What Species Would You Import To Australia?

animal_expert01

animal_expert01

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Just wondering, what species would you import to Australia if given the chance, regardless of laws or cost. Here is my list:
Caiman Lizard
Red-eyed Cocodile Skink
Kakapo
Kea
Kagu
Antipodes Island Parakeet
Potoo
Brown Kiwi
Horned Parakeet
Capuchin Bird
Williams Blue Cave Gecko
Tuatara
Cloven-featherd Dove
Raggiana bird-of-paradise
King Of Saxony bird-of-paradise
Superb bird-of-paradise
Web-footed Gecko
Fossa
Falanoka
Indri
Papuan Hornbill
Secretary Bird
Red-legged Serima
Tooth-billed Pigeon
 
Seriously????!!!!

Nothing against those species you have listed BUT if you have free hand to import any species I bet that most people would list others like:

African Elephants
Flamingos (any species)
Babirousa and other exotic pigs/swine
Antilopes and Gazelles that are not represented in Australia at the moment (e. g. Gerenuks)
Cape Buffalo and other exotic bovines
Sloth Bears
Okapis
Grevyzebras
Giant River Otter
Walruss

AND (for refreshing blood lines/lift the current stock) MORE
Polarbears
Common and Pygmy Hippos
Small cats
Leopards
Bongos and other Antilopes
Black Rhinos
Indian One horned Rhinos
Hyenas
King Penguins
Komodo Dragons
Wild Dog Species
etc.

Others - like sloths, hyraxes, skunks, armadillos, condors - would be interesting too but I don't know if they can be seen in Australia already.
 
zoomaniac said:
Seriously????!!!!

Nothing against those species you have listed BUT if you have free hand to import any species I bet that most people would list others like:

African Elephants
Flamingos (any species)
Babirousa and other exotic pigs/swine
Antilopes and Gazelles that are not represented in Australia at the moment (e. g. Gerenuks)
Cape Buffalo and other exotic bovines
Sloth Bears
Okapis
Grevyzebras
Giant River Otter
Walruss

AND (for refreshing blood lines/lift the current stock) MORE
Polarbears
Common and Pygmy Hippos
Small cats
Leopards
Bongos and other Antilopes
Black Rhinos
Indian One horned Rhinos
Hyenas
King Penguins
Komodo Dragons
Wild Dog Species
etc.

Others - like sloths, hyraxes, skunks, armadillos, condors - would be interesting too but I don't know if they can be seen in Australia already.
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SERIOUSLY!!!!????

A kid lists two dozen species of birds, mammals and reptiles (mostly birds) not presently found in Australian zoos, many of which are endangered in the wild or rare in captivity, and you think your mammal-centric list is better?

He's told us what species he finds interesting and your respose of "Seriously???!!!" strongly implies that he is completely wrong. And then stating what "most people would list" just reinforces that point.

Well, maybe most people would list the animals you suggested. I wouldn't (except maybe a couple of them). But if you and animal_expert01 each had a zoo stocked with all the species you each listed, most Zoochatters would be going to animal_expert01's zoo.

Hix
 
Undoubtedly,animals_expert01's zoo is more interesting,but in reality it is not that possible to happen.If you want to have more people to visit your zoo,zoomaniac's zoo is better as it cover more popular animal.I don't mean animals_expert01's zoo is not good,I would love the visit it absolutely, zoomaniac's zoo is more feasible and more profitable.I mean,there is more ordinary people in the world(or Australia) than zoochatters.Hix is right that you shouldn't said "seriously" though.
 
Okay, guys. If you are just upset by the word "seriously"... it wasn't meant that harsh, and it doesn't mean that there is anything "wrong". I absolutely respect animal_expert01 opinion/wish. It should just impress how astonished I was (and still am - Unfortunately, written messages do still not transport the "sound"). But: If I had to live in Australia (again: no offense;)), I would like to see more popular animals and I'm convinced most Australians (zoofreaks or not) share my opinion.
And for @Hix especially: Cool down. I had the focus on species that average zoo vistors like (and miss). And average zoo vistors are the ones that keep a zoo running. (Beside that: Even you had to confess that most people would choose my list). Also - refer to your "bet" about most zoochatters - Giant River Otters and Walruss would be at least as interesting for AUSTRALIAN Zoo Chatters who ARE NOT ABLE to travel around the world as Indri and Fanaloka (while a trip to NZL and see Kea, Tuatara and Co. would be affordable for many, if not the majority).

Beside that: How should I have known that animal_expert01 is a kid and why should this have an impact of his opinion and my reply?
 
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I like how people are referring to @animal_expert01's Zoo and @zoomaniac's Zoo like both gentleman have busily spent the last few years obtaining planning permission, constructing infrastructure and stocking their zoos with animals in time for the imminent grand opening. And how people may or not visit one of their zoos.

