Random mixing experiments!

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@Orycteropus: In the case of the elephant mixing-lol;far off the mark. None of those German zoos keeps African (Bush) and Asian Elephants together-and that for quite a time. They have or might have kept loxodonts and Elephas together in the past-but for still existing examples in German zoos, You should have mentioned Dresden or Augsburg instead...;)
I'd like to add that the combinations mentioned in regard to Zoo Halle, Nuremberg, Karlsruhe and Berlin no longer exist.
 
Yesterday at Zooz Nature Park near Niagara Falls, there is a Eland/Addax/Nilgai/Scimitar Horned Oryx exhibit. I'll get some pics up :)
 
@ Sun Wukong:
Hmmm ... lol. Really?
Please read back what I wrote f. e. about the mixing with elephant species: "there were" ... and please also check on my next-to-the-last sentence ... ;)
 
@Orycteropus: Believe it or not, I read that before posting. And nevertheless, it still is as I wrote: none of them has this combination nowadays, and that even for quite a while in most cases. You wouldn't appretiate me listing old, no longer existing husbandries, while neglecting current still existing examples, would You? Hmm?...;)
 
@ Sun Wukong:
'none of them has this combination nowadays' … I wrote again, 'there were'…
F.e. on the Mixed species exhibit thread I (but not just) used to write about exhibits which don’t exist currently … but I think that is not a bad thing to know that the given combination was created beforehand somewhere (and maybe can supply some information of the experiences), or just interesting to hear about them … I write that in general. Neglecting the still existing examples? Hmmm ... not this happened, I just don't know the given examples f.e from Augsburg.
Otherwise it seems to me that You would like to a sterile dispute again, which for I don’t see the point of it … so on my part I finished that.

Barbary sheep & Pig-tailed macaque at Debrecen Zoo
Raccoon & Raccoon dog at Kecskemet Zoo
Chinese muntjac & Capybara & Grey-crowned crane at Zoo Bratislava
 
@Orycteropus: I enjoy reading about mixed-species combinations that aren't necessarily in use anymore, so keep up the great posts! It's really quite interesting how zoos sometimes randomly place different animals in the same enclosure together, and such exhibits make it exciting for hardcore zoo fans who see the same old groupings at many different zoos.
 
@Orycteropus: No, I'm not trying to create a "sterile" dispute (whatever that is supposed to be...); I'm just pointing out that You should be careful when posting combinations which do no longer exist, especially if there were certain reasons why they no longer exist. Some readers might get away with a wrong impresson. And, of course-no need to thank me; my pleasure for providing You with better examples and updating Your claims...;)
 
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What wrong impression ?

"Certainly many of them don’t exist currently … "

direct quote from Orectyropus

This is very plain English , which warns readers that the mixed exhibits that were quoted may not be in current existance .
I have to also agree with Snow Leopard , as it is interesting to know about all aspects of zoos , including past exhibiting techniques -- even if they turned out to be terrible mistakes .

Some readers might get away with a wrong impression ? Not if they read what is written . If they do somehow get the wrong impression after the straight forward quote , they would get wrong impressions no matter what is written .
There is nothing to be careful about what he has written . And if he is wrong , well so what ?! I get it wrong sometimes on this forum . No big deal -- you cant be sued for libel on this forum .

Orectyropus ; If you know of any other past examples which no longer exist
Please post them on the forum . There are some of us who do take interest in this . If anyone gets the wrong impression , thats their hard cheese .
 
@Nigel: Hmm, hard cheese...;) Why not post still existing combinations first before You mention all the ones that no longer exist? And in the case of mixing Asian & African Elephants: I'm pretty sure most elephant-keeping zoos in Europe and America had this highly original combination at least once in a while-isn't it a bit unfair to leave the impression that just the mentioned zoos did this extraoridinary thing...? ;)
 
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