Twin Emperor Tamarins have been born at Wildlife HQ to pair Santiago and Pedro. The twins were born on 15th December and are doing well - reported on social media.
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I went to the zoo recently and only saw 1 capybara. Does they mean that they sent the other 2 to another zoo? If so where?
A pair of brightly-coloured Western Shinglebacks have arrived at Wildlife HQ - reported on social media.
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Wildlife have 2 maned wolves, I thought that they transferred Dahlia back to Altina. Does that mean they still have Dahlia.
That’s correct due to Dahlia’s allergies. It left them with her sister, Eartha (2017).
If they now have a second Maned wolf, it’s possible a male was transferred in to pair with Eartha.
Always_Amity
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So sad I only saw the fella there yesterday
I am not one to get to get particularly mushy about individual zoo animals as transfers and deaths are a healthy part of any well-functioning zoo. But if there was a zoo animal that I always enjoyed seeing it was Sari. He was an enormous binturong; the largest I’ve ever seen and a zoo visit was never complete without watching Sari chomp on a banana. I did an encounter a few years back with Sari and was amazed at his strength, smell and presence up close. I sincerely hope Wildlife HQ are considering to reacquire binturong; the perfect species for their rainforest setting.
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Beautiful post and what a photo. Sari looked like a real charismatic and good looking Binturong. Thats interesting about his size and robustness too. So glad you got to have a close up encounter with him. Rip Sari.
Beautiful post and what a photo. Sari looked like a real charismatic and good looking Binturong. Thats interesting about his size and robustness too. So glad you got to have a close up encounter with him. Rip Sari.
Incredible news. Three Maned Wolf pups have been born at Wildlife HQ. The three male pups were born to female Eartha and the new male. Both Queensland holders of Maned Wolves have now bred the species - reported on social media.
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This is fabulous news, bit of a shame my season pass just ran out. Have to buy a new one just to see the Maned Wolves grow up.
Article on Maned wolf pups:
The new male (and father of the pups) is named Eberardo and came from Altima Wildlife Park.
Mane attraction: zoo welcomes adorable pups
Eartha, 7, has been at the zoo for six years, while Eberardo, 2, recently joined the zoo from Altina Wildlife Park in central NSW.
An update from today’s visit to Wildlife HQ. My last visit was far too long ago in April 2023. The nearby Big Pineapple developments have provided the zoo with a second entrance near the wolves and the whole precinct with the train/café/high ropes course and zoo was buzzing with visitors:
- a new enclosure has been opened for their three Yellow-footed Rock-Wallabies within the wallaby walkthrough area near the sun bear. Their former exhibit near the capybara is currently under renovation and is signposted on the map for Binturong.
- the Tiger Quoll has moved to the front of the zoo next to the Bilbies. It’s a fantastic open-topped enclosure for the quoll who was very active and then was sunning itself in the open. I cannot think of any open-air quoll enclosures but happy to see other examples if anyone has seen any. The Bilbies were visible with the red light den area.
- the koala enclosures at the front of the zoo have been converted into a single large display with a mix of Rufous Bettong and Long-nosed Potoroo. A keeper was toileting a recent bettong joey and the potoroos were wonderfully active outdoors in the shady enclosure.
- a new Olive Python has moved into an enclosure where the Womas were in the reptile barn. Nice to see Green Tree Frog mixed with the Boyd’s Forest Dragon as well. Updated reptile barn species list is here – the basilisks are my favourite:
1.Boyd’s Forest Dragon, Green Tree Frog
2.Spotted Tree Monitor
3.Fijian Crested Iguana
4.Boa Constrictor
5.Olive Python
6.Centralian Python
7.Plumed Basilisk
8.Alligator Snapping Turtle
9.Black-headed Python
10. Ball Python
11.Corn Snake
12.Central Netted Dragon
13.Jungle Carpet Python
14.Gilbert’s Dragon
15.Freshwater Crocodile
- the zoo has now mixed Meerkats with the single Cape Porcupine right at the front of the zoo. Their two original meerkat exhibits near the dingoes have been combined into one larger space for four Meerkats.
- a few enclosures were under renovation; the exhibit next to the Lumholtz’s Tree-Kangaroo and the new red panda enclosure opposite the tamarins. There were only two Red Pandas seen today and they are housed next to each other now that the binturong has died.
- a new cassowary enclosure has been opened for their Southern Cassowary, Berrie, who is one of the few Alma Park Zoo animals remaining at the site. It is situated in the dense rainforest behind the main koala area.
