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Arizona Docent said:
...Other new species making their debut include Hamadryas baboons, striped hyenas, a serval cat, wreathed hornbills, Nile lechwe and many more rare and endangered African bird & hoof stock species,
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I wonder which African species they mean by Wreathed Hornbill?
 
Loxodonta Cobra said:
With how their enclosures are designed, I figured something like this would happen eventually. Any ideas if this has happened before?
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According to an update of the linked article, this is the second time the same jaguar swiped at someone this month, and in this case, it's the fault of the woman for crossing the barrier and not the jaguar getting out.
 
NVP said:
According to an update of the linked article, this is the second time the same jaguar swiped at someone this month, and in this case, it's the fault of the woman for crossing the barrier and not the jaguar getting out.
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The jaguar got out of the enclosure once?!
 
The zoo likes designing their big cat enclosures to partially hang over the visitor path, something with is bound to cause problems. On my visit I found myself with a Leopard less than a cat's arm length above my head.

~Thylo
 
Loxodonta Cobra said:
With how their enclosures are designed, I figured something like this would happen eventually. Any ideas if this has happened before?
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I've never visited this facility but if this photo is representative of the double barriers between visitors and jaguars the woman was blatantly disregarding common sense
jaguar exhibit | ZooChat
Jaguar Exhibit | ZooChat

Although one wonders how either the jaguar's arm or the woman's arm gets through the caging
 
If it's just chain link, it's doable for a woman's hand, I've done it before (I work with dogs). A jaguar's arm, though? It must have had a grip on her from within the cage, like if she had been leaning against the fence.
 
New babies at the zoo (spring 2019):
black-backed jackals
prehensile-tailed porcupine
black swans
black-necked swans
blue duiker
capybara
Australian geese
crested screamer
addax
beisa oryx
Arabian oryx
red-handed tamarins
colobus monkey (species?)
spider monkey (species?)
California sea lion
sulcatta tortoises
and others...

(source - zoo Facebook page)
 
TinoPup said:
That seems like a ton of babies.
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They always have a lot of babies. It is one of their draws. They also have one of the largest and most diverse animal collections in the country (particularly birds and mammals). Their exhibit quality, on the other hand, often leaves much to be desired.
 
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