Writhedhornbill
Well-Known Member
They haven't, As far as I know, ever had Brazilians at Port Lympe.
Short news from European Zoos
- Thread starter jwer
- Start date
- Status
Writhedhornbill
Well-Known Member
I didn't know that. Do you know a precise date? I know she's coming from Basel. I saw her in 2005
It says so on Chester's website. something about "will being joined by a female in September". That's all.
Writhedhornbill
Well-Known Member
Yes, That's all it says in the zoo magazine too. It will be one of the youngsters born in 2004/05.
Another bit of News from the european zoos is the breeding of spectacled bears at Zurich. They have a very large Enclosure and over 6 individuals living together. Like Chester, Zurich houses it's bears with Coatis. Chester at one point was contemplating putting it's bush dogs in with the bears and Coatis.
Another bit of News from the european zoos is the breeding of spectacled bears at Zurich. They have a very large Enclosure and over 6 individuals living together. Like Chester, Zurich houses it's bears with Coatis. Chester at one point was contemplating putting it's bush dogs in with the bears and Coatis.
The three baby Giant Otters at Humburg Zoo have survived the critical first weeks (8 allready or something...) and are now exploring their outside enclosure. Soon Zoo Doué la Fontaine in France will receive a pair from Dortmund Zoo and be the fifth Zoo in Europe to hold my favourite species.
me too!! what a spectacular looking animal.
melbourne traditionally always trim their bull, bong su's, tusks, though they have let them get a bit longer again of late. i think it may have been out of fear that if they let them get long there was greater risk of him damaging or knocking one out, which can be deadly for elephants if an infection sets in..
melbourne traditionally always trim their bull, bong su's, tusks, though they have let them get a bit longer again of late. i think it may have been out of fear that if they let them get long there was greater risk of him damaging or knocking one out, which can be deadly for elephants if an infection sets in..
I would recognise Melbourne's 'Bong Su' quite easily from a photo- he has one distinctive straight tusk doesn't he... He's a nice bull too. Its fairly unusual to see bulls in captivity wih a really good set of tusks- as you said they're very prone to being damaged, resulting in infections in the socket. In the past in some zoos they used to saw bull's tusks very short- ugh, how painful was that I wonder, and how did they manage to restrain the bull to do it? (Nowadays its probably a lot easier).
I think Emmen's bull 'Radza' is pretty reknowned for that superb Ivory he's got...
Mark,
More like carried ... I fear. Examples were Ramon at Rotterdam Zoo, NL, Murugan at Amsterdam Zoo and Siam at Paris Vincennes Zoo, France. These are all deceased now, but individuals of a certain age that developped large impressive tusks.
I guess most bulls in European zoos are simply not that advanced in age to have such massive tuskers yet (the tradition of keeping bulls in European zoos is alas a tradition that has only really taken off in the last 10 years or so).
That's not really what I meant to ask. I believe it's a genetic condition that decides if a bull has tusks or not. Does anyone knows how tusks or 'tusklessness'(?) is determined though i.e. is it inherited from the father, or both parents or what?
Example; the ex Chester bull 'Chang' has no tusks. Is his father 'Cheng mei' at Copenhagen also tuskless?
I am sure that it is a genetic condition but it is not that easy that it only depends on the father. Chang is a good example: his father Chieng Mai has HUGE tusks (nearly as long as Radza`s), while Chang is tuskless, but one of Chang`s sons in Bellewaerde/Belgium is a tusker. The former breeding bull from Emmen, Naing Thein, is tuskless, and most of his sons have only small "tushes". But one of his sons, Aung Bo, has real tusks, although I guess they will always stay relatively short. So the genes of the mother and the grandparents must play a role too.
There are not many bulls in Europe who are older then 30, but many who are only around 10-15 years, and some of them already have very impressive sets of tusks and will likely become big tuskers like Radza in the next decades. For example Sammy/Amersfoort and Victor/ Zoo Berlin. The new bull in Rotterdam, Timber, is only 9 and already has an impressive set of tusks, so I think he is a good condidate too.
There are not many bulls in Europe who are older then 30, but many who are only around 10-15 years, and some of them already have very impressive sets of tusks and will likely become big tuskers like Radza in the next decades. For example Sammy/Amersfoort and Victor/ Zoo Berlin. The new bull in Rotterdam, Timber, is only 9 and already has an impressive set of tusks, so I think he is a good condidate too.
The giant otters in Dortmund have 5 cubs and so far all are alive... keep your fingers crossed.
The hamlyn`s monkeys in Leipzig Zoo have a baby, I think this species has also bred in Mulhouse and Edinburgh this year. Good news and since (as far as I know) these are the only zoos in Europe who breed this species much needed!
The hamlyn`s monkeys in Leipzig Zoo have a baby, I think this species has also bred in Mulhouse and Edinburgh this year. Good news and since (as far as I know) these are the only zoos in Europe who breed this species much needed!
- Status