Paignton Zoo Paignton Zoo news 2024
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Pertinax has passed away (PTS). Devastating news. However, he was long lived and contributed to the European batchelor programme with distinction.
Heartfelt sympathies to all staff, past & present, that worked with him. A gentle giant - he will be missed!
Paignton Zoo Mourns The Loss Of Pertinax, The UK's Oldest Gorilla • Paignton Zoo
Heartfelt sympathies to all staff, past & present, that worked with him. A gentle giant - he will be missed!
Paignton Zoo Mourns The Loss Of Pertinax, The UK's Oldest Gorilla • Paignton Zoo
Nile Hippo Expert
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Damn, that is so sad, RIP Pertinax.
I remember watching the documentary about Paignton zoo keepers when the ape centre opened. I’ve always remembered him and was lucky enough to have seen him when I visited back in 2013.
RIP to an amazing animal. Thoughts and prayers to all the keepers and staff who cared for him.
RIP to an amazing animal. Thoughts and prayers to all the keepers and staff who cared for him.
A great loss of a magnificent and iconic individual. My thoughts are with his keepers and troop.
Nonetheless he reached a good age and his keepers should be proud of the care they gave him.
A sad day indeed though I wasn't too surprised to hear this after the announcement of the 'medical procedure'. Males of his age often don't come back from that although I note he was PTS. He was the oldest male in the UK but not the oldest gorilla (Howletts have older females).
I haven't seen him for a number of years now but remember his arrival together with his same-aged companion 'Klaus' from Koln Zoo as the potential founders of the new Paignton bachelor group. But after being lifetime 'friends' they suddenly fell out after moving there and Klaus was moved to Bristol, leaving Pertinax as the senior male among the group of incoming younger males. In the early years he certainly kept them in check but over time his role changed rather to something of an outsider, particularly as the three more recent males matured, resulting in his permanent seperation for his final years.
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Out of interest, and to slightly deviate, who holds the record for oldest UK silverback? I’m assuming it is/was Nico at Longleat.
Without checking I think almost certainly it was Nico- he was 56 years old at his death.
Your namesake led a good life and passed away at a respectable age for a gorilla silverback.
A sorry loss all the same.
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I guess some people on here presume he was my 'namesake ...
The funny thing is he wasn't really.... When in the very early days of Zoochat I decided to change my name from what was really my house(!) _Grantsmb. I just
picked it at random. I did know him obviously but no really close link. But maybe that makes him a namesake anyway .I am certainly sorry he has gone.
@Pertinax, right ... I just assumed ... Sorry about that!
So these have gone into the old Tapir are, which is a sensible place to exhibit them, at least short term. There was a suggestion they were (are) going into the Desert house?
Like the Binturong, it’s another species being returned to the collection, which is positive.
The Baboon exhibit will now not get completed until at least next summer.
That is ... summer of 2025?
cornu aspersum
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I apologize if this has been answered, but is the new baboon enclosure removing the crocodile house?
No, it is on the site of the former mountain zebra paddock and stables.