No, they have done DNA tests on Mali`s baby because there was a second young male. It showed that Demo was the father of mali`s stillborn baby, while the second young male was the father of a surviving baby. I think that was the reason why Demo was sent with Mali to Paignton - they had already proven that they were coming along very well
Thanks. They are still getting on well and their liveliness has made the other two females more active. It's hoped that all three females are pregnant but they are keeping everyone guessing
I visited munster recently, and I was actually dissapointed. I had expected more of this zoo. Its a good zoo, no doubt about it, but dissapointing. The only parts I really liked were the monkey exhibits, especially the urang utan exhibit. I can't describe it, but it just didn't catch me.
The colobus, lemur and gorilla exhibits are much better than the orang-utan-exhibit. Their indoor enclosure is too small, they have wasted much space in there for plants and water moat....
The outdoor enclosure of the orang utans is a very good one. Indeed, the indoor enclosure is a little small in comparison, but not too small in my recollection. The lemur enclosure is good, but I have seen them better, and I really liked the colobus monkey exhibit.
Paco came 1977 to Germany, together with other Tucuxis. First he lived in Nuremberg Zoo and moved 1991 together with two other Tucuxi (Sabu and Coco) to Muenster. He is estimated nearly 40 years now and still part of the daily shows!
The last Tucuxi or Sotalia Dolphin in Europe (named Pacu) has died on the 30th of December 2009. He became the oldest Tucuxi in captivity ever recorded, with an estimated age of around 40.
I just read @ zootierliste.de that munster got a male gaur from berlin( I went in march and the were only three females). As the three females are adults. Is the male they got also a full grown adult?
All gaurs in Europe are closely relatives. They are traced back to 1,2 imports to Munich Zoo in the early 1950s and 0,2 to Berlin Zoo in the late 1950s.
Departures
0.0.1 Cheetah to Banham (think it's a male, but translation is sometimes unreliable)
0.1 Cheetah sent on temporary breeding loan to Bernburg
Death
0.1 Chimpanzee
Births
A White Rhino calf is expected to be born in April
Lowland Gorilla, Changa Maidi is expecting her third baby in March Newsletter November 2012
A rare birth at Allwetterzoo Muenster : 2 Temninck Golden Cats born. Birth is the result of an Artificial Insimination - first time it succeeded in this species ! At Rotterdam it has also been tried and the female became pregnant but was killed by the male .
One of the young at Muenter is being hand-raised, the other mother-reared.