Disney's Animal Kingdom® Park Park Notes & News

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okapikpr

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Made a recent visit to DAK and made some notes:

*Great Blue Turacos added to African Aviary. The aviary now has 35 species.
*DAK is the only facility in the world to have 2 breeding pairs of African Pygmy Goose in the same aviary.
*DAK is successfully breeding Carmine Bee-eaters...a first in captivity?
*Okapi male born in June.
*African Crested Porcupines have replaced Capybara in the Discovery Island Trails exhibits.
 
1.0 gerenuk calf born, his name is Squirt, and he is the 28th gerenuk born at the park.
 
Disney's Animal Kingdom has a new arrival! The newborn female Western Lowland Gorilla is doing well and has already become an integral part of the gorilla family group that includes first-time mother, Kashata, father Gino and two other females. The infant has been named Lilly — in honor of the late Alecia Lilly, Ph.D., who was senior scientist and vice president of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International.

Endangered Gorilla Born at Disney?s Animal Kingdom - ZooBorns
 
okapikpr said:
*DAK is successfully breeding Carmine Bee-eaters...a first in captivity?
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According to Zootierliste.de, Walsrode bred Carmine Bee-eaters as far back as spring 1993, Basel have also bred them and Krefeld's group are described as 'regularly breeding'.


EDIT: Checking the former holdings, Frankfurt have also bred the species.
 
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