What are your favorite animals at your zoo?

ThylacineAlive

ThylacineAlive

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Hi everyone. This is now my fifth thread!:D
I've seen other threads similar to this but never asking this exact question. So, what are your favorite animals in your zoo. Feel free to mention more then one zoo/auqarium if you feel like it.:D

Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo-
Brazilian Ocelot
Maned Wolf
Chacoan Peccary
Andean Condor
Red Wolf
American Rhea
Yacare Caiman

Mystic Aquariuma and Institute for Exploration-
Steller Sea Lion
Beluga Whale
African Penguin
Bonnethead Hammerhead Shark
Great Barracuda

Maritime Aquarium-
American Eel
Meerkat
Sand Tiger Shark

Bronx Zoo-
Malayan Tiger
Transvaal Lion
Polar Bear
Baringo Giraffe
Ring-Tailed Mongoose
False Gharial
Volcan Darwin Giant Tortoise (subspecies of Galapagos Giant Tortoise. Infants)
Indian Rhinoceros
Pere David's Deer
Malayan Tapir
Western Lowland Gorilla
Okapi
Magellanic Penguin
Lesser Mouse Lemur
Rodrigues Flying Fox
Giant Gourami
Fly River Turtle
Guam Kingfisher

Smithsonian National Zoo-
Bornean Orangutan
Giant Panda (of course)
Komodo Dragon
Fishing Cat
Clouded Leopard
Sumatran Tiger
North Island Brown Kiwi
Japanese Giant Salamander
Gharial
Florida Softshell Turtle
Double-Wattled Cassowary
South African Cheetah
Indian Sloth Bear
Sri Lankan Elephant (probably not pure. The zoo told me they had 0.1 Indian Elephant and 0.2 Sri Lankan)
Arapaima
Red-Tailed Catfish
Caracal

Cincinnati Zoo (only zoo on the list I haevn't been to yet)-
Western Sumatran Rhinoceros (of course)
Eastern Black Rhinoceros
Florida Manatee
Bonobo
Aye-Aye
Cougar
King Penguin
Southern Rockhopper Penguin
Little Blue Penguin
Mexican Wolf
Sand Cat
Black-Footed Cat
Bobcat
Bongo
Aardwolf
Binturong
American Crocodile

So what are your favorites at your zoos?:D:D
 
ZooAmerica-
Snowy Owl
Mackenzie Valley Wolf
Rocky Mountain Elk
North American Mountain Lion
American Mink
Ringtail
White-Nosed Coati
Florida Gar
Texas Ocelot

Roger Williams Park Zoo-
African Bush Elephant
Masai Giraffe
Jamaican Fruit Bat
Sichuan Takin
Styan's Red Panda
 
The animals that I enjoy(ed) seeing the most.

Louisville:
-Babirusa
-Malayan tapir
-Amur tiger
-Pygmy hippo
-Ocelot
-Rock hyrax
-Southern white rhinoceros
-Brown woolly monkey
-Patas monkey

St. Louis:
-California sea lion/Harbor seals
-Orangutan
-Meerkat
-Okapi
-Jaguar
-Penguin & Puffin Coast (Humboldt, king, southern rockhopper, Gentoo, horned puffin, king eider)
-Caiman lizard
-Cownose stingray

Cincinnati:
-Suci
-Malayan tiger
-Gorillas
-Fennec fox
-Aardwolf
-Aye-aye
-Leaf cutter ant
-Cougar
-Bearcat
-Tayra
-Bat-eared fox
-Florida manatee
-Indian rhinoceros
-Now Arctic fox
-All gibbons (buff-cheeked, Mueller's grey, white-handed, and siamang)
-Sumatran orangutan
-Red panda
-Masai giraffe
-Bonobo
-Coquerel's sifaka
-Polar bear
-Mexican wolf
-North American river otter

Indy Zoo:
-Asian small-clawed otter
-African elephant
-Cheetah
-Reticulated giraffe
-Amur tiger
-Pacific walrus
-Guinea baboon

Columbus Zoo:
-American bison/Pronghorn
-Silvery langur
-Giant Flying fox/Golden-mantled flying fox
-Markhor
-Angolan colobus
-Polar bear
-Bobcat
-Wolverine (ironic)
-Bald eagle
-Mandrill
-Tiger quoll
-Green sea turtle
-Woylie
-Brown kiwi
 
Moebelle said:
The animals that I enjoy(ed) seeing the most.
Columbus Zoo:
-American bison/Pronghorn
-Silvery langur
-Giant Flying fox/Golden-mantled flying fox
-Markhor
-Angolan colobus
-Polar bear
-Bobcat
-Wolverine (ironic)
-Bald eagle
-Mandrill
-Tiger quoll
-Green sea turtle
-Woylie
-Brown kiwi
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What!!:eek: I didn't know they had those!! Must take a trip.:D

Also for the Bronx Zoo: North Sulawesi Babirusa and Gelada Baboon
 
Phoenix Zoo:
Cheetah
Lion
Tiger
Jaguar

Reid Park:
Lion
Leopard

SD Zoo:
Jaguar
Lion
Grizzly Bear
Koala
Panda

SD WAP:
Cheetah
Lion
Ring-tailed Lemur

I've been to other zoos, but those are my favorites.
 
