My HUGE UPDATE!!
Updates for Chester: We can dream!
The elephant paddock has been changed, so a Bull can be housed here. The small, current, bull enclosure can be used for the females to meet the male, and keep a bond with him.
There is another, larger, paddock which houses the rest of the herd. This paddock is built over the Car park and has lots of plants for the animals to pull up. There is a lot of Grass here so the exhibit looks better.
The actual elephant house keeps the green peafowl, red billed blue pie and green wood hoopoe in their current aviary, Great hornbills (also in their exhibit), Zhou's box turtle and Large tree shrew(their exhibit has an enlarged viewing window, so there is more chance of seeing the Zhou's box turtles), there are also the current fish and turtle species. Outside, there are red bellied squirrels and the large gliding squirrels. The flying squirrels are kept in a larger exhibit, where there is an opportunity to walk through with the species.
The warthog enclosure has been redeveloped for a pair of Shoebills, and they have access to the inside of the old Rhino house. This house has been redeveloped to house Hyrax, Aardvark, African Pygmy falcon and Banded mongoose. The Aardvarks are kept in one of the redeveloped rhino pens. There are also Hyrax and Mongooses in another. The Falcons are kept in an aviary at the bottom of the house. The free-flying birds in here include Supreo starling, oxpeckers, turacos, Tinker-birds, Cordon Bleus and whydahs.
The Yellow mongooses are placed with the meerkats, freeing up their old enclosure.
The warthogs are placed with the red lechwe, and the banded mongoose are too. There is a small exhibit for the mongooses too, when the come inside, and this is visible to the public via a glass window.
The waterfowl exhibits, will be developed into an african themed area, and the waterfowl, and Cranes, will be moved around the zoo. The giraffes will be moved into an african house, and it will house some of the african waterfowl species. The main giraffe exhibit also takes over the emu and wallaby enclosures, so these species will leave the collection. The giraffe paddock will be quite large, and they will share their area with Speke's gazelles and Scimitar horned oryx.
The main Giraffe housed is situated near the Monkey islands monorail station. This house has large indoor areas for the giraffes, oryx and gazelles (there are also gates, so the species can be separated if anything goes wrong) and there are the waterfowl (as mentioned above), Short eared elephant shrew and african lungfish. The waterfowl are kept in a large indoor aviary with underwater viewing for the diving species. Some species kept here include Woolly necked storks, Abdim's storks, African openbill, Maccoa duck, Black necked stilt, Comb duck, Purple gallinule, hadada ibis, White faced whistling duck, Hartlaub's duck, Hartlaub's turaco, Von der Decken's hornbill, southern pochard Hammerkop, Cape teal and white backed duck. The bird's aviary has ponds, trees and a large waterfall coming through the middle.
The theme of the giraffe house is water, and how much animals need every day. There are, as well as the species mentioned above, some dung beetles and Slender snouted crocodiles. The beetles are in a small exhibit, where you can watch them roll balls of dung around. The crocodiles are kept in an enclosure adjacent to the aviary, which again, has underwater viewing.
Outside the main house, on the other side to the giraffe enclosure is a big aviary for Lesser flamingoes, sacred ibis, Pink backed and great white pelicans and yellow billed stork. These birds are kept next to a pair of Kirk's dik-dik, who have access to the main giraffe house, to use as a shelter, but they are not on view in side.
Next to the monkey island station is another aviary, but for a pair of secretary birds. This is the end of the African Grassland area.
The Monkey islands exhibit has stayed very much the same, but there are a few changes with the species. The columbian black spider monkeys have been swapped for Bald uakaris, the Mandrills have changed to drills and with the lion tailed macaques are Binturongs.
The indian Rhino exhibit, now houses barashinga, Indian rhino, Rhesus macaques, Blackbuck and Burmese brow antlered deer.
The old Philippine spotted deer enclosure has been adapted for a pair of Baird's tapir and Capybara. This exhibit is the start of the mountain zone, which goes across to the bear enclosure.
