Platypusboy
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After you watch the antelopes roam their enclosure you move onto watching Egyptian vultures, Neophron percnopterus (1.1), Brown necked raven, Corvus ruficollis (2.0) They live in a tall large netted aviary with a rocky wall at the back and acacia trees planted around. Near the aviary you walk up to a large house called The Oasis house. The house starts with a small plaza with restrooms and a café. Walking past the plaza you go through a short walkway with aviaries on both sides.
Left side aviary: Moussier’s redstart, Phoenicurus moussieri (1.2), Spotted sandgrouse, Pterocles senegallus (2.2), Trumpeter finch, Bucanetes githagineus (10.6), Great gray shrike, Lanius excubitor (2.3), Maghreb magpie, Pica mauretanica (0.1)
Right side aviary: Barbary partridge, Alectoris barbara (3.2), Eurasian blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla (1.2) Black wheatear, Oenanthe leucura (2.0), Rufous tailed scrub robin, Erythropygia galactotes (2.1), Rock sparrow, Petronia petronia (2.4)
These aviaries are long but not very wide and are filled with lots of trees, shrubs, rocks and even a few small pools of water. Another aviary can be seen at the end of the hallway which holds Island canary, Serinus canaria (6.11), Blue chaffinch, Fringilla teydea (1.1), Bolle's pigeon, Columba bollii (0.2). This aviary simulates the Canary islands and even has some endemic Canary islands plants. The aviary is actually a small circular walkthrough aviary with a glass ceiling and fountain in the center. You continue walking through the house and then you come across a bunch of small mammal habitats in the walls. In these enclosures you can find:
- Lesser egyptian jerboa, Jaculus jaculus (1.1)
- Barbary striped grass mouse, Lemnisconys barbarus (3.7)
- Gundi, Ctenodactylus gundi (5.4)
- Desert hedgehog, Paraechinus aethiopicus (0.1)
- Fat tailed jird, Pachyuromys duprasi (2.3)
- Cairo spiny mouse, Acomys cahirinus (9.6)
- Pallid gerbil, Gerbillus floweri (3.5)
- Greater egyptian jerboa, Jalulus orientalis (1.0)
- Bushy tailed jird, Sekeetamys calurus (8.4)
The interior of these enclosures includes small rocks and branches, slight amounts of desert plants and loads of sand. Some of these are also darker to more simulate their nocturnal behaviors. Then you can see a much larger enclosure holding Fennec foxes, Vulpes zerda (2.3). Right now the zoo holds a breeding pair and their three newborn pups who all still live in the same enclosure. A tunnel in their enclosure leads to a bigger outdoor area that can be viewed from a side path next to the Oasis house. Other burrows and tunnels have been dug into the ground as well with cliffs surrounding it all. The next enclosure is aviary for Waldrapp ibis, Geronticus eremita (21.14). The zoo has been breeding these endangered birds for a very long time and are in the progress of releasing more birds into the Moroccan mountains. They live in a very large aviary that is slightly indoors but mostly is a outdoor aviary with a indoor viewing. It's a lot like Tiergarten Schönbrunns waldrapp aviary with what seems to be ruins. This aviary is also partially a walkthrough that goes from inside to outside. Opposite of the ibises lives Pharaoh eagle owls, Bubo ascalaphus (0.1). This individual is quite old and will probably be replaced soon. Nothing special about the aviary it lives in. The house ends with a staircase down to a fake cave with a whole lot of terrariums in it's walls. The animals in these terrariums are:
- Moroccan spiny tailed lizard, Uromastyx nigriventris (1.1)
- Savigny's agama, Trapelus savignii (2.1)
- African fattail scorpion, Androctonus amoreuxi
- Egyptian cobra, Naja haje (0.1)
- Egyptian tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni (3.2), Yellow fan-fingered gecko, Ptyodactylus hasselquistii (1.2), Basilisk chameleon (2.0), Desert agama, Trapelus mutabilis (2.2)
- Sandfish skink, Scincus scincus (1.1)
- Sahara rock viper, Daboia mauritanica (0.1)
- Sacred scarab, Scarabeus sacer
- Desert monitor, Varanus griseus (0.2)
- Leopard fringe-fingered lizard, Acanthodactylus pardalis (1.1), North african mastigure, Uromastyx acanthinura (1.2), Algerian skink, Eumeces algeriensis (3.1)
- Desert cobra, Walterinnesia aegyptia (1.1)
- Egyptian golden scorpion, Buthacus occidentalis
- Desert horned viper, Cerastes cerastes (2.1)
