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cloudedleopard said:
You mean ABYSSINIAN ground hornbills? What a lame exhibit- just oryx, ostriches, hornbills and guineafowl.
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That doesn't sound like a bad mix to me. What would you prefer?

The only thing I'd change is maybe having an oryx native to the African grasslands instead of the Sahara.

~Thylo:cool:
 
ThylacineAlive said:
That doesn't sound like a bad mix to me. What would you prefer?

The only thing I'd change is maybe having an oryx native to the African grasslands instead of the Sahara.

~Thylo:cool:
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Except there isn't a decent place for that exhibit unless they revamp the new one.
 
Mikezoo12 said:
Except there isn't a decent place for that exhibit unless they revamp the new one.
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There isn't a decent place for what 'exhibit'? The enclosure is already there, no? I'm just saying I'd rather they had a Gemsbok or East African Oryx instead, not have a new enclosure for a new species, although those aren't being cared for by the AZA anymore....

~Thylo:cool:
 
ThylacineAlive said:
There isn't a decent place for what 'exhibit'? The enclosure is already there, no? I'm just saying I'd rather they had a Gemsbok or East African Oryx instead, not have a new enclosure for a new species, although those aren't being cared for by the AZA anymore....

~Thylo:cool:
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There isn't a grassland exhibit.The largest exhibits are an Australian exhibit,cranes,leopards,children's zoo,and the indoor complexes.Unless you are talking about their current exhibit.
 
Mikezoo12 said:
There isn't a grassland exhibit.The largest exhibits are an Australian exhibit,cranes,leopards,children's zoo,and the indoor complexes.Unless you are talking about their current exhibit.
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There are grasslands in the Serengeti....

~Thylo:cool:
 
ThylacineAlive said:
That doesn't sound like a bad mix to me. What would you prefer?

The only thing I'd change is maybe having an oryx native to the African grasslands instead of the Sahara.

~Thylo:cool:
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Scimitar-horned oryx for what it is worth are not a Saharan true desertic type species, but one that ranges along the sand and gravel / lava flow deserts along the Sahel steppe belt!

I am not familiar with this zoo, but the species make-up of the said exhibit is probably better from the inhabitants' perspectives - in particular the birds - than in most African "savannah" type exhibits with a myriad of hoof stock in competition with the odd bird(s) - which from a welfare / breeding point of view require separate exhibits to make them do well -! Here, it seems just the one ….
 
i would think that they live in close(ish) enough proximity to the other one in the wild that common zoo visitors will either not care or not know the difference
 
savethelephant said:
i would think that they live in close(ish) enough proximity to the other one in the wild that common zoo visitors will either not care or not know the difference
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What does wild range proximity have to do with a zoo visitor recognizing the species? The Amur Tiger and Amur Leopard live in close proximity to each other but I wouldn't expect a visitor to confuse the two species.

~Thylo:cool:
 
silly me:o i thought this argument was about whether or not they live close enough together in the wild to be labelled in one exhibit. my bad
 
Went to the zoo today, didn't really see much but then I saw 2 pig exhibits the regular exhibit hey are in all the time and now possibly THE WORLD'S SMALLEST PIG EXHIBIT EVER!!!!
 
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