What's up, douc?

Thaumatibis

Thaumatibis

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I thought the name might interest people :) It would appear that the few doucs in Western zoos are kept indoor because of temperature. However, I heard on this forum that natural substrate is bad for their digestive system. Is this true? Did San Diego keep their doucs indoors? Thank you.

~ Thaumatibis
 
I can't answer your questions but when I was in Singapore recently, I paid special attention during the presentation to how douc was pronounced. Apparently it rhymes with book.
 
Thaumatibis said:
I thought the name might interest people :) It would appear that the few doucs in Western zoos are kept indoor because of temperature. However, I heard on this forum that natural substrate is bad for their digestive system. Is this true? Did San Diego keep their doucs indoors? Thank you.

~ Thaumatibis
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Yes, San Diego Zoo had the douc langurs in an indoor exhibit.

Here is what the exhibit looks like: http://www.zoochat.com/39/232400632-032e7eadce-67371/
 
DavidBrown said:
Here it is with silver-leafed langurs: http://www.zoochat.com/39/silvered-leaf-langur-exhibit-1-2-a-63566/

It is still there. I think there are spider monkeys in it now? It is adjacent to the Lost Forest complex.
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Thanks DB. That's not really what I would call an indoor enclosure though, I think an indoor exhibit is one that is in a building, rather than an enclosed outdoor exhibit as this.

I actually think I missed this exhibit, I don't recall it and I never saw any Spider Monkeys... Was it between the main entrance and the Orang exhibit?

EDIT: Actually, I think the photo you linked was the same as this one (http://www.zoochat.com/39/asian-passage-sun-bear-forest-francois-349389/), which appears to be the second of two enclosures the Doucs were held in, the first being adjacent to the Orangs, which was shut off when I visited as they were doing it up for Silvered Leaf Monkeys (which I presume replaced Spider Monkeys). So I did see this one, just with the Francois Langurs in it.
 
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