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Animallover1998 said:
Crocodiles of the World have announced the opening of their brand new exhibit called Clouded Forest which is home to a pair of Clouded leopards. A female named Bao and a male named Ming.

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Interesting, I am a bit surprised actually that COTW have added this species, since they are quite shy and retiring and do better when given enough area to retreat away from the pubic unless this is a new exhibit with a bigger area then what the fishing cats had?
 
Hi all, booked COTW for 11th of April. My camera is unfortunately broken at the moment so I can't put any media up on Zoochat. Heard about the clouded leopards!
 
Komodo99 said:
I would prefer Crocodylus Acutus to be held as it is a rather under represented species that is held in Europe.
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Actually, I've been meaning to ask... According to Zootierliste, Crocodiles of the World received two American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) from Eskilstrup in 2020. But it's not on their website and I haven't seen any pictures. Have any of you seen them? Or are they being kept offshow?
 
JigerofLemuria said:
Actually, I've been meaning to ask... According to Zootierliste, Crocodiles of the World received two American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) from Eskilstrup in 2020. But it's not on their website and I haven't seen any pictures. Have any of you seen them? Or are they being kept offshow?
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They are off-display.
 
Other 2023 News:

On June 24th, the zoo announced that they built a new play area which is now open to the public.

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On August 25th, the zoo announced they acquired a (0.1) binturong named Winnie which is now on exhibit.

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On September 15th, the zoo announced they moved their Siamese crocodiles to another exhibit.

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On October 20th, it was announced that the zoo transferred a (0.1) caiman lizard (species not specified) to the Cotswold Wildlife Park in Oxfordshire.

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I visited today. My previous visit was about a year ago.

They have built an extension to the main building. The extension comprises of a new entrance, gift shop and display about extinct crocodilians. There were builders building some new walls where the old entrance and gift shop used to be with signs saying "Under Construction" and "Coming Soon". Hopefully a new exhibit.

The Siamese crocodiles (mentioned above) have moved into what used to be the tomistoma enclosure. The large tomistomas are either off show or have left. There is still a juvenile in the hatchling area. I can't remember where the Siamese crocs used to be so can't say what has replaced them.
 
NMM said:
I visited today. My previous visit was about a year ago.

They have built an extension to the main building. The extension comprises of a new entrance, gift shop and display about extinct crocodilians. There were builders building some new walls where the old entrance and gift shop used to be with signs saying "Under Construction" and "Coming Soon". Hopefully a new exhibit.

The Siamese crocodiles (mentioned above) have moved into what used to be the tomistoma enclosure. The large tomistomas are either off show or have left. There is still a juvenile in the hatchling area. I can't remember where the Siamese crocs used to be so can't say what has replaced them.
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Exciting stuff, glad the recent developments are continuing to happen. The Siamese crocs were in the pool next to the Nile crocs, on the right-hand-side of that building (opposite the Cubans). Did you see any Salties? They were offshow during my visit last year.
 
The salties were still there. They were where I remembered them in the enclosure at the back of the big croc building on the right hand side.

The pool you describe where the Siamaese crocs used to be now hold black caiman. It sounds like several crocs may have swapped around with a new species somewhere, but I don't know what used to be where well enough to piece it all together.
 
We visited last week for the first time, and were really impressed by the depth of coverage and organisation of the various crocodiles, alligators and caimans. The highlight was feeding of the large group of Nile crocodiles, with the sight of the crocodiles leaping up for food being extraordinary.
Would also mention the imaginative Binturong enclosure which has a couple of overhead runs and an ability to walk all around the enclosure.
No sign of the clouded leopard whilst we visited, and this enclosure appeared small compared to that at the nearby Cotswold Wildlife Park.
 
A baby Binturong is born !
Crocodiles of the World on Instagram: "Keeper pics (and clips) of the week. Baby binturong special! We thought we’d take the opportunity to share some of our favourite new baby binturong photos with you all and give you an update on how the little one is doing. At just over five weeks old, Winnie and Willow’s new arrival is growing up fast! Keepers have been routinely weighing the youngster to make sure it’s developing well. This also gives the keepers a chance to health check and of course find out the sex.... We're happy to announce it's a healthy boy! The lively (and still slightly clumsy) binlet can often be seen playfully running around, exploring and climbing, usually closely followed by a flustered-looking Willow! Young binturongs don’t always leave the nest quite this early so he’s certainly taking after his mum with a confident and curious personality. Winnie as always, has remained cool and calm throughout his son’s birth and development. He mostly stayed out of the way for the first few weeks but is now getting to know his newborn well… so as Dad becomes a new playmate, this will hopefully give Willow a chance to put her feet up again very soon! We also need your help - The baby binturong is yet to be named so we’d love to hear some of your name recommendations. Please comment below .✨️ #crocodilesoftheworlduk #crocodilesoftheworld #oxfordshire #binturong #arctictisbinturong #daysoutoxfordshire"
 
