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Pandaboi said:
Diana Monkeys are also hard to breed from my understanding.
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No they aren't. All you really need is a compatable pair and they will breed just fine. Twycross produced three youngsters in quick succession. Edinburgh used to have upwards of a dozen. Chessington & Newquay each had a group of six or so some years ago. Paignton too, could have continued breeding without interruption if they hadn't been advised/told by the EEP(or whomever) to split their original successful pair after three young had been born. The male was sent to Sweden. That was a mistake in my opinion, governed by the 'genetics'. It resulted in a ten year hiatus in breeding after the new male arrived, though he has now (finally) bred with the daughter/younger female. I think sometimes things that work should be left alone.
 
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TriUK said:
@Pertinax may be able to elaborate, but is this as bad as it appears to me, re. the sustainability of a viable Diana population in the U.K., given the Brexit paperwork hurdles our zoos currently face?
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At present the only breeding pair in the UK are at Paignton. So yes, the future for them is hanging on a bit of a thread at present though Nisha has hinted in another post about some possible changes.
 
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Pandaboi said:
Even if Twycross sent one of their juvenile males ‘Diego’ or ‘Jafar’ to Paignton once they matured they still wouldn’t be able to breed ‘Sakari’ with one of them as like I mentioned before ‘Kasai’ at Paignton is the mother of ‘Manu’ who was at Twycross so ‘Akea’ is their grandmother.
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They've now departed for France haven't they? So this scenario is irrelevant now. But at least the Paignton baby is a female which is positive news. I magine she will be partnered at maturity with a male somewhere else as Paignton unlikely to want to house additional pairs. Keeping a larger group of related animals is also a possibility though. I sometimes think too much attention is paid in some circumstances to rigidly seperating related animals.
 
Pandaboi said:
Twycross has announced the new species which has joint the collection is the Golden-Eyed Stick Insects. Log in to Facebook
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Any ideas where they are on display in the zoo, I’m guessing there in one of the displays in gibbon forest, not expecting them to actually build new exhibits so would presume they have lost a species to gain one.
 
J C said:
Any ideas where they are on display in the zoo, I’m guessing there in one of the displays in gibbon forest, not expecting them to actually build new exhibits so would presume they have lost a species to gain one.
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They are in the Gibbon Forest exhibit. I believe they just replaced a different species of Stick Insect for this one.
 
Pertinax said:
There was me hoping for Golden Snub-nosed monkeys...never mind, the golden part is right anyway.
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I think this and proboscis monkey's are probably the most known monkeys by peoeple that are probably not going to come to the UK but at the same time i hope im proven wrong as twycross definitely has the expertise and it would be nice to just see them in europe but the UK would be great
 
Pandaboi said:
They are in the Gibbon Forest exhibit. I believe they just replaced a different species of Stick Insect for this one.
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On the topic of gibbon forest, which of the enclosures are the silvery gibbons in? are they sharing with another species or have one of the species been moved
 
Charles said:
On the topic of gibbon forest, which of the enclosures are the silvery gibbons in? are they sharing with another species or have one of the species been moved
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“The new pair lives in the Siamang exhibit in Gibbon Forest. The siamangs ‘Darwin’ and ‘Tango’ moved to the exhibit near the meerkats. The siamangs moved out because they didn’t go outside much because of the open-topped enclosure so the team decided to move the siamangs so they can enjoy going outside more often.” From one of my earlier posts.

The current species in Gibbon Forest are:
Silvery Gibbons.
Pileated Gibbons.
Northern White-Cheeked Gibbons.
Agile Gibbons.
 
Pandaboi said:
“The new pair lives in the Siamang exhibit in Gibbon Forest. The siamangs ‘Darwin’ and ‘Tango’ moved to the exhibit near the meerkats. The siamangs moved out because they didn’t go outside much because of the open-topped enclosure so the team decided to move the siamangs so they can enjoy going outside more often.” From one of my earlier posts.

The current species in Gibbon Forest are:
Silvery Gibbons.
Pileated Gibbons.
Northern White-Cheeked Gibbons.
Agile Gibbons.
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ah ok thank you for the information, glad twycross is one of the few zoos really fulfilling my zoo enthusiast dreams :p
 
I’m delighted to confirm a male Mongoose Lemur named ‘Rufus’ arrived at Twycross from Bristol Zoo a few weeks ago. He is currently behind the scenes living in the former Lemur Complex opposite the Red Ruffed Lemurs. The Mongoose and Ruffed Lemurs will be moved onshow somewhere within the zoo in the next few months.

The Tufted Deer will also move into the zoo near the tapirs in a few weeks time once their enclosure is finished. Then work should start on the NSCC.

Theo former bonobo exhibit is being refurbished with work now starting on the outside exhibit. The indoor exhibit is already complete and furnished.

Gibbon Forest is closed for the next week while the Silvery Gibbons settle in.

The Vicuña which was born last year is set to leave the collection soon. He’s been separated from the rest of the herd for a while now.

The Francois Langur and Black-Headed Spider Monkey which were born a few months ago are all doing well and growing up quickly!

There is currently a lot of work going on at the zoo. It may seem a bit untidy and messy but it’s all to improve the zoo.
 
Pandaboi said:
I’m delighted to confirm a male Mongoose Lemur named ‘Rufus’ arrived at Twycross from Bristol Zoo a few weeks ago. He is currently behind the scenes living in the former Lemur Complex opposite the Red Ruffed Lemurs. The Mongoose and Ruffed Lemurs will be moved onshow somewhere within the zoo in the next few months.

The Tufted Deer will also move into the zoo near the tapirs in a few weeks time once their enclosure is finished. Then work should start on the NSCC.

Theo former bonobo exhibit is being refurbished with work now starting on the outside exhibit. The indoor exhibit is already complete and furnished.

Gibbon Forest is closed for the next week while the Silvery Gibbons settle in.

The Vicuña which was born last year is set to leave the collection soon. He’s been separated from the rest of the herd for a while now.

The Francois Langur and Black-Headed Spider Monkey which were born a few months ago are all doing well and growing up quickly!

There is currently a lot of work going on at the zoo. It may seem a bit untidy and messy but it’s all to improve the zoo.
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Thank you for sharing this. How exciting. It feels like things are moving forwards in recent weeks. Any ideas what will be going into the old bonobo house? Is this the “Ape House?” Where Lope was recently?
 
jamie779 said:
Thank you for sharing this. How exciting. It feels like things are moving forwards in recent weeks. Any ideas what will be going into the old bonobo house? Is this the “Ape House?” Where Lope was recently?
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I have an idea roughly what will be moving into the former bonobo house but I may be wrong. Yes this is the one where Lope spent a short period of time before his departure to France.
 
Charles said:
I think this and proboscis monkey's are probably the most known monkeys by peoeple that are probably not going to come to the UK but at the same time i hope im proven wrong as twycross definitely has the expertise and it would be nice to just see them in europe but the UK would be great
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I think Twycross did hold proboscis monkeys before
 
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