I believe Axis Deer can be particularly dangerous during the breeding season, more so than Fallow.
Oh, deer: are there any truly exciting deer exhibits?
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I believe Axis Deer can be particularly dangerous during the breeding season, more so than Fallow.
Oh deer:
All deer are potentially dangerous, even some does/hinds if used to being hand fed.
How about this?
Raised walkway [inaccessable to animals] over/through enclosure. Primates potentially dangerous to eggs or chicks, so breeding any of the birds in here is difficult.
All deer are potentially dangerous, even some does/hinds if used to being hand fed.
How about this?
Raised walkway [inaccessable to animals] over/through enclosure. Primates potentially dangerous to eggs or chicks, so breeding any of the birds in here is difficult.
Yes, they can 'box' and strike out with their forefeet if they feel crabby. Could be dangerous to children, though I've seen handtame does/hinds in petting areas several times. The Deer I would least like to be in an enclosure with would probably be an adult, handraised Sika stag- in October!
Though any of the Red Deer tribe are pretty fearsome then too.
zooboy28
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I have seen a few deer exhibits that have got me rather excited, although none in New Zealand (where deer are just a farm animal and not proper zoo animals) or even Australia (although the Axis Deer exhibit at Taronga Zoo is good, and even has enrichment for the deer, which I've not seen elsewhere).
Singapore Zoo's, and especially the Night Safari's, exhibits for small Asian deer species (mouse, barking) are quite exciting, as are those for the larger species, but probably not to non zoo-nerds.
In Europe, the most exciting deer enclosure I saw (not really in a zoo), was a walk-through Reindeer exhibit, at a Sami camp museum in Kiruna, Northern Sweden, where you could buy a bag of moss to feed the mob of deer who charged towards the gate for a feed. Very exciting experience! Patting a Moose in Skanes Djurark (southern Sweden) was also amazing, they are such big animals.
Otherwise I saw very few interesting deer enclosures at European zoos, many were housed in small barren paddocks, although the deer collections at the Berlin Zoo & Tiergarten were huge, and the Tierpark exhibits in particular quite spacious and in a nice woodland setting.
Singapore Zoo's, and especially the Night Safari's, exhibits for small Asian deer species (mouse, barking) are quite exciting, as are those for the larger species, but probably not to non zoo-nerds.
In Europe, the most exciting deer enclosure I saw (not really in a zoo), was a walk-through Reindeer exhibit, at a Sami camp museum in Kiruna, Northern Sweden, where you could buy a bag of moss to feed the mob of deer who charged towards the gate for a feed. Very exciting experience! Patting a Moose in Skanes Djurark (southern Sweden) was also amazing, they are such big animals.
Otherwise I saw very few interesting deer enclosures at European zoos, many were housed in small barren paddocks, although the deer collections at the Berlin Zoo & Tiergarten were huge, and the Tierpark exhibits in particular quite spacious and in a nice woodland setting.
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The best i have seen are Cabarcenos, Barcelonas and Longleats because in longleat you can purchase feed to feed the red and fallow deer
Giraffe feeding is common, I think general hoofstock feeding as well as any other types of interaction is the key to making hoofstock exhibits interesting.
Zoo visitor took a giraffe's licking, has lawsuit ticking | Deseret News
Anything for a reason to sue eh?
they lick weird like twirl their tongue around your finger.
Zoo visitor took a giraffe's licking, has lawsuit ticking | Deseret News
Anything for a reason to sue eh?
Thx, That's a bit of a stretch
isn't it!I am surprised that l there as not been more incidents l have done some google searches and nothing.
I'd think the only real danger is being head-butted by one which could be fairly detrimental to your health.
jbnbsn99
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Been there too. It just prepares you for being married I hear.
Why? Filling teeth? I used to have to file the teeth of my horses are Giaffe the same?
jbnbsn99
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I used to work at a giraffe feeding station. Over zealous giraffes....
deer exhibits
at the alexandria zoo in Louisiana they have a mixed exhibit of muntjac cranes ducks with a large tree covering 95% of ground covering shade piles of stick clumps to provide hideouts however you can still spot the animals. the white tail exhibit houses turkey, turkey vulture, white tail deer and a lot of trees and a oil horse non producing but moves.
at the alexandria zoo in Louisiana they have a mixed exhibit of muntjac cranes ducks with a large tree covering 95% of ground covering shade piles of stick clumps to provide hideouts however you can still spot the animals. the white tail exhibit houses turkey, turkey vulture, white tail deer and a lot of trees and a oil horse non producing but moves.
keith8404
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Although I've suggested changing the species mix just because I think they are too common, I guess this is actually a pretty nice deer exhibit at Tulsa. Contains White-tailed deer with Wild Turkey and Canada geese. Visible to the right is a flight cage with Bald eagles (which can also be viewed through glass from the adjacent building). The whole exhibit curves around behind the flight cage and can be viewed from another elevated walkway around on that side. During the summer the grass is usually allowed to get quite tall and lush in a large part of the exhibit.
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I've actually never seen a deer exhibited in a dirt paddock. Bronx's Wild Asia Monorail exhibits are very nice as is their Pere David's Deer enclosure. Prospect Park's Tufted Deer enclosure is one of those common grassy paddocks as mentioned earlier. Beardsley's White-Tailed Deer enclosure is pretty much a large grassy paddock but it's nice to see them side-by-side with American Bison. The Roger William's Park Zoo's Reeve's Muntjac enclosure is pretty nice with some other foliage besides grass- even if it's in the North American section. ZooAmerica's White-Tailed Deer enclosure is a common grassy paddock that they share with Wild Turkeys.
~Thylo
. ZooAmerica's White-Tailed Deer enclosure is a common grassy paddock that they share with Wild Turkeys.~Thylo
A large grassy paddock with whitetail is really the wrong habitat. A proper whitetail habitat should be the edge of a forest with some brush cover and some intentionally planted corn/afalfa.
I agree. Of course that works for most White-Tailed Deer but maybe not so much for certain subspecies like the Key Deer or a South American subspecies.
~Thylo