I say we get charter a large bus, write ZooChat on it and fill it with ZooChatters (each one as opinionated as the last) and drive it to each zoo, giving it a fair and independent review, the final verdict of the people on the bus being the sole determinent of whether the zoo will be a success. And no, nobody will be swayed by free ice cream!
 
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@Zoofan15: lol:);)
You're right. We should take that with a good portion of humor (first, my intention was to write "less seriously" but then....;))
 
zoomaniac said:
AND (for refreshing blood lines/lift the current stock) MORE
Polarbears
Common and Pygmy Hippos
Small cats
Leopards
Bongos and other Antilopes
Black Rhinos
Indian One horned Rhinos
Hyenas
King Penguins
Komodo Dragons
Wild Dog Species
etc.
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If your goal is to restore blood-lines, this would be a better list:
Jungle Fowl
Razor-billed Currasow
Andean Condor
Green Peafowl
Greater Rhea
Chilean Flamingo
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Brazilian Tapir
Malayan Tapir
Guanaco
Collared Peccary
White-fronted Lemur
Eurasian Brown Bear
Leopard
Ocelot
African Forest Buffalo
Sulawesi Black Macaque
Puma
Barton's Long-beaked Echidna
Capybara
Brazillian Agouti
Common Coati
Pacific Harbour Seal
Spotted Hyena
African Hunting Dog
Fishing Cat

All of this animals are in desperate need of some more genetic material or more individuals of breeding age.
 
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No objection, although I allow myself to see your list more as an extension, also because some of those you mentioned are actually on my list already.
I'm amazed (is this word okay?) that there are still Flamingos and Peccaries in (an) Australian zoo(s). Thought they all died out.
 
zoomaniac said:
No objection, although I allow myself to see your list more as an extension, also because some of those you mentioned are actually on my list already.
I'm amazed (is this word okay?) that there are still Flamingos and Peccaries in (an) Australian zoo(s). Thought they all died out.
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There is only one ancient flamingo in Australia, a Chilean at Adelaide Zoo, last time I went to Melbourne Zoo quite a number of the peccaries were still alive, but that was several years ago. Flamingos cannot be imported, so when this last remaining individual dies out the species will become extinct in Australia. Collard peccaries however can be imported with a license.
 
peccaries cannot be imported to Australia. And "rejuvenating bloodlines" isn't an apt description when you are talking about a single remaining specimen (e.g. the flamingo or curassow) or post-reproductive individuals (e.g. the rheas).

@zoomaniac - check the stickied lists at the top of the Australia forum for the mammals and birds still in the country and the populations' general origins.
 
A) You edited your post after I said that :p
B) That link states that the information within has been superseded.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
A) You edited your post after I said that :p
B) That link states that the information within has been superseded.
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This has been pretty mammal-centred so far. As a birdkeeper, if I had to live in Australia, I would miss many bird species that are avicultural staples elsewhere, and are gone from Oz. My list would include Carolina Wood Duck, Crowned Crane (either species or both), Ruddy Shelduck, Himalayan Monal, Nicobar Pigeon, Pekin Robin, Red-breasted Goose, Shama, Eagle-owl (any species), Flamingo (any species). I would also look at refreshing the bloodlines of the few pheasant species still in Australian aviculture.
 
I'd import (bearing in mind this is regardless of laws or costs):

Mammals

African Elephant
Common Hippopotamus
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Indian One Horned Rhino
Rothschild's Giraffe
Okapi
Bongo
Collared Peccary
Babirusa
Malayan Tapir
Polar Bear
Malayan Sun Bear
Giant Panda
Timber Wolf
Amur Leopard
Persian Leopard
Jaguar
Temminck's Golden Cat
Fishing Cat
Caracal
Sumatran Orangutan
Common Chimpanzee
Mandrill
Chacma Baboon

Birds

Tawny Owl
Snowy Owl
Rhea
Andean Condor
Greater Flamingo

Reptiles

Komodo Dragon
King Cobra
 
As an ape nerd, having bonobos in the region would be incredible. I'd like to see more chimpanzees imported, perhaps from the US, as they manage the species as a whole rather than species, the same as Australasia.

My list is unfortunately rather boring and mammally, but laying aside practicalities, I'd love to see imports of any of the following:
Okapi (housed alongside the bonobos in a big, green Congo exhibit)
Aye-aye
Drill
Striped hyena
Amur Leopard... or any other leopard to be honest
Golden Snub-nosed Monkey
Dusky/Spectacled Langur
Clouded Leopard
Brown bear (Syrian?)
Giant Anteater
Tamandua
Woolly Monkey
Red or Black Howler Monkey
Andean/Spectacled Bear
Tuatara
Kakapo
Kiwi
 
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