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I thought you would like this review of Zoo Chat which I have just written.
“Since the creation of the Internet in 1990 many kinds of online communication have been invented. Some of the earliest included forums, or message boards as they are also known. Another early method was the chat room, often know simply called chat. There are countless forums available on the Internet nowadays, covering every conceivable subject, but there is only one website about zoo animals around the world.
Zoo Chat was begun about a decade ago and continues to go from strength to strength. The forums allow members to add their pictures, observations and news of zoo animals to the ever growing online resource. The photo gallery contains a huge range of pictures and other features comprise chat rooms, webcams of zoo animals, satellite maps of zoos, links of interest, and statistics about the site. But the forums and gallery are remarkable due to their sheer size - there are sections for every single zoo in all of the world’s countries which have them. It could not be easier to search for your country of origin (or interest) and then choose the zoo you want to investigate.
The website’s statistics are impressive – they include over 8,000 members, 400,000 forum posts, 182,000 photos, 1,500 zoos in 107 different countries, and 81 webcams. The many users of social networking sites will be interested to know that 1,042 zoos around the world have Facebook profiles whilst 651 use Twitter – and you can see the entire lists of these, and more information about the other statistics, by clicking on the relevant links.
Members can donate money to Zoo Chat if they so wish, and this gives them a 1-year subscription to the site, with the added benefits of hiding the advertisements and being able to use extra features.
In 2013 the most popular kind of online communication seems to be the social networking site – Facebook, with over 1 billion users, could not be a better example! But many people find the interface of such a social network complicated and also feel uncomfortable sharing their “private” lives with hundreds, thousands, if not millions of so-called “friends”, the vast majority of whom they have probably never met in person before. At least with Zoo Chat everybody shares a common interest – the occupants of zoos around the world which, whether furry or feathery, slimy or scaly, never fail to amuse, entertain and inform. And the ease of use of forums, in my opinion, makes them much better than social networks. So what does the future hold for Zoo Chat? If its 8,000 strong member list is anything to