Good Zoo:
Grevy's Zebra
Spectacled Bear
Brazilian Three Banded Armadillo
Red Panda
Chinese Goral
Desert Tortoise
Komodo Dragon

Pittsburgh Zoo:
Amur Tiger
Chinese Muntjac
African Dwarf Crocodile
Springbok
African Elephant
Eastern Gorilla
African Wild Dog
Gentoo Penguin
Red Bellied Piranha
Polar Bear
Sea Otter
Sand Tiger Shark
California Sea Lion
Striped Skunk
American Beaver
Phillipine Crocodile

Columbus Zoo:
Kodiak Brown Bear
Woodland Caribou
Alaskan Moose
American Wolverine
Bald Eagle
Baltimore Oriole
Sun Bear
Asian Elephant
Markhor
Caribbean Manatee
Brown Kiwi
Huon Tree Kangaroo
Koala
Red River Hog
Okapi
Blue Duiker

Cincinnati Zoo:
Masai Giraffe
Indian Rhino
Sumatran Rhino
Bactrian Camel
Bongo
Caribbean Manatee
Little Blue Penguin
Gray Fox
Mexican Wolf
Fennec Fox
Caracal
African Cheetah

Philadelphia Zoo:
Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Aardvark
Short Beaked Echidna
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Cougar
Hammerkop
Addax
Nile Hippo
Nile Crocodile
Green Anaconda
King Cobra
Cape Barren Goose
Pygmy Marmoset
Giant Otter
Southern Ground Hornbill
White Nosed Coati
Brown Pelican

Baltimore Zoo (Maryland Zoo):
Arctic Raven
Arctic Fox
American Red Fox
Sitatunga
Lappet Faced Vulture
Lesser Kudu
Spur Thighed Tortoise
Common Warthog
Kirk's Dikdik
Rock Hyrax
Slender Snouted Crocodile
African Black Footed Penguin
Some kind of Cormorant

I'll post some others later.
 
I have been visiting London Zoo since 1965 and have seen various animals over the years. I enjoyed seeing the hoolock gibbons, velvet worms, markhors, gharial, douc langur and angwantibos, as well as Goldie the golden eagle and Bruce the Australian lungfish. My favourite individual animal was a hand-reared plumbeous redstart that used to come to the front of its enclosure and bounce about when I visited the Bird House. It was one of the friendliest zoo animals I have ever seen. I would like to see the aye-ayes again and I regret not seeing the Haitian solenodon in 1967.
At the moment I like seeing the beaver rats, Panay cloud rats, coppery titis, naked mole-rats, caecilians and green wood hoopoes.
 
MrOkapi- I believe the Cincinnati Zoo has Florida Manatees, not the Caribbean subspecies (then again, it changes all the time so I don't know what they have now). And where's the Okapi on your list?:p

I would like to add Aldabra Giant Tortoise and Naked Mole Rat for Smithsonian National Zoo and Fennec Fox for Bronx Zoo (I just find the little guys irresistable:D)
 
ThylacineAlive said:
MrOkapi- I believe the Cincinnati Zoo has Florida Manatees, not the Caribbean subspecies (then again, it changes all the time so I don't know what they have now). And where's the Okapi on your list?:p

I would like to add Aldabra Giant Tortoise and Naked Mole Rat for Smithsonian National Zoo and Fennec Fox for Bronx Zoo (I just find the little guys irresistable:D)
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The zoo still has now one Florida manatee, Betsy, after Wooten was just recently freed back into the wild.
 
Moebelle said:
The zoo still has now one Florida manatee, Betsy, after Wooten was just recently freed back into the wild.
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Just a note, but he has not been released yet. He has merely been shipped to Florida as of yet. He will live for a period at the Miami Seaquarium before being released.
 
trotter's world of animals
brazilian tapir
meerkat
asian palm civet
ring tailed lemur
eurasian lynx
fishing cat

basel zoo
hippo
tuatara
great apes in general
elephants
lions
rhinos
snow leopards

of course these aren't all of the zoos i've been to but these are just two of my favourites
the animals i most want to see are manatees and jaguarundis
 
epickoala123 said:
trotter's world of animals
brazilian tapir
meerkat
asian palm civet
ring tailed lemur
eurasian lynx
fishing cat

basel zoo
hippo
tuatara
great apes in general
elephants
lions
rhinos
snow leopards

of course these aren't all of the zoos i've been to but these are just two of my favourites
the animals i most want to see are manatees and jaguarundis
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I swam with wild Caribbean Manatees in Puerto Rico once.
 
Kudu21 said:
Just a note, but he has not been released yet. He has merely been shipped to Florida as of yet. He will live for a period at the Miami Seaquarium before being released.
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So he's going to live in a hell hole for his final times in captivity?
 
ThylacineAlive said:
What do they do when all their manatees are released?
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They receive new injured manatees for rehabilitation each time they send other ones free. Some of them may come from the wild (Wooten), Homosassa Springs (Betsy), or other zoos (Illusion, Wooten-Miami Seaquarium). Wooten will be the 11th manatee the zoo has set free. The last manatee was Illusion who was sent free in November 2011. The last group together at the zoo was Lil Jo and Slip that left in 2010.
 
Favorite Animal at my Zoo

It's the tigers, no doubt. I love tigers but my zoo, the Pittsburgh Zoo, had a rhino birth in September I have to give props for that animal too. Rhinos are such great animals.
 
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