Most "disapointing" animals

[Lafone]

I've never really been disappointed by an animal. I think they're all fascinating in their own ways, and often reality is more amazing than what I could've imagined. I find it an unexpected, but pleasant surprise, if a species is a lot smaller or larger than I previously thought.

The only thing that could be disappointing is a lack of color or alternate plumages, often for juvenile or female birds, but even then there is enough to subtly appreciate.

Am in the same camp and not really bothered if an animal is asleep or what have you, I can always come back or just go and see something else. I find it a privilege to be able to see much of what I can see in captivity in great settings and more often than not for me it's a wow. But then I also do wildlife / wild bird watching and photography and if I was anticipating being disappointed if something was not what I expected or didn't do something I wanted to capture, I'd never go out!

 

[gentle lemur]

That one curled up in the back coner! It was exactly the same last time I came to the zoo!

 

[Canihelpyou?]

For me, tarsier. I didn't even realise it was a tarsier until i was home putting the scientific name in my zoo documentation.

 

[biggest_dreamer]

The only time I've ever seen aardvark, I only got to see its back feet and tail sticking out of a faux log. Kind of disappointing that my only time seeing such a unique and relatively iconic species is super memorable for the exact wrong reason. Nothing against the animal or the zoo (Lincoln Park), of course, just bad luck.

 

[DaLilFishie]

I have particularly bad luck with the otters at the OdySea Aquarium in Scottsdale. I’ve been to that aquarium three times now, and have never once seen them swimming.

Really? Every time I've seen ASCOs, they've been very active. On my most recent visit to Osaka Aquarium, I even saw one catch and decapitate one of the Ayu (a freshwater fish) kept in the same enclosure.

 

[Daktari JG]

Truthfully I have a pretty good idea what to expect from any animals I've never seen before.
I also know that timing is essential for many many species as far as activity (primarily feeding time). But I am very disappointed when I don't see an animal that I have not seen before that is supposed to be there. but is not.

 

[Wildlife Watcher]

The only animal I've seen in zoos that has ever disappointed me is humans.

Such a loud and poorly-behaved species

 

[biggest_dreamer]

Really? Every time I've seen ASCOs, they've been very active. On my most recent visit to Osaka Aquarium, I even saw one catch and decapitate one of the Ayu (a freshwater fish) kept in the same enclosure.

ASCOs, and honestly otters in general, are always at 0 or 100 in my experience. Either they're jetting from end to end of their enclosure nonstop, or they're fast asleep with no intention of ever waking up - no in between. I've never seen an otter just sort of casually meander around its exhibit for a bit before going backstage or something.

 

[SharkFinatic]

ASCOs, and honestly otters in general, are always at 0 or 100 in my experience. Either they're jetting from end to end of their enclosure nonstop, or they're fast asleep with no intention of ever waking up - no in between. I've never seen an otter just sort of casually meander around its exhibit for a bit before going backstage or something.

I can attest to that, because my experience with sea otters, which I’ve admittedly only seen in a few facilities so far, has been the opposite of the ASCOs. The sea otters I saw at the Aquarium of the Pacific and especially at the Georgia Aquarium were very active when I visited, which I was obviously glad to see.