Nice to know! I was wondering that, if coypus were still kept, it would be only in states of the South. Is it a nice exhibit?
Species formerly kept in Brazil
I'd say it's a great exhibit for a coypu, since the exhibit is large and has a big pool. I remember seeing the otters in the exhibit when I visited the institution in 2016.
I didn't see them at SP aquarium. If they are still kept there, it's in the offshow area... This zoo of Cachoeira do sul is known for being one of the worst structured ones in the country... I hope at least this coypu has a decent exhibit...
Must be true. A zoo that is practically inside the pampas is very likely to keep the species indeed.
The Cachoeira do Sul zoo is actually quite good, as you can see in this video from 2019:
Oh yes. I remember I was pretty surprised with the number of species that those exhibits held. I think I saw them in one of these old zoo videos you've been sharing here. In one exhibit I remember seeing coypus, anteaters, maras and at least three more species, wich I don't remember wich were right now.
I admit I had never seen videos of it before, only heard about it's reputation and seen some pictures, but it seems pretty much the same as the Guarani zoo in Foz, wich I visited last year. Both seem to have considerably small and outdated exhibits. I wouldn't put them in the category of "good", but in something like "merely acceptable", once it seems to have passed through a little renovation since the pictures I saw were taken...
I remember those, the grisons and a tortoise. They can be seen on this video from 1991:
Yes, exactly. Hope this mix worked at the time, but it seems a little too crowded for me. Specially for the size of those enclosures...
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It is pretty decent though nothing exceptional, it was previously used to separate the two otters when needed.
Oh yes. I hope they bring more coypus to maybe breed at the zoo... It's a very non represented species in our zoos. I even thought there were none of them left before you guys tell me about these few ones.
Look at this jaguar exhibit at Cachoeira do Sul zoo for example...I don't remember having ever seen one this bad personally...
https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!...hUKEwiBma-H643vAhWZLLkGHRrNCtEQoiowFHoECCYQAw
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I don't know if it would be such a good idea to breed them as they would end up with an awful lot of them in a relatively short period of time and there is quite a shortage of space.
The individual that they have was a rescued animal and if I remember correctly it came from either Santa Catarina or Parana.
Does anyone here remember Garoto (the first male giraffe kept at the Rio de Janeiro zoo)? So, I found a report from 1960 which proves my point that he and his partner Iara were both Masai giraffes. The report was made by the Correio da Manhã newspaper and you can see the it on this link:
Correio da Manhã (RJ) - 1960 a 1969 - DocReader Web
Correio da Manhã (RJ) - 1960 a 1969 - DocReader Web
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Nice to know masai giraffes were kept in the country at some point. By the way, according to the news, his name is "Inocêncio", isn't it? His partner is the one who is called "garota".
These could be either their nicknames (or double names) or a confusion made by the journalist(s) who wrote the report.
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Now, continuing with rodents, we have porcupines. I'm going to start with the Cape crested ones. Those have only been kept at the Beto Carrero World zoo, as far as I know. Those could still be there and I remember seeing them in 2015, back on my first and only visit to the theme park.