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TinoPup said:
I'm not doubting their correctness, just wondering where it's from, since it isn't on the signage at the zoo, but I see now that they include the subspecies in the latin names on the website.

Fossa also needs to be moved, and it's my understanding that they're no longer keeping cougars, even the signs for the species have been removed within the zoo.
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Where has the fossa been moved to? I know in warmer times it is in Water is Life, and two of the former three cougar siblings are still alive, just geriatric.
 
CarLover said:
What hybrids are the giraffes? I know there is definitely reticulated giraffe in them, but how do you know they are a hybrid?
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The entire US population of Reticulated and Rothschild's Giraffes are hybrids with each other and the program is managed as one. The only pure giraffes in the US are Masai (and Okapi).

~Thylo
 
CarLover said:
Where has the fossa been moved to? I know in warmer times it is in Water is Life, and two of the former three cougar siblings are still alive, just geriatric.
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He was permanently moved to the small mammal house in september. His enclosure is behind the scenes, but he gets to use the trail a few days a week.
Do they ever put the cougars in one of the public enclosures? I know initially they were rotating with the snow leopard.
 
TinoPup said:
He was permanently moved to the small mammal house in september. His enclosure is behind the scenes, but he gets to use the trail a few days a week.
Do they ever put the cougars in one of the public enclosures? I know initially they were rotating with the snow leopard.
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The cougars are sometimes put out, but not very often. Hopefully, we will get new, younger individuals in the future.
 
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