Zoo animals you want to see but haven't yet

Well an animal has to not have been seen for 40 years for it to be declared extinct is they why they haven't already been declared extinct?
 
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jbnbsn99 said:
I'm trying to parse what the gist of your "sentence" is about.
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can one parse the gist of something? It seems that would not be entirely possible. You could parse the sentence itself, but not the gist. I think?
 
He's under the impression something has to have been unseen for 40 years before being declared extinct (I thought it was 50 years), so maybe that's why it's not yet declared extinct officially.

:p

Hix
 
animal_expert01 said:
What are you talking about?
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he is saying that your posts are difficult to understand because you don't bother writing them correctly. If you put some effort into spelling and grammar it will be easier for people to answer your posts.
 
Let's go back to animals you want to see.

My list:
Platypus
Numbat
Saola
Marbled cat
Aardwolf
Any type of whale excluding beluga
Narwhal
Iberian lynx
Hainan gibbon
......
(I exclude the animals I will see in Japan this august because I found out lots of animals I want to see and animals in this thread can be found in Japan)
 
The animals I want to see:

-Polar Bear (Seeing some very soon! :) )
-Platypus
-Sumatran Rhino
-Manatee (any species)
-Amazon River Dolphin
-Echidna (Also seeing very soon)
-Kodiak Bear
-Nigeria-Cameroon Chimp (Pan Troglodytes Ellioti)
 
animal_expert01 said:
A few more to my list:
Northern cassowary
Rufous hare wallaby (not sure if there are any in captivity)
Gilbert's potoroos
Coxen's fig parrot (sadly none in captivity)
Ground parrots (either species)
Golden shouldered parrot
Numbat
Kakapo
Colenacth (sadly none in captivity)
Orca
Pink pigeon
Anoa (either species)
Capuchin bird
Cloven featherd pigeon
Sickle billed Vanga
Three watteld bell bird
Long watteld bell bird
Crimson fruit crow
Pink headed fruit dove

Of course if somebody rediscovers/clones a thylacine, kouprey, quagga, stellers sea cow, raven parrot or a Haast's eagle I would be the first in line to see it.
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Some more animals:
Dusky langur
Orange bellied parrot
Beluga
 
The top 50 list of animals you most want to see are:
1 Platypus 30
2 Sumatran rhinoceros 28
3 Saiga 21
4 Proboscis monkey 19
5 Whale shark, Kiwi, Tasmanian devil, Giant panda, Javan rhinoceros 14
10 Aardwolf, Mountain tapir 13
12 Douc langur 12
13 Great white shark, Kakapo, Numbat, Dugong, Giant otter, Gerenuk 11
19 Indian gharial, Pangolin 10
21 California condor, Kagu, Uakari, Beluga, Amazon River dolphin 9
26 Tuatara, Philippine eagle, Bird of Paradise, Giant armadillo, Clouded leopard, Brown hyena, Wolverine, Steller’s sea lion 8
34 Orinoco crocodile, Shoebill, Yapok, Aye-aye, Iberian lynx, Dingo, Sun bear, Sloth bear, Markhor, Zebra duiker 7
44 Marine iguana, Emperor penguin, Kaka, Hoatzin, Thylacine, Aardvark, Drill, Gelada, Golden snub-nosed monkey, Spotted hyena, Leopard seal, Crab-eating raccoon, Baird’s tapir, Giant forest hog, Pronghorn, Musk ox, Jentink’s duiker 6
 
Wow, amazing Dassie rat! Most people here just leave its own wishlist or, as much, indicate other people where to see their wished species. But you made a magnific account of the favourites of everybody counting how many people wish each species! Bravo!

From this everybody's favourites list, I've been fortunate enough for see Tasmanian devil, Giant panda, Aardwolf, Gerenuk, Indian gharial, Pangolin, Kagu, Beluga, Bird of Paradise, Clouded leopard, Brown hyena, Wolverine, Shoebill, Aye-aye, Dingo, Sun bear, Markhor, Emperor penguin, Aardvark, Drill, Gelada, Spotted hyena, Baird's tapir, Pronghorn and Musk ox in one or another zoo. So I have relatively complete. But there is a looooong way for complete my own wish list, hehehe.
 