- the former cassowary enclosure houses the male Maned Wolf now while the female wolf was very active in her enclosure opposite him. She was regularly attending to the den area with the pups. She checked on them regularly.
- the new Western Shinglebacks are mixed with Frilled Dragon, Eastern Bluetongue and Central Bearded Dragon in the lizard hut-like enclosure near the spider monkeys.
- interesting animal behaviours; squirrel monkeys catching beetles, ruffed lemurs sounded an alarm call as a pair of wild Whistling Kites flew over and watching the pair of Golden Lion Tamarins with the new female and the Pygmy Marmosets.
- lots of wonderful wildlife of course; a beautiful Wompoo Fruit-Dove fed above the koalas, there were Rainbow Bee-eaters in the dingo enclosure and orange Australian Leafwing butterflies were present along the rainforest trails.
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An update from today’s visit to Wildlife HQ. My last visit was far too long ago in April 2023. The nearby Big Pineapple developments have provided the zoo with a second entrance near the wolves and the whole precinct with the train/café/high ropes course and zoo was buzzing with visitors:
- a new enclosure has been opened for their three Yellow-footed Rock-Wallabies within the wallaby walkthrough area near the sun bear. Their former exhibit near the capybara is currently under renovation and is signposted on the map for Binturong.
- the Tiger Quoll has moved to the front of the zoo next to the Tasmanian Devils. It’s a fantastic open-topped enclosure for the quoll who was very active and then was sunning itself in the open. I cannot think of any open-air quoll enclosures but happy to see other examples if anyone has seen any. The Bilbies were visible with the red light den area.
- the koala enclosures at the front of the zoo have been converted into a single large display with a mix of Rufous Bettong and Long-nosed Potoroo. A keeper was toileting a recent bettong joey and the potoroos were wonderfully active outdoors in the shady enclosure.
- a new Olive Python has moved into an enclosure where the Womas were in the reptile barn. Nice to see Green Tree Frog mixed with the Boyd’s Forest Dragon as well. Updated reptile barn species list is here – the basilisks are my favourite:
1.Boyd’s Forest Dragon, Green Tree Frog
2.Spotted Tree Monitor
3.Fijian Crested Iguana
4.Boa Constrictor
5.Olive Python
6.Centralian Python
7.Plumed Basilisk
8.Alligator Snapping Turtle
9.Black-headed Python
10. Ball Python
11.Corn Snake
12.Central Netted Dragon
13.Jungle Carpet Python
14.Gilbert’s Dragon
15.Freshwater Crocodile
- the zoo has now mixed Meerkats with the single Cape Porcupine right at the front of the zoo. Their two original meerkat exhibits near the dingoes have been combined into one larger space for four Meerkats.
- a few enclosures were under renovation; the exhibit next to the Lumholtz’s Tree-Kangaroo and the new red panda enclosure opposite the tamarins. There were only two Red Pandas seen today and they are housed next to each other now that the binturong has died.
- a new cassowary enclosure has been opened for their Southern Cassowary, Berrie, who is one of the few Alma Park Zoo animals remaining at the site. It is situated in the dense rainforest behind the main koala area.
- the former cassowary enclosure houses the male Maned Wolf now while the female wolf was very active in her enclosure opposite him. She was regularly attending to the den area with the pups. She checked on them regularly.
- the new Western Shinglebacks are mixed with Frilled Dragon, Eastern Bluetongue and Central Bearded Dragon in the lizard hut-like enclosure near the spider monkeys.
- interesting animal behaviours; squirrel monkeys catching beetles, ruffed lemurs sounded an alarm call as a pair of wild Whistling Kites flew over and watching the pair of Golden Lion Tamarins with the new female and the Pygmy Marmosets.
Highlights - for more see here [Wildlife HQ Zoo - ZooChat] :
- lots of wonderful wildlife of course; a beautiful Wompoo Fruit-Dove fed above the koalas, there were Rainbow Bee-eaters in the dingo enclosure and orange Australian Leafwing butterflies were present along the rainforest trails.
Your white-cheeked gibbon photo is gorgeous! That's the most orange I've seen the species, I originally thought that was a rather small orangutan to begin with
Could be dead, off-limits, or hiding.
Wildlife HQ have reacquired Short-beaked Echidna. Like their previous echidna, the male has been mixed with their Common Wombat - reported on their FB page.
All three male Maned Wolf pups are growing up well. They have been named Nico, Toco and Rocco - reported on social media.