This cave is themed after a Egyptian pharaoh tomb with ruins and fake artifacts blended in to all the terrariums. These terrariums aren't like normal terrariums and instead are bigger, more natural and they blend into the scenery. Some of them are even open topped. The path loops back to the cave entrance and you exit the Oasis house. Outside the house you can see a pair of Saharan striped weasel, Ictonyx libycus libycus (1.1). They live in a medium sized enclosure with short glass walls, much like a lot of meerkat habitats. Rocks, dry bushes and small logs are scatter around the habitat. Next up is another pair of large plains enclosures that house Addax, Addax nasomaculatus (3.4), Slender horned gazelle, Gazella leptoceros (1.7) and Saharan dorcas gazelle, Gazella dorcas osiris (5.13), Addra gazelle, Nanger dama mhorr (2.8), Scimitar horned oryx, Oryx dammah (4.9), North African ostrich, Struthio camelus camelus (2.2). These are some of the largest enclosures in the exhibit, possibly even the entire zoo. As many of these species are critically endangered or even extinct in the wild the zoo is helping with reintroducing these species back into the wild. The first habitat is smaller and is instead closed off with canyon walls. The second one is your basic safari park enclosure with a large river and a Oasis style lake with palm trees. The last part of the Great desert exhibit is a small Atlas mountains area with two exhibits. The first one of these habitats is for some Crested porcupines, Hystrix cristata (2.0). Two young brothers now occupy this enclosure as the zoos old breeding pair past away recently. The enclosure is quite large for porcupines and is much like Zurich zoos crested porcupine habitat. As you walk away from the porcupines you see the high point of this exhibit, a large mountain with lots of trees elevation changes and shelters built into the mountain itself. Down below you find a small flat are for a certain two species. This big enclosure is home to Barbary stags, Cervus elaphus barbarus (1.4), Cuviers gazelles, Gazella cuvieri (0.3), Barbary macaques, Macaca sylvanus (8.5), Aoudad, Ammotragus levia (7.10). Most of these species have been in decline in this zoo for a while now and the zoo is trying to acquire more. The barbary macaques and aoudad like to stay on the mountain while the deer and gazelles hang out in at the bottom. Multiple viewing areas are provided. As you finish gazing at the animals you walk out of this exhibit and into the next one.
That is the end of my second exhibit and i hope you all like it. In the next few days i will be updating some of the animal amounts (changing the amount of that species) since i might have not been very thoughtful of them in the past. I'll also be adding some more species to a couple of the aviaries. I will see you then!
Left side aviary: Moussier’s redstart, Phoenicurus moussieri (1.2), Spotted sandgrouse, Pterocles senegallus (2.2), Trumpeter finch, Bucanetes githagineus (10.6), Great gray shrike, Lanius excubitor (2.3), Maghreb magpie, Pica mauretanica (0.1)
Right side aviary: Barbary partridge, Alectoris barbara (3.2), Eurasian blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla (1.2) Black wheatear, Oenanthe leucura (2.0), Rufous tailed scrub robin, Erythropygia galactotes (2.1), Rock sparrow, Petronia petronia (2.4)
These aviaries are long but not very wide and are filled with lots of trees, shrubs, rocks and even a few small pools of water. Another aviary can be seen at the end of the hallway which holds Island canary, Serinus canaria (6.11), Blue chaffinch, Fringilla teydea (1.1), Bolle's pigeon, Columba bollii (0.2). This aviary simulates the Canary islands and even has some endemic Canary islands plants. The aviary is actually a small circular walkthrough aviary with a glass ceiling and fountain in the center. You continue walking through the house and then you come across a bunch of small mammal habitats in the walls. In these enclosures you can find:
- Lesser egyptian jerboa, Jaculus jaculus (1.1)
- Barbary striped grass mouse, Lemnisconys barbarus (3.7)
- Gundi, Ctenodactylus gundi (5.4)
- Desert hedgehog, Paraechinus aethiopicus (0.1)
- Fat tailed jird, Pachyuromys duprasi (2.3)
- Cairo spiny mouse, Acomys cahirinus (9.6)
- Pallid gerbil, Gerbillus floweri (3.5)
- Greater egyptian jerboa, Jalulus orientalis (1.0)
- Bushy tailed jird, Sekeetamys calurus (8.4)
