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Things people do that irritate you when you go to the zoo? #2
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Unsurprisingly, panda was one of the first bear species I ever saw. Sloth bear was actually the final outstanding bear on my list up until recently. My order, location and date of first bear sightings (as much as I remember offhand) are as follows:
Spectacled (UK, June 2014)
Panda (UK, January 2015)
Sun (UK, January 2015)
Polar (USA, April 2015)
Brown (USA, April 2015)
Asiatic black (Japan, August 2015)
American black (Russia, August 2015)
Sloth (Germany, December 2017)
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I have a feeling that American Black Bear was my last bear species.
Do you why that is?
Quite the contrast here. Growing up going to the Toledo Zoo, they were one of my first.
Not sure. I know the AZA phased them out, but I don't know why they aren't more common in non-AZA zoos.
There are ~8 zoos in the US with Asian Black Bears.
I wanted to see one for absolutely ages! I was hoping I’d get to go to Smithsonian or Whipsnade but those trips never materialised.
Why did they decide to do away with them as opposed to the suns, sloths, and Andeans?
They were/are all old, and could most could/can no longer breed. I guess they didn't want to bring in any more, so they were added to the phase-out list. A shame, Ursus thibetanus is a cool species.
Yeah, and so less numerous then their counterparts on the other side of the Pacific.
Really? That's too bad. Guess I better get my butt to Cleveland if they still have them.
By the way Toledo recently got an Andean bear and if I make it out there this summer it will only be my second time seeing one.
It was mine!
Spectacled Bear - Chester, when I was a kid
Brown Bear - Welsh Mountain, when I was a kid
Sun Bear - Chester, whenever they arrived
Giant Panda - Berlin Zoo, 2018
Asiatic Black Bear - Berlin Zoo, 2018
Sloth Bear - Berlin Zoo, 2018
Polar Bear - Berlin Zoo, 2018
American Black Bear - Berlin Tierpark, 2018
(The ones I remember)
Polar bear- Toledo Zoo, 2007
Sloth bear- Toledo Zoo, 2007
Grizzly bear- John Ball Zoo, 2008
Giant panda- San Diego Zoo, 2010
Sun bear- San Diego Zoo, 2010
American black bear- Detroit Zoo, 2013
Spectacled bear- Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 2017
Polar bear- Toledo Zoo, 2007
Sloth bear- Toledo Zoo, 2007
Grizzly bear- John Ball Zoo, 2008
Giant panda- San Diego Zoo, 2010
Sun bear- San Diego Zoo, 2010
American black bear- Detroit Zoo, 2013
Spectacled bear- Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 2017
October 2015, not stalking them or anything, honest!
I hate to break it to everyone, but we are getting a bit off-course with this thread's purpose. This thread is supposed to tell ZooChatters your major pet peeves in zoos, but it seems like it's now gone to people posting about where and when they've seen species of bears. To be honest, let's get this thread back to its original purpose.
Yeah, sorry. I just had a question I had been wanting to ask for a while back there.