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Article about the breeding of Northern Gannets :
June 20, 2013
Great Gannets! Three Healthy Chicks Hatch at Zoo am Meer Bremerhaven

Zoo am Meer Bremerhaven Germany Northern Gannet 2013-3

Three healthy Northern Gannet chicks hatched at Zoo am Meer Bremerhaven on the Northern coast of German, on May 21 and on June 5 and 18. In the early 1980s, Zoo am Meer was the first zoo to successfully breed Northern Gannets in captivity. Up until today, Bremerhaven has remained one of very few European zoos to have successful hatchings of Northern Gannet chicks almost every year.

Zoo am Meer Bremerhaven Germany Northern Gannet 2013-1

Zoo am Meer Bremerhaven Germany Northern Gannet 2013-2

Zoo am Meer Bremerhaven Germany Northern Gannet 2013-4
Photo credits: Joachim Schoene / Zoo Am Meer Bremerhaven

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species as a species of Least Concern. Found along both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Northern Gannets are a common bird with an uncommon ability: with an adult wingspan measuring nearly six feet (175 cm), these marine birds catch shoaling fish by nose-diving from heights of up to 130 feet (40 m). In the wild they are colonial, making nests of grasses and seaweeds on coastal ledges and hilltops. Colonies breed in northern France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Norway and the eastern tip of Quebec. Pairs produce a single egg in the month of May, which is brooded with the feet for about 45 days. After five years, young Northern Gannets develop the elegant white and black plumage of mature adults.
Sourse : Zooborns
 
New Chimps

The zoos previous group of 5 Chimps is now upto seven following the arrival and successful integration of two new female Chimps from Chester last November: Statement from the zoos Facebook

Integration Success! Successful merging of two new female chimpanzees from English Zoo Chester.

All the people of primate species are highly threatened with extinction. The Zoo at the sea in bremerhaven has the so-called West African Chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes Verus). The European captive breeding programme (eep) primarily want to with this valuable subspecies breed.
Since Mid-November 2015 life well lizzy (20 years) and her daughter Donna (10 years) from English Zoo Chester with us. In this highly intelligent species can two new females not even just in an existing group be set.

A long process of adaptation is necessary for both sides.
So were the last 3,5 months, both for all parties involved as well as people chimpanzees exciting and thrilling at the same time. In several stages, each with many days or even weeks, before you were the next step, could have been the two "new" with different members of our existing group (3 males, 2 Females) used to each other.

At the beginning, the animals could only hear and smell, then also see from a distance. Then came, still by the so-called "cuddle grid" separately, first contacts. It was important that first of all, our older men dumas and Chico with two English girls to determine if any friends. Future dispute between all females. Since Mid-March are now all seven animals together. Our Alpha Male Dumas is doing excellent work as hoped to incipient jealousies between the new and old females quick to arbitrate. So the group structure together.

The entire integration process required by our chimpanzees nurses Annika Diekmann and Karl-Heinz Kretschmer countless hours of patient observation. Both Zookeeper proved in their decisions on the next steps a good fingertips-and also gut feeling. The whole team of the zoo on the sea is very pleased about this success. Offspring could already be born next year.
 
Female Polar bear, Lilli was transferred to an all female group at Emmen earlier this week
 
Great news about the Polar bears ! Bremerhaven has a long and succesfull history with this species, here a little overview :
- in the 1930 a female named Suse I gave over a period of 13 years birth to 10 young but 6 of them DNS. In this same period another female ( name unknown to me ) also had 2 young.
- Then came Suse II : she arrived at Bremerhaven 1954 and gave birth to her first cub in Nov. 1958. In 1972 she had her last birth ( twin ) and raised them succesfully. In this period 1958 - 1972 Susse II gave birth to 17 young and 15 of them were raised !
- Then a long period of none-breeding came which ended 2012 with the arrival of Valeska. Already at the end of that year she gave birth to her first cub which died however already afther one day.
- At the end of 2013 Valeska gave again birth, this time to a healthy female cub ( Lale ) and this was raised succesfully.
- At the end of 2015 another female was born ( Lili ) and also raised succesfully
- 2018 twin were born, one was already death at birth, the second died after a few days.
Hopefully the new babies can be raised succesfully.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
I can't find any reference online to what you are referring to - or indeed what a "ringtail snake" is :p
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In Dutch and German the species is referred to as ringslang or Ringelnatter. I very much like both as they infer something about their conspicuous coloration and yellow blotches around the head. Grass snake sounds a bit mundane actually, no offence.

It is nice to see zoos in the region make an effort to also showcase vulnerable fauna and flora at home. Both for my country and our neighbours the Germans the species is iconic for fragile wetland ecosystems. Well done Bremerhaven!
 
Ah, yes :) I wondered whether Grass Snake was meant, as the collection has held the species for some years now, but the reference to ringed tails threw me. I agree that the German name for them is better, too!
 
A group of sea bunnies arrived in mid June and is staying behind the scenes.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=571373503524980

Babies during the quarantine include:

Northern Gannets

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4 Humboldt penguin chicks

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Carlos the green iguana was moved off show because of a problem with the monkeys at their enclosure. Along with a female from other zoo, he will move to Tier-Freizeit-und Dinosaurierpark Germendorf.

Zoo am Meer Bremerhaven
 
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On February the 23th female puma Ayla (22) was euthanized, according to the zoo she was the second oldest puma in the world. She was born in 1999 in the Warschau zoo and came to Zoo am Meer in July of 2004.
At the end of last year Nala, another female puma passed away.

Does this mean that Zoo am Meer no longer has any puma's?

Source:
Instagram of Zoo am Meer (03/03/2021) Login • Instagram
 
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