they’re found there, would fit that area of the zoo over an African scrub theme…
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they’re found there, would fit that area of the zoo over an African scrub theme…
felis silvestris
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Have we had any comfirmation on the new species?
Nothing yet unfortunately.
and yet you know!
Yes but I can't say anything
All I'll say is that the species is much easier to guess when one realises Drusillas was wrong to claim they would be the third UK zoo to currently hold the species - they are one of only two!
Oh, and someone already said what the species was back when they first arrived at the collection some time ago
Oh, and someone already said what the species was back when they first arrived at the collection some time ago
I think I might have a good idea of what they are now.All I'll say is that the species is much easier to guess when one realises Drusillas was wrong to claim they would be the third UK zoo to currently hold the species - they are one of only two!
Oh, and someone already said what the species was back when they first arrived at the collection some time ago
You might be surprised.
Alwaysevergreen
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Suspect given the size of Drusillas, it’s unlikely to be something the size of bears, and given the carnivore clues, I suspect the animal in question is Yellow Throated Marten. Seems odd they made that post and have gone quite some time without revealing the species.
iirc they mentioned it would be revealed in the Spring?
Cotton-top tamarin birth:
https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/rea...o-save-the-name-nigel-from-extinction-3996020
1.0 Nigel was born December 2023 to Pasto and Florencia.
https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/rea...o-save-the-name-nigel-from-extinction-3996020
1.0 Nigel was born December 2023 to Pasto and Florencia.
Nothing publicly released yet unfortunately.
JurassicMax
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Sadly male Burmese rock python (Python bivittatus) Basil passed away this week. He was donated to the zoo on the 24th of March 1990 as he had become too big for the enclosure in the private home he was living in. During the 33 years that he had lived at Drusillas he grew from 3 metres to 6 metres. I am not sure whether the was the last Burmese rock python at the zoo.
Source:
Instagram of Drusillas Park (26/02/2023)
Source:
Instagram of Drusillas Park (26/02/2023)
It was the only one they had unfortunately.
So it’s a pair (2.0) of Eurasian Lynx from the Wild Place Project! Nice surprise!
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but that doesn’t make them only one of three holders? So not the big surprise?
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but that doesn’t make them only one of three holders? So not the big surprise?
Alwaysevergreen
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not sure that’s the species they were intending on at one stage, unless that’s still to be announced
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Any info on what that cryptic clue about being one of three holders was? I’m excited for the Lynx but a tad confused!
Any info on what that cryptic clue about being one of three holders was? I’m excited for the Lynx but a tad confused!