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[PangolinLover0514]

Would it be possible for Singapore Zoo to open an Small mammal/norcturnal house?

 

[NATY]

Would it be possible for Singapore Zoo to open an Small mammal/norcturnal house?

They used to have a small mammal house, Critters Longhouse, many years ago that is now the Tortoise Shellter. Some of the animals are still around the parks like the South African ground squirrels, kinkajous, leopard cats and Malayan porcupines. For the nocturnal house, they already have Night Safari…

 

[Chapman'szebra]

i think the red-crowns were with the barasinghas and the sarus were with the chitals

Yes, sarus crane were housed with Axis deer while red-crownes cranes were in the barasingha drive through.

 

[Chapman'szebra]

I remember watching a Night Safari Tram Tour video where there at some point there were some "Parrot on Stick" enclosures, I believe the thumbnail was the Red Crowned Crane in the Barasingha enclosure. It was a 2 parter video that I'm very sure I saved into my Mandai playlist but currently I can't find it

I'll be on the search for some other old Tram Tours if I can

Extra Edit: Chiang Mai Night Safari has or at least had Himalayan Griffon Vultures, just to confirm it wasn't them right?

Chiang Mai Night Safari had cinereous vultures and white-bellied sea eagles along their drive-thru but the cinereous vultures were no longer in their collection as of my latest visit (June 2024)

 

[Zooish]

@Zooish do you know what is happening to the Komodo dragon exhibit?

Announcement on the Zoo's website: "The Komodo Dragon exhibit will be temporarily closed from 1 September 2024 while new sheltered walkways are built in the zoo. Exhibit is expected to reopen sometime in 2025."

6 months to build sheltered walkways seems a bit long..

 

[NATY]

2nd longest closure after the RepTopia aviary!

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

Some small updates:
Stitch the African Dwarf Crocodile is back on display at the former Chinese Alligator/Indian Pond Turtle exhibit. 0.2 Alligator Snapping Turtles have also been added to the exhibit.

Any idea what happened with the Chinese alligator and the Indian pond turtles at Singapore Zoo?

 

[NATY]

Any idea what happened with the Chinese alligator and the Indian pond turtles at Singapore Zoo?

The Chinese alligator is kept in one of the pygmy hippo tanks for now and the spotted pond turtles are at River Wonders in the Indian gharial and lion-tailed macaque exhibits

 

[gohreu]

Is there an official confirmation for this. How old was he? Did staff take biological specimens including semen off him (for the WAZA GSMP Anoa program)?

I only chanced upon it from the ZIMS daily report, I'm not sure of the other details

 

[LeMandaiEnthusiast‧]

So currently there's 2 Zebras in the Giraffe enclosure, that's neat

Edit: Asked a keeper about it since I was also looking for the Lechwe (not on display for a while sadly) but they are planning on combining both the Zebra and Giraffe enclosures

I'd say about time

 

[PangolinLover0514]

@LeMandaiEnthusiast‧ U were there tdy!!!

 

[LeMandaiEnthusiast‧]

@LeMandaiEnthusiast‧ U were there tdy!!!

I'm actually still here, on my way to River Wonders. I'm interested in checking out that Salamander even if it's just the signboard and the new Electric Eel tank

 

[PangolinLover0514]

@LeMandaiEnthusiast‧ There is a salamander,it under the log.

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

So currently there's 2 Zebras in the Giraffe enclosure, that's neat

Edit: Asked a keeper about it since I was also looking for the Lechwe (not on display for a while sadly) but they are planning on combining both the Zebra and Giraffe enclosures

I'd say about time

I do hope they fix the giraffe situation too and change to pure-bred giraffe too. They held South African giraffes at some point then imported a Rothschildt's bull (brilliant... for breeding) from Europe and bred from him! They lost that bull at some point and since brought in 2.0 giraffe hybrids from Mysuru in India.

 

[Zooish]

I do hope they fix the giraffe situation too and change to pure-bred giraffe too. They held South African giraffes at some point then imported a Rothschildt's bull (brilliant... for breeding) from Europe and bred from him! They lost that bull at some point and since brought in 2.0 giraffe hybrids from Mysuru in India.

That Rothchild's bull is still at the Zoo. His only offspring is a hybrid male which is also still at the Zoo.

 

[NATY]

I do hope they fix the giraffe situation too and change to pure-bred giraffe too. They held South African giraffes at some point then imported a Rothschildt's bull (brilliant... for breeding) from Europe and bred from him! They lost that bull at some point and since brought in 2.0 giraffe hybrids from Mysuru in India.

Mandai are probably not going to be breeding giraffes for the foreseeable future so they've moved to a bachelor herd

 

[FoxBat]

how many kangaroos and wallabies does SZ and NS have?

 

[NATY]

how many kangaroos and wallabies does SZ and NS have?

Definitely not all of them but I was able to find these from an Instagram page run by the Australasia keepers. Not sure if all of them are still around

Kangaroos: Rambo, Hiro, Hana, Maxx, Roddy
Wallabies: Shawn, Nelas

 

[Zooish]

Definitely not all of them but I was able to find these from an Instagram page run by the Australasia keepers. Not sure if all of them are still around

Kangaroos: Rambo, Hiro, Hana, Maxx, Roddy
Wallabies: Shawn, Nelas

I believe only 2.1 kangaroos and 1.0 wallaby left

 

[xavvy loves tapirs]

were the axis deer and indian hog deer at night safari from kidzworld