her own (albeit with quite a large group of wild ducks) and the doors to the next-door exhibit (the glassed exhibit) appeared to be all closed. I didn't speak to any keepers, so this is just based on observation. In the glassed exhibit, I saw the silverback and one female (that being said, those gorillas were mostly sleeping, so there may have been multiple females out in the exhibit and I just didn't spot them).
It was a beautiful sunny day. As I purchased a membership, I received a discount on the giraffe feed, which was a lovely opportunity to see Mogo's giraffe group up close and feed Tuli, who was born at the zoo and herself has bred there.
Thanks for the update @Abbey.
It sounds like the silverback is being kept with Kriba (1979) and Kipenzi (2011); seperate from G-Ann (1979). She was previously separated for medical reasons and has presumably recovered, but perhaps has proved difficult to reintegrate. If this is the case, this isn’t ideal for the main troop, which could be reduced to a single female upon the death of Kriba, who is now 43 years old.
Hopefully new female gorillas can be imported for the region in the near future, with Melbourne also in need of new females.
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That's good to hear from @marmolady that the situation with G-Anne, while orthodox, works for her. I was back at Mogo again today and saw both Kriba and Kipenzi in the glassed exhibit with the silverback Kisane.
Exciting news from a keeper on the giraffe front also, that the female Tuli is pregnant again following the birth of her last calf 0.1 Matilda on 26/01/2021. I didn't confirm when she is due; I got the impression that the birth is anticipated soon but not 100% sure.
Finally, Telo the young female Javan Gibbon is a real crowd pleaser! She's still pretty small, but fairly independent moving around the exhibit and super cute.
Exciting news from a keeper on the giraffe front also, that the female Tuli is pregnant again following the birth of her last calf 0.1 Matilda on 26/01/2021. I didn't confirm when she is due; I got the impression that the birth is anticipated soon but not 100% sure.
Finally, Telo the young female Javan Gibbon is a real crowd pleaser! She's still pretty small, but fairly independent moving around the exhibit and super cute.
Not sure if you have an further visits to Mogo planned, but would love to know what their breeding plans are for the gorilla troop. A couple of years ago, they were attempting to breed from Kriba, which unsurprisingly given her age, hasn’t resulted in an infant. I’d be interested to know if they’ve since taken Kipenzi off contraception and are planning to breed from her.
She was quite like that at Melbourne too. Always rather distant from the rest of the group. She was only really close with Julia, but even so Julia was always doing her own thing.
It's good to know G Anne's enjoying her retirement at Mogo though.
Unfortunately I don't have another visit planned at this stage, but I now have a membership (and a second home base in Canberra), so if I do, I'll try to ask! I found out about Tuli's pregnancy through the giraffe feed, so that was great.
