Whats your Holy Grail zoo animal?

Whats your Holy Grail zoo animal?

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Species I'd love to see in captivity (but won't):
  • Honduran white bat
  • Javan rhino
  • Vaquita
  • Mountain gorilla
  • Kakapoo
Species I'd love to see in captivity (and potentially could):
  • Amazon river dolphin
  • Aye-aye
  • Golden snub-nosed monkey
  • Lammergeier
  • Northern lion
  • Pangolin
  • Platypus
  • Saiga
 
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Anniella said:
I don't want to include animals that are not in zoos or other permanent captivity currently or recently, so no Javan rhinos, saola, Bulmer's fruit bats, etc.

Therefore, I guess I would choose one of the following: kakapo, kagu, Andean cat, numbat, long-beaked echidna, pangolins, or Hispaniolan solenodon, because I have never seen any of those in person.

I have personally seen Northern white rhino, Sumatran rhino, Kihansi spray toads, golden sifaka, and diademed sifaka, otherwise they might be on it.
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There are several collections that keep pangolins currently, spread out between Asia, Europe, and North America.
 
Vote for javan rhino, although I don't believe I will ever see one.
Blue Whale would also be a good choice by the way.

As for animals that are/were in zoos/aquarias/marine parks but I haven't seen, then:
1. Great White Shark
2. Golden Snub-nosed Monkey
3. Jentink's Duiker
4. Hirola
5. Zebra Duiker
6. Giant Armadillo
7. Numbat
8. Jabiru (Stork from South America)
9. Spix's Ara

As for animals I have seen but was not able to take good pictures:
1. Long beaked Echidna (any species/subspecies)
2. Red Uakari
3. Moloch
 
birdsandbats said:
There are several collections that keep pangolins currently, spread out between Asia, Europe, and North America.
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Yeah, I knew that actually, which is why I listed it in that second list along with kagu and numbat and so on, because those animals are all either currently kept in captivity somewhere or have been recently so far as I know, but I haven't personally seen.

I would love to see Javan rhino, saola, Bulmer's fruit bat, Namdapha flying squirrel, woolly flying squirrel, dingiso, mountain nyala, and so on, but those are examples of animals for which are not currently kept in captivity.

That's unfortunate news about the Yangtze giant softshell turtle though. If there's a silver lining, it's that the sexes of the wild individuals are unknown, and there may be more still surviving, although undoubtedly in small numbers if that is the case.
 
Anniella said:
Yeah, I knew that actually, which is why I listed it in that second list along with kagu and numbat and so on, because those animals are all either currently kept in captivity somewhere or have been recently so far as I know, but I haven't personally seen.

I would love to see Javan rhino, saola, Bulmer's fruit bat, Namdapha flying squirrel, woolly flying squirrel, dingiso, mountain nyala, and so on, but those are examples of animals for which are not currently kept in captivity.

That's unfortunate news about the Yangtze giant softshell turtle though. If there's a silver lining, it's that the sexes of the wild individuals are unknown, and there may be more still surviving, although undoubtedly in small numbers if that is the case.
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All known wild individuals are male. You are right that there may be more, though.
 
birdsandbats said:
All known wild individuals are male. You are right that there may be more, though.
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Agreed on the second part, but I haven't seen any definite statements that the wild individuals are male. Everything I have read says the sex of those animals is unknown. The second, more recently discovered individual in a Vietnam lake was identified through eDNA, which can tell the species present in a body of water, but identifying the sex of the animal has not been done yet.

Either way, the male in Suzhou has, well, reproductive issues due to an old injury from another turtle, so the ideal hypothetical situation would be for there to be multiple individuals of both sexes who have not been discovered yet either way.
 
Anniella said:
Agreed on the second part, but I haven't seen any definite statements that the wild individuals are male. Everything I have read says the sex of those animals is unknown. The second, more recently discovered individual in a Vietnam lake was identified through eDNA, which can tell the species present in a body of water, but identifying the sex of the animal has not been done yet.

Either way, the male in Suzhou has, well, reproductive issues due to an old injury from another turtle, so the ideal hypothetical situation would be for there to be multiple individuals of both sexes who have not been discovered yet either way.
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Daktari JG said:
To my knowledge both the known wild turtles are of sex unknown.
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All of the articles I have read said both wild turtles were male, though I hope this is not the case.
 
birdsandbats said:
All of the articles I have read said both wild turtles were male, though I hope this is not the case.
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Its not the case. I think it is because in Vietnam its been long known about Cu Rua being a male, so its assumed that the other two are male turtles. Could also be because the average person normally sees an animal and automatically assumes its a boy.
 
For me it's the following in any order:
Banded linsang
Spotted linsang
Owston's palm civet
Banded palm civet
If I finally make it to Khow Keow this year I hope to achieve at least one of them
 
Hipporex said:
Species I'd love to see in captivity (but won't):
  • Javan rhino
Species I'd love to see in captivity (and potentially could):
  • Sumatran rhino (I should of added this species)
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Anteaterman said:
Here's my list (I'll probably never be able to see any of these)
  • Sumatran Rhinoceros
  • Javan Rhinoceros
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Looks like you and I will have to someday take a trip to Indonesia (specifically the islands of Sumatra and Java).
 
Here's my list tough I doubt I will ever see any of these:
Sumatran Rhino
Mountain Tapir
Falanuk
Otter Civet
Aquatic Genet
 
This thread has gone on for long enough without some swatty nerd posting "these are the animals mentioned so far which I have seen". So these are the animals mentioned so far which I have seen.


Black-faced Spoonbill
Yangtze Softshell Turtle
Dugong
Crested Ibis
Leopard Seal
Marbled Cat
Secretary Bird
Platypus
Cheetah
Kakapo
Kagu
Numbat
Long-beaked Echidna
(Sunda) Pangolin
Sumatran Rhino
Golden Snub-nosed Monkey
Lammergeier
Moloch
Northern Cassowary
Owston's Palm Civet
Banded Palm Civet
 
Hipporex said:
Looks like you and I will have to someday take a trip to Indonesia (specifically the islands of Sumatra and Java).
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Is it even possible to see these animals on the islands of Java and Sumatra? I don't tink there are any captive Javan Rhinos, and I'm not sure if there are any Sumatran Rhinos in captivity as well. As such, you'd have to take your chances seeing one in the wild and with the number of them left and the area they live in, the odds of seeing one would be slim to none.
 
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