Drills in with gorillas in Detroit.
Unusual/unique mixed exhibits?
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was it Melbourne Zoo that had gorillas in with De Brazzas, and there was an "incident"?
Drills with gorillas sounds a bad idea!
Drills with gorillas sounds a bad idea!
There was an incident which is unfortunate because I loved watching the De Brazzas in that exhibit. Now there are only two and they live in one of the great ape grottoes.
As well as at edinburgh in the UK.
Here in Mexico city , in the chapultepec zoo there is a walkthrough enclosure with an interesting mix of birds it is called the moctezuma aviary. The enclosure is a huge aviary with ample room for birds to fly around , growing trees , a rock face for macaws , a small lake and some streams. This is a list of the birds and a few reptiles that live in this exhibit together.
Black swans
Toucans
comorants
terrapin turtle
crowned cranes
green iguana
pelicans
scarlett macaws
blue and gold macaws
millitary macaws
sulphur crested cockatoo
mallard ducks
Tucaraos
white swans
patagonian conures
yellow fronted amazon parrot
red fronted amazon parrot
golden pheasant
ecelectus parrots
Black swans
Toucans
comorants
terrapin turtle
crowned cranes
green iguana
pelicans
scarlett macaws
blue and gold macaws
millitary macaws
sulphur crested cockatoo
mallard ducks
Tucaraos
white swans
patagonian conures
yellow fronted amazon parrot
red fronted amazon parrot
golden pheasant
ecelectus parrots
I just came across an article in the Shanghai zoo's magazine, with an exhibit housing 4 racoons, a skunk, a masked palm civet and a hog badger mixed! Would love to see the interactions and how they all get on!
sounds like a very very overcrowded enclosure , and i should imagine the occupants do not get on too well with one another
didn't colchester zoo try meerkats in with their lions at one point? last time i looked at the enclosure could still see the burrow holes to the right of the exhibit. I'm guessing that one didn't go so well....
on a visit to san diego they ran Allens swamp monkey in with spot necked otter
they also had wolfs guenon in with pygmy hippo and red flanked duiker ; the wolfs guenons looked fantastic on their own to be honest
on a visit to san diego they ran Allens swamp monkey in with spot necked otter
they also had wolfs guenon in with pygmy hippo and red flanked duiker ; the wolfs guenons looked fantastic on their own to be honest
zoogiraffe
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Colchester did try Meerkats with the Lions but I believe things went a bit wrong for the Meerkats,but the male Lion had some fun and a nice snack!!didn't colchester zoo try meerkats in with their lions at one point? last time i looked at the enclosure could still see the burrow holes to the right of the exhibit. I'm guessing that one didn't go so well....
on a visit to san diego they ran Allens swamp monkey in with spot necked otter
they also had wolfs guenon in with pygmy hippo and red flanked duiker ; the wolfs guenons looked fantastic on their own to be honest
Dan
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Thanks again everybody and expecially Chlidonias for his or her extended reflections on the subject of mixed exibits. A most interesting read and some very sensible thoughts, I believe.
But I take it, then, that the mixing of elephants on a big savanna with several other species as it is done in Borås it totally uniqe? It does not exist anywhere else in the zoo world? Neither does the mixture of white rhino with cheetah?
I must say, this only makes me admire this zoo in a small town up here in the north of Europe even more for being so obviously innovative. I will definetly re-visit it some time next year; shame that some 30+ years have passed since the last time I was there...
But I take it, then, that the mixing of elephants on a big savanna with several other species as it is done in Borås it totally uniqe? It does not exist anywhere else in the zoo world? Neither does the mixture of white rhino with cheetah?
I must say, this only makes me admire this zoo in a small town up here in the north of Europe even more for being so obviously innovative. I will definetly re-visit it some time next year; shame that some 30+ years have passed since the last time I was there...
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Zoogoer2000
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An interesting one is Cleveland MetroParks Zoo's "Wolf Woods" which mixes beaver/mexican gray wolves
The beavers have access to the pool and a lodge with an underwater tunnel (For escape). The pool edge is slightly raised so the beavers cannot leave the pool and enter the wolf woods (They have there own land area as well)
The wolves can enter the pool, but there are escape chances everywhere for the beavers and the pool is deep enough that they can just swim to the bottom
The beavers have access to the pool and a lodge with an underwater tunnel (For escape). The pool edge is slightly raised so the beavers cannot leave the pool and enter the wolf woods (They have there own land area as well)
The wolves can enter the pool, but there are escape chances everywhere for the beavers and the pool is deep enough that they can just swim to the bottom
Dan
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That certainly sounds interesting but what do you make of it? I would assume that the arrangement works as perfect enrichment for the wolves - having potential prey in their enclosure must be stimulating. But do you think the beavers get stressed by the prescense of the wolves?