Also in the mountain area is a new exhibit for Mountain tapirs, on the site of Miniature monkeys. This exhibit will be one of the most densley planted in the zoo, with large shrubs and bushes rising high over the waterfall which runs through the centre of the exhibit.
The third South American Tapir, the Brazilian, is also found in this part of the zoo, in it's current exhibit with Vicuna, but instead of Capybara, there are Mara. Any young Capybaras born in the Baird's Tapir enclosure will be either moved to another zoo, or placed in here.
The condors and Black vultures have moved here too! They are in an aviary where the hippo maze used to be, adjoining to the bat house.
There are now Flamingoes in this part of the zoo too! In the old Guanaco and Rhea enclosure there are large flocks of Both James' and Andean Flamingoes. There is also a pair of Giant coot in here.
The Grevy's zebra have left the zoo, and in there place are Onagers, Bactrian Camels and a group of Persian goitered gazelles. The old Oryx exhibit now keeps a group of Saiga, fitting in with the mountain theme.
The ostriches and Prezwalski's horses swap exhibits so the ostriches are near the grassland theme and the Horses are near the mountain theme.
In the old Pere david deer exhibit, and a small portion of the prezwalski's horse exhibit are Geladas and Ibex. These aniamals are placed here to make the Gradual Change from Mountain to African Savanna.
That's the west zone Complete!!! Now for the east!
The old Condor cliff aviary has been Changed into a large Exhibit for Eastern Lowland Gorilla, Angolan Colobus and Crowned Guenon. This area fits in with this zone, as we are entering the African forest zone. The Andean Garden has been changed into a viewing area for the gorillas, with large glass windows. The old Coati area has been modified slightly for keeping Spot necked otters and Allen's swamp monkey.
The centre of this African forest zone is the Okapi house. There is an extension for another Okapi, where the warty pigs used to be housed, and this exhibit has been modified. The okapis are now kept with Zebra duiker. This extension has blocked the path to the current giraffe house (which now houses other animals), so there is a bridge going over this area to allow the public to be abl to get to the old giraffe house.
As mentioned above the giraffe house is now not used to hold giraffes, and instead houses Bongos, yellow backed duiker and Schmidt's spot nosed guenons.
The Cattle house has been developed into Tropical African themed house. There are still the buffalo and they are mixed in with Debrazza's Guenon. The old indoor pig accommodation has been changed into enclosure for Great Blue Turaco, Rwenzori Turaco, Congo peafowl, green mamba Yellow Casqued hornbill, Rhinoceros viper and Black and Rufous elephant shrew.
The chimp colony has been removed, and has been replaced with a group of Bonobos.
The tropical realm has had no actual structural change. The bird aviaries now have the following species:
Downstairs:
1.Writhed hornbill
2.Bulwer's pheasant
3.Rufous necked hornbill
4.Blue billed curassow
The big aviaries house rufous ad helmeted hornbills.
Upstairs:
The old Congo peafowl aviary now has Thick billed ground dove and Ornate Lorikeets.
1. Visayan Tarictic hornbill
2. Mindoro Bleeding heart and Montserrat oriole
3. Salvadori's and Edward's fig parrot
4. White Crested Turaco and Green naped Pheasant pigeon
5. Timor zebra finch and emerald dove
Also in the tropical realm there are Chinese alligators instead of the West African Dwarf Crocs.
The Picnic Lawn with the Aviaries for the Satyr Tragopans and Himalayan monals has been remodelled into a rainforest house, with the theme being 'same but different'. It is showing how all rainforests are similar but at the same time are different. There are the Green and emerald boas. The Rhinoceros hornbills from the Tropical realm are here, as are a pair of Keel billed toucans. There are many other examples of Convergent rainforest evolution shown in this exhibit. There are also Aloatran Gentle lemurs in here. One of the other example of Convergent evolution kept in here is the Striped possums and the Aye aye.
In the Mythical macaws aviaries, the Golden Conure, and the Golden capped conures are back on show, with the red billed curassows. The Sand lizards are moved off show, and there is another Macaw aviary built here for the Blue headed macaws and the grey breasted conures which are currently off show.
