Toledo Zoo Toledo Zoo & Aquarium News 2019

Updates from my visit today:

  • Saw the (very active) Polar Bear cup. So cute!
  • The Giant Water Bugs have eggs.
  • The Phantasmal Dart Frogs have eggs.
  • Review (including the new ProMedica Museum of Natural History) coming very soon!
 
Sorry I didn't get a map to look at. The only carousel I remember is the one across from the train. Had to Google it, I forgot about that one, I know I saw it last year. We got there late and kid of rushed that day. Now I'm curious, I'll have to look next time I go.
 
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Kifaru Bwana said:
Cannot read within Europe. Any chance of a small excerpt for this exciting endeavour?
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Here you go.
Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) are currently one of the most threatened species in the Great Lakes. The oldest and largest fish in the Great Lakes, lake sturgeon have a life span of 50 to 150 years, can grow to be more than six feet long and weigh up to 200 pounds.

In 2016, the zoo received grants to construct a modular facility near the Maumee River to hatch and rear the fish, the first of its kind in the state. In the facility, the zoo has reared 1,300 lake sturgeon from eggs collected in U.S. and Canadian waters earlier this year. Additional fish will be released from the USFWS National Fish Hatchery in Genoa, Wisconsin, bringing the total number released to nearly 3,000.

The fish are about six months old and about seven inches long. After release, fisheries biologists with the ONDR Division of Wildlife, GLATOS and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will monitor the population. The goal is to rear the fish in Maumee River water from a young age and capitalize on the homing ability of the species in hopes that they will return to the waterway to spawn at adulthood in approximately 15 years.
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I was at the zoo last weekend. There are already a few changes to the ProMedica Museum of Natural History exhibit. I last visited Toledo in June shortly after the museum opened, so I'm not sure how recent these changes are:

-the tropical conservatory now has a few birds. I saw a male/female pair of White-throated ground dove and a hummingbird (I believe Anna's). There are still various butterflies and snails. I did not see any herps, though I could hear a frog calling.

-the prairie conservatory didn't have any visible butterflies or bumblebees, but this might be because plants are going dormant for the winter.

-the mini terraria in the oak forest room were all empty. On my first visit they held small native herps and invertebrates. I would not be surprised if this is permanent because they are all extremely small and have poor viewing.
 
Gondwana said:
-the mini terraria in the oak forest room were all empty. On my first visit they held small native herps and invertebrates. I would not be surprised if this is permanent because they are all extremely small and have poor viewing.
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Which room is that?
 
Gondwana said:
I was at the zoo last weekend. There are already a few changes to the ProMedica Museum of Natural History exhibit. I last visited Toledo in June shortly after the museum opened, so I'm not sure how recent these changes are:

-the tropical conservatory now has a few birds. I saw a male/female pair of White-throated ground dove and a hummingbird (I believe Anna's). There are still various butterflies and snails. I did not see any herps, though I could hear a frog calling.

-the prairie conservatory didn't have any visible butterflies or bumblebees, but this might be because plants are going dormant for the winter.

-the mini terraria in the oak forest room were all empty. On my first visit they held small native herps and invertebrates. I would not be surprised if this is permanent because they are all extremely small and have poor viewing.
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Pictures of hummingbird?
 
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