The interior of these enclosures includes small rocks and branches, slight amounts of desert plants and loads of sand. Some of these are also darker to more simulate their nocturnal behaviors. Then you can see a much larger enclosure holding Fennec foxes, Vulpes zerda (2.3). Right now the zoo holds a breeding pair and their three newborn pups who all still live in the same enclosure. A tunnel in their enclosure leads to a bigger outdoor area that can be viewed from a side path next to the Oasis house. Other burrows and tunnels have been dug into the ground as well with cliffs surrounding it all. The next enclosure is aviary for Waldrapp ibis, Geronticus eremita (21.14). The zoo has been breeding these endangered birds for a very long time and are in the progress of releasing more birds into the Moroccan mountains. They live in a very large aviary that is slightly indoors but mostly is a outdoor aviary with a indoor viewing. It's a lot like Tiergarten Schönbrunns waldrapp aviary with what seems to be ruins. This aviary is also partially a walkthrough that goes from inside to outside. Opposite of the ibises lives Pharaoh eagle owls, Bubo ascalaphus (0.1). This individual is quite old and will probably be replaced soon. Nothing special about the aviary it lives in. The house ends with a staircase down to a fake cave with a whole lot of terrariums in it's walls. The animals in these terrariums are:
- Moroccan spiny tailed lizard, Uromastyx nigriventris (1.1)
- Savigny's agama, Trapelus savignii (2.1)
- African fattail scorpion, Androctonus amoreuxi
- Egyptian cobra, Naja haje (0.1)
- Egyptian tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni (3.2), Yellow fan-fingered gecko, Ptyodactylus hasselquistii (1.2), Basilisk chameleon (2.0), Desert agama, Trapelus mutabilis (2.2)
- Sandfish skink, Scincus scincus (1.1)
- Sahara rock viper, Daboia mauritanica (0.1)
- Sacred scarab, Scarabeus sacer
- Desert monitor, Varanus griseus (0.2)
- Leopard fringe-fingered lizard, Acanthodactylus pardalis (1.1), North african mastigure, Uromastyx acanthinura (1.2), Algerian skink, Eumeces algeriensis (3.1)
- Desert cobra, Walterinnesia aegyptia (1.1)
- Egyptian golden scorpion, Buthacus occidentalis
- Desert horned viper, Cerastes cerastes (2.1)
This cave is themed after a Egyptian pharaoh tomb with ruins and fake artifacts blended in to all the terrariums. These terrariums aren't like normal terrariums and instead are bigger, more natural and they blend into the scenery. Some of them are even open topped. The path loops back to the cave entrance and you exit the Oasis house. Outside the house you can see a pair of Saharan striped weasel, Ictonyx libycus libycus (1.1). They live in a medium sized enclosure with short glass walls, much like a lot of meerkat habitats. Rocks, dry bushes and small logs are scatter around the habitat. Next up is another pair of large plains enclosures that house Addax, Addax nasomaculatus (3.4), Slender horned gazelle, Gazella leptoceros (1.7) and Saharan dorcas gazelle, Gazella dorcas osiris (5.13), Addra gazelle, Nanger dama mhorr (2.8), Scimitar horned oryx, Oryx dammah (4.9), North African ostrich, Struthio camelus camelus (2.2). These are some of the largest enclosures in the exhibit, possibly even the entire zoo. As many of these species are critically endangered or even extinct in the wild the zoo is helping with reintroducing these species back into the wild. The first habitat is smaller and is instead closed off with canyon walls. The second one is your basic safari park enclosure with a large river and a Oasis style lake with palm trees. The last part of the Great desert exhibit is a small Atlas mountains area with two exhibits. The first one of these habitats is for some Crested porcupines, Hystrix cristata (2.0). Two young brothers now occupy this enclosure as the zoos old breeding pair past away recently. The enclosure is quite large for porcupines and is much like Zurich zoos crested porcupine habitat. As you walk away from the porcupines you see the high point of this exhibit, a large mountain with lots of trees elevation changes and shelters built into the mountain itself. Down below you find a small flat are for a certain two species. This big enclosure is home to Barbary stags, Cervus elaphus barbarus (1.4), Cuviers gazelles, Gazella cuvieri (0.3), Barbary macaques, Macaca sylvanus (8.5), Aoudad, Ammotragus levia (7.10). Most of these species have been in decline in this zoo for a while now and the zoo is trying to acquire more. The barbary macaques and aoudad like to stay on the mountain while the deer and gazelles hang out in at the bottom. Multiple viewing areas are provided. As you finish gazing at the animals you walk out of this exhibit and into the next one.
That is the end of my second exhibit and i hope you all like it. In the next few days i will be updating some of the animal amounts (changing the amount of that species) since i might have not been very thoughtful of them in the past. I'll also be adding some more species to a couple of the aviaries. I will see you then!
