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Nile Hippo Expert said:
A few new updates from the zoo:
- 10-month-old 0.1 Capybara Iyari had moved to the Palm Beach Zoo in Florida.
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- The new week-old Francois’ Langur infant is female.
Focusing on the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park | How it started versus how it’s going | Facebook
- The zoo has a new male Red Tailed Schmidt’s Monkey named Jack in the Ituri Forest exhibit.
Focusing on the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park | There’s a new heartthrob in town | Facebook
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Are you a regular visitor to the San Diego parks?
 
Nile Hippo Expert said:
No I am not a regular visitor but I have been many times (my last visit was in 2021). I just look at most major US zoos' Facebook pages almost every day and post any news not yet mentioned on this forum.
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Can I ask what is the purpose of doing that if other members are likely to see most of it within a short amount of time? If you were looking back for news from the past few months that other members didn't notice, as others do, I would understand because you're essentially double checking for information that has slipped through the cracks, but that doesn't seem to be your modus operandi.
 
wild boar said:
Can I ask what is the purpose of doing that if other members are likely to see most of it within a short amount of time? If you were looking back for news from the past few months that other members didn't notice, as others do, I would understand because you're essentially double checking for information that has slipped through the cracks, but that doesn't seem to be your modus operandi.
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The obvious answer to that is that it is news and this is a news thread. Not everyone looks at Facebook pages. Why wait for someone to visit and maybe notice something new? And if it is posted that X baby has been born (for example), then a regular - or non-regular - visitor will know it is something to look out for if it is of interest to them.
 
Chlidonias said:
The obvious answer to that is that it is news and this is a news thread. Not everyone looks at Facebook pages. Why wait for someone to visit and maybe notice something new? And if it is posted that X baby has been born (for example), then a regular - or non-regular - visitor will know it is something to look out for if it is of interest to them.
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That is, in fact, not the answer to my question. Of course everyone doesn't look at Facebook pages. I don't even have an account. Visitors of their local zoos often do see information online or through other mediums about those zoos and post them here fairly quickly.

Perhaps I should not have written or asked anything to Nile Hippo Expert.
 
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wild boar said:
That is, in fact, not the answer to my question. Of course everyone doesn't look at Facebook pages. I don't even have an account. Visitors of their local zoos often do see information online or through other mediums about those zoos and post them here fairly quickly.

Perhaps I should not have written or asked anything to Nile Hippo Expert.
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I'm not sure what your complaint is then? Are you saying that only locals to a zoo should post in that zoo's news thread?
 
Chlidonias said:
I'm not sure what your complaint is then? Are you saying that only locals to a zoo should post in that zoo's news thread?
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I don't have anything against anyone posting updates in threads for zoos that aren't local for them, no. Some of the tactics Nile Hippo Expert uses are frustrating to me but I suppose I shouldn't let them bother me.
 
Nile Hippo Expert said:
The pandas have arrived safely in San Diego!
Giant Pandas Arrive Safely at San Diego Zoo Following Agreement with China: 'Acclimating to Their New Home'
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I'm assuming they will be quarantined for a month or so before going on exhibit? They arrived much sooner than I thought they would, I'm going back to the zoo this Tuesday, and obviously they won't be on exhibit that soon.

Not to highjack the thread, but any particular rarities or notable animals I should keep an eye out on my next San Diego Zoo trip? I'm looking forward to seeing the hippos, polar bears, and geladas in particular.
 
 
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