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The new Austrian "Lockdown Light" guidelines are kinda confusing: museums are allowed to open on the 7th of December, while zoos are only allowed to re-open their outdoor exhibits on the 24th of December, with the rest closed till the 6th of January, 2021.
Since WdG is both a museum and a zoo (like the closeby HdN that opens on the 7th), I'm a bit confused what applies to us. And so are the officials whom I've contacted for clearance...
 
Batto said:
The new Austrian "Lockdown Light" guidelines are kinda confusing: museums are allowed to open on the 7th of December, while zoos are only allowed to re-open their outdoor exhibits on the 24th of December, with the rest closed till the 6th of January, 2021.
Since WdG is both a museum and a zoo (like the closeby HdN that opens on the 7th), I'm a bit confused what applies to us. And so are the officials whom I've contacted for clearance...
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It has been quite a journey, but it was worth it: today, two additional cobra, two new spider and three new scorpion species have been added to the WdG.

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Current species list (as of December 2020):

Snakes:

Agkistrodon contortix and A. taylori
Bitis gabonica
Bothriechis schlegelii
Cerastes cerastes
Crotalus basilicus
Crotalus ornatus
Crotalus pyrrhus
Heterodon nasicus
Naja annulata
Naja nivea
Naja siamensis
Oxyuranus microlepidotus
Trimerusurus gumprechti
Trimerusurus insularis
Vipera ammodytes
Vipera atra
Vipera berus

...as well as several species of Lampropeltis, Pantherophis and Euprepiophis mandarinus

Lizards:

Heloderma suspectum
Heloderma exasperatum

Amphibians:

Dendrobates auratus
Incilius alvarius
Pleurodeles nebulosus
Rhinella marina
Sclerophrys gutturalis
Taricha granulosa

Fish:

Corydoras sterbai
Platydoras armatulus

Spiders:

Ceratogyrus brachycephalus
Latrodectus geometricus, hasselti, elegans & mactans
Lasiodora parahybana
Loxosceles laeta
Macrothele holsti
Nephila senegalensis
Pterinochilus murinus
Stromatopelma calceatum
Viridasius "sylvestris"

Scorpions:

Androctonus australis
Euscorpius sp.
Hadogenes bicolor
Halogenen troglodytes
Hottentotta franzwerneri
Hottentotta hottentotta
Hottentotta jayakari
Hottentotta judaicus
Leiurus quinquestriatus
Parabuthus villosus
Tityus stigmurus

Insects:

Platymeris biguttatus
Peruphasma schultei
Psytalla horrida
 
Batto said:
Amphibians:

Dendrobates auratus
Incilius alvarius
Pleurodeles nebulosus
Rhinella marina
Sclerophrys gutturalis
Taricha granulosa
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Hope you don't mind me asking what happened to the Phyllobates terriblis?
Spiders:

Ceratogyrus brachycephalus
Latrodectus geometricus, hasselti, elegans & mactans
Lasiodora parahybana
Loxosceles laeta
Macrothele holsti
Nephila senegalensis
Pterinochilus murinus
Stromatopelma calceatum
Viridasius "sylvestris"
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The Sicarius sp.?
 
The Phyllobates terribilis specimens died in 2019. In a new, larger venue, I'd like to keep a larger group in a nice show tank.
The two female Sicarius spiders are alive and doing well; I forgot to c & p them from my data sheet.
 
Batto said:
The Phyllobates terribilis specimens died in 2019. In a new, larger venue, I'd like to keep a larger group in a nice show tank.
The two female Sicarius spiders are alive and doing well; I forgot to c & p them from my data sheet.
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Thanks.
 
I finally got an official federal reply whether I'm allowed to open again this month. The answer was:
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The next possible opening date has been delayed from early January 2021 to mid-January 2021, for whatever reason they deem fit.
Great...
 
Batto said:
I finally got an official federal reply whether I'm allowed to open again this month. The answer was:
latenightseth-seth-meyers-lnsm-9VlW82yXW76vRlhk34

The next possible opening date has been delayed from early January 2021 to mid-January 2021, for whatever reason they deem fit.
Great...
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Ah I see, well not great news but at least and thankfully not a permanent closure
 
Batto said:
Constantly providing fresh blood for creatures that somehow disappoint most visitors ("Those are vampires? Where? They are so tiny and smelly. Let's go back to the meerkats and ring-tailed lemurs"), keeping them constantly warm and in large nocturnal enclosures (that might be detrimental to breeding) doesn't make them a priority species that also has no conservation value as the last saving grace. They are something for zoological nerds. ^^
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Do you Plan on adding venemos and poisonos fish and mammals Like Sting rays, Lion fish, shrews and pygmy slow loris?
 
Batto said:
"Mandje! Mandje! Timpe Te!
Buttje! Buttje in de See!
Mine Fru, de Ilsebill,
Will nich so, as ick wol will.“
And that's why I don't have any additional venomous fish. :D

So much about messing with me...Guess who's laughing now while you're scratching your heads in confusion?:D:D:D
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So a Brothers Grimm tale about a fisherman... You didn't count on my google skills and interest in anthropology and folk lore did ya ? :D
 
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