Thanks Kakapo

I have seen the following: Platypus 3, Sumatran rhinoceros, Saiga, Proboscis monkey, Kiwi, Tasmanian devil, Giant panda, Aardwolf, Mountain tapir Douc langur, Giant otter, Gerenuk, Indian gharial, Kagu, Uakari, Beluga, Amazon River dolphin , Tuatara, Philippine eagle, Bird of Paradise, Giant armadillo, Clouded leopard, Brown hyena, Wolverine, Shoebill, Aye-aye, Dingo, Sun bear, Sloth bear, Markhor, Zebra duiker, Marine iguana, Kaka, Hoatzin, Aardvark, Drill, Gelada, Spotted hyena, Leopard seal, Crab-eating raccoon, Baird’s tapir, Pronghorn, Musk ox, Jentink’s duiker
 
I'm not doing too badly, having seen 27/50 of the "most wanted animals":

Saiga
Kiwi
Giant Panda
Aardwolf (multiple species)
Giant Otter
Gerenuk
Indian Gharial
Pangolin
Kagu
Tuatara
Bird of Paradise (multiple species)
Clouded Leopard
Brown Hyena
Wolverine
Shoebill
Aye-aye
Dingo
Sun bear
Sloth bear (multiple ssp)
Markhor
Kaka
Aardvark
Drill
Gelada
Spotted Hyena
Baird’s Tapir
Musk Ox (multiple ssp)
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from that list I have seen:

Platypus (wild and captive)
Sumatran rhinoceros (captive)
Proboscis monkey (wild and captive)
Kiwi (wild and captive)
Tasmanian devil (wild and captive)
Giant panda (captive)
Douc langur (wild and captive)
Kakapo (captive)
Numbat (captive)
Dugong (captive)
Giant otter (captive, but really just the ears)
Indian gharial (captive)
Pangolin (captive)
Kagu (wild and captive)
Beluga (captive)
Tuatara (wild and captive)
Bird of Paradise (wild and captive)
Clouded leopard (captive)
Shoebill (captive)
Dingo (wild and captive)
Sun bear (captive)
Sloth bear (captive)
Markhor (captive)
Emperor penguin (wild)
Kaka (wild and captive)
Aardvark (captive but I don't remember it so it doesn't really count)
Golden snub-nosed monkey (captive)
Spotted hyena (captive)
Leopard seal (wild and captive)
Baird’s tapir (captive)

So out of the 60 species listed (including Thylacine...) I have seen 30 - exactly half.
 
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TeaLovingDave said:
I'm not doing too badly, having seen 27/50 of the "most wanted animals":
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Where have you seen Saiga given, as far as I remember, you didn't start visiting the continent (for zoos) until a few years after me and Cologne had gone out of them when I visited in 2010?

I'm not having a go, I'm just potentially excited that I may have over-looked somewhere keeping them (or sod's law, somewhere was keeping them that I was unaware of but has since stopped doing so).
 
I've seen the following:

Saiga
Proboscis monkey
Whale shark
Kiwi
Tasmanian devil
Giant panda
Aardwolf
Douc langur (two species :D )
Giant otter
Gerenuk
Indian gharial
Pangolin
Kagu
Uakari
Beluga
Amazon River dolphin
Tuatara
Bird of Paradise (multiple species)
Clouded leopard
Brown hyena
Wolverine
Steller’s sea lion
Orinoco crocodile
Shoebill
Aye-aye
Dingo
Sun bear
Sloth bear
Markhor
Emperor penguin
Kaka
Aardvark
Drill
Gelada
Spotted hyena
Crab-eating raccoon
Baird’s tapir
Pronghorn
Musk ox
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39 by my count (three of which - Gelada, Spotted Hyaena, Pronghorn - I've seen wild as well).

It's interesting how some of these species are ones very seldom kept, others are relatively common zoo residents in some parts of the world but very rare elsewhere (like Gelada or Tasmanian Devil).
 
On the original topic, in terms of things either in zoos or fairly recently so, the ones that spring to mind I'd like to see are (in no particular order):

Sumatran Rhinoceros, Yapok, Platypus, Iberian Lynx (a relatively achievable one compared to my other choices!), Numbat, Greater Bilby, Zebra Duiker, Hirola, Giant Armadillo
 
Shorts said:
Where have you seen Saiga given, as far as I remember, you didn't start visiting the continent (for zoos) until a few years after me and Cologne had gone out of them when I visited in 2010?

I'm not having a go, I'm just potentially excited that I may have over-looked somewhere keeping them (or sod's law, somewhere was keeping them that I was unaware of but has since stopped doing so).
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Saw the last one at Highland Wildlife Park as a toddler in the 1980's - I don't remember it myself but my parents do. In that regard it doesn't really count :p but it's better than I'm going to get otherwise as far as that species goes!
 
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