Crocodiles of the World has submitted a proposal to West Oxfordshire District Council for new housing for their 35 Nile Crocodiles. The building would be constructed adjacent to the existing Crocodiles house. A new toilet facility has also been proposed for the south side of the new building as well as a new walkway extension to give visitors a circular route. This proposal is a necessary step in improving animals welfare and to avoid overcrowding.
 
Strathmorezoo said:
Crocodiles of the World has submitted a proposal to West Oxfordshire District Council for new housing for their 35 Nile Crocodiles. The building would be constructed adjacent to the existing Crocodiles house. A new toilet facility has also been proposed for the south side of the new building as well as a new walkway extension to give visitors a circular route. This proposal is a necessary step in improving animals welfare and to avoid overcrowding.
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There’s been talk of this for a good few years now, perhaps they’ve finally got the funds they need to move the project forward. Fingers crossed
 
Strathmorezoo said:
Crocodiles of the World has submitted a proposal to West Oxfordshire District Council for new housing for their 35 Nile Crocodiles. The building would be constructed adjacent to the existing Crocodiles house. A new toilet facility has also been proposed for the south side of the new building as well as a new walkway extension to give visitors a circular route. This proposal is a necessary step in improving animals welfare and to avoid overcrowding.
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Why do they keep such a high number of Nile crocodiles anyway?
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
Why do they keep such a high number of Nile crocodiles anyway?
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From hazy recollection from a visit a few years ago (and I’m happy to be corrected) I believe they were a Customs rescue. The long term plan was to have an area (building) dedicated solely to the Niles for talks, feeds etc, thus enabling their current area to be made available for other species. Tentatively, it looks like everything’s moving in the right direction
 
Panthera1981 said:
From hazy recollection from a visit a few years ago (and I’m happy to be corrected) I believe they were a Customs rescue. The long term plan was to have an area (building) dedicated solely to the Niles for talks, feeds etc, thus enabling their current area to be made available for other species. Tentatively, it looks like everything’s moving in the right direction
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Your hazy recollection is incorrect; there's a single rescue individual in that group (the suchus x niloticus hybrid from Lebanon) but otherwise they're all captive-bred and obtained from another zoological collection in France.
 
Haliaeetus said:
A baby Binturong is born !
Crocodiles of the World on Instagram: "Keeper pics (and clips) of the week. Baby binturong special! We thought we’d take the opportunity to share some of our favourite new baby binturong photos with you all and give you an update on how the little one is doing. At just over five weeks old, Winnie and Willow’s new arrival is growing up fast! Keepers have been routinely weighing the youngster to make sure it’s developing well. This also gives the keepers a chance to health check and of course find out the sex.... We're happy to announce it's a healthy boy! The lively (and still slightly clumsy) binlet can often be seen playfully running around, exploring and climbing, usually closely followed by a flustered-looking Willow! Young binturongs don’t always leave the nest quite this early so he’s certainly taking after his mum with a confident and curious personality. Winnie as always, has remained cool and calm throughout his son’s birth and development. He mostly stayed out of the way for the first few weeks but is now getting to know his newborn well… so as Dad becomes a new playmate, this will hopefully give Willow a chance to put her feet up again very soon! We also need your help - The baby binturong is yet to be named so we’d love to hear some of your name recommendations. Please comment below .✨️ #crocodilesoftheworlduk #crocodilesoftheworld #oxfordshire #binturong #arctictisbinturong #daysoutoxfordshire"
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The baby Binturong has received the name of BASIL.
Crocodiles of the World on Instagram: "Meet baby binturong Basil! We had some fantastic name suggestions from you all so thank you to everyone. Basil was a popular choice amongst the keepers and we think it suits him well. Basil is still growing fast and getting livelier by the day so look out for him on your visit. He may be seen play wrestling with either Mum Willow, or Dad Winnie, or jumping all over them as they try to snooze in their favourite nest box! Basil is also regularly spotted in the outdoor area and overhead tunnels pouncing on everything in sight! #crocodilesoftheworlduk #crocodilesoftheworld #daysoutwiththekids #daysoutoxfordshire #oxfordshire #binturong #arctictisbinturong"
 
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