The cassowaries are Changed for Bennett's, and the mongoose enclosure houses numbats. The Pudu are Swapped for the Babirusa, and the Old Kea aviary houses Kakas.
There is also a chinese area near the red Pandas. There are Sclater's and Chinese monals, Grey peacock pheasant, the satyr tragopans from the picnic lawn near the Jags, Derbyan Parkeets, red pandas and Sichuan Takin. The Red crowned cranes have been swapped for Black crowned cranes, and they are living with a pair of golden pheasants. The old Bongo exhibit houses the takin. Most of the birds are housed in a large walk-in aviary, with aviaries around the side for the Monals (as they are so rare). In this walk-in aviary, there are also Oriental white and Painted
storks and Asiatic water fowl.
The parrot housed is Changed so that more species are on show. There will be pesquet's parrots, Red and Blue Lories, Blue Eared Lories, Ultramarine lories, Black winged lory, Blue eyed cockatoo, Eclectus parrots, Horned parakeets and St Lucia amazon. The aviaries are very similar to the Mythical macaws ones, as they are large and Heavily planted. Off show, there are Red vented cockatoos, Pueto Rican Amazons and imperial amazons.
The zoo's sealions have been moved from their exhibit to the zoo's canal system. It has been adapted, so that the animals cannot escape onto any other exhibit. The lemurs from thislands here, except the gentle lemurs, have moved onto Lemur island with the Ring taileds. All the islands have been merged together for a pair of Tamaraw.
The Philippine exhibit is built on the old asian steppe exhibit, and is basically my exhibit (the bird one that there is a plan of on the gallery) with a few minor Changes. The Writhed hornbills are Changed for Visayan wrinkled hornbills, the Rufous hornbills are swapped for the Sulu hornbills and here are some exhibits for Philippine mammals too. There is a mixed exhibit for the spotted deer herd and the warty pigs and as mentioned above, there is the Pair of Tamaraw on the Island in the Canal. The old Lemur enclosures have been Changed into Philippine parrot aviaries, to fit in with the theme. There are Mount Apo Lorikeets, with another pair of Palawan peacock pheasants and the are Mindoro hanging parrots and a small house for a pair of Tarsier. Just near the exit to the philippine zone is another house for Philippine crocodiles.
The old sealion exhibit has been merged with the penguin exhibit and the penguin species have Changed to Royal and King.
The old Flamingo enclosure have been made into two separate waterbird aviaries. One for South East Asian Birds, to fit in with the Realm, and one for south American seabirds, to fit in with the penguins.
The south east asian aviary has Storm's and Milky storks, red wattled lapwing, Pied imperial pigeon, White collared kingfisher and various south east asian ducks. There is also a separate, adjoining aviary for Lesser adjutant storks.
The South American aviary has Maggelenic steamer ducks, maggelenic penguins, Blue footed boobies, Guanay Cormorant, Snowy Sheathbill and Peruvian pelican (pelicanus Thagus)
In Realm of the red Ape, there are some minor Changes. In the Timor Sparrow aviary are Bornean peacock pheasants, chestnut capped thrush and still the little timors. Also there are Malayan Tapirs in with the Orangs, and the lawn outside the realm houses a pair of Clouded leopard.
In the islands in Danger area the pigeon aviary houses Kagu. The other birds in this aviary are Stella's Lorikeet, Golden heart dove and Scheepmaker's crowned pigeon. The white naped pheasant pigeon are put in the Red Bird of Paradise enclosure, and Wilson's Birds of Paradise are mixed in too.
The Aquarium is redeveloped, including Manatees!
The Owl Aviaries near the Mauritius Kestrels Keep Verminculated fishing owl and Silvery casqued hornbills.
Europe On the edge aviary swaps to keeping Bearded vultures (lammergeirs) instead of the Griffon and Black vultures kept currently.
PHEW!!!!!!
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and why, oh why, replace the rare, ultra-cool lion-tailed macaques with common or garden, ginger Javan langurs?
