hiya this is my first review on the forum ive been lurking and occasionaly post but this is my first proper post.
i recently went to isle of wight on holiday and whilst there decided to go to amazon world and isle of wight zoo (in another review).
first impressions were that it had good points and bad points, mostly bad points but then i spoke to the head keeper and had a chat, so afterwards decided to take another look with our chat in mind and took in alot more.
good points were that it has some very unusual stuff there that i havent seen before including tamandua, prehensile tailed porcupine, collared kingfisher (todiramphus chloris), night heron and sunbirds.
they also have the most armadillos and sloths ive seen in one zoo
noted 3 banded armadillo, 9 banded armadillo and hairy armadillo and these apparently breed well there, i also counted 8 two toed sloths.
i liked the fact that they had so many species of toucan although i didnt find out wether these had bred or not. i also liked the open topped pacu, pirannah exhibit and wondered how many people have egged their friends on to put their hands in there lol
one thing to add is that they looked like they had a good educational building for such a small zoo and had alot of natural artifacts in the building aswel.
bad points i found were the way that most of the enclosures were made ... the outdoor enclosures looked like they were made from building site fences and deffinatly looked like they would hold in a charging tapir!
many of the enclosures i found were too small such as the lemur enclosures and the first kinkajou enclosures you see and that they also mixed some unusual species such as flamingos with egrets and ibis along with a few other small coastal speces that i cant remember the name of.
i noticed only one howler monkey not sure wether they have more but surely keeping one on its own didnt seem fair.
in the end i came to the conclusion that it had both good and bad points and ive heard they are building on another 4 acres so that should sort out the outside animals. they are also demolishing the secrets of the animals area inside and revamping it so that should improve it further and i can see this zoo really improving in the future.
a few more things to add are that they are currently looking to pair up the male tamandua, have put the two kinkajou in the first enclosure up for surplus and no longer use meerkat, ocelot and capybara in shows (i asked if they were going to be used after being suprised to see them on the list).
hope this was ok for my first review lol and sorry so any miss spelling as im dyslexic
stu
i recently went to isle of wight on holiday and whilst there decided to go to amazon world and isle of wight zoo (in another review).
first impressions were that it had good points and bad points, mostly bad points but then i spoke to the head keeper and had a chat, so afterwards decided to take another look with our chat in mind and took in alot more.
good points were that it has some very unusual stuff there that i havent seen before including tamandua, prehensile tailed porcupine, collared kingfisher (todiramphus chloris), night heron and sunbirds.
they also have the most armadillos and sloths ive seen in one zoo
noted 3 banded armadillo, 9 banded armadillo and hairy armadillo and these apparently breed well there, i also counted 8 two toed sloths.i liked the fact that they had so many species of toucan although i didnt find out wether these had bred or not. i also liked the open topped pacu, pirannah exhibit and wondered how many people have egged their friends on to put their hands in there lol
one thing to add is that they looked like they had a good educational building for such a small zoo and had alot of natural artifacts in the building aswel.
bad points i found were the way that most of the enclosures were made ... the outdoor enclosures looked like they were made from building site fences and deffinatly looked like they would hold in a charging tapir!
many of the enclosures i found were too small such as the lemur enclosures and the first kinkajou enclosures you see and that they also mixed some unusual species such as flamingos with egrets and ibis along with a few other small coastal speces that i cant remember the name of.
i noticed only one howler monkey not sure wether they have more but surely keeping one on its own didnt seem fair.
in the end i came to the conclusion that it had both good and bad points and ive heard they are building on another 4 acres so that should sort out the outside animals. they are also demolishing the secrets of the animals area inside and revamping it so that should improve it further and i can see this zoo really improving in the future.
a few more things to add are that they are currently looking to pair up the male tamandua, have put the two kinkajou in the first enclosure up for surplus and no longer use meerkat, ocelot and capybara in shows (i asked if they were going to be used after being suprised to see them on the list).
hope this was ok for my first review lol and sorry so any miss spelling as im dyslexic
stu
most probably later in the week when i have a little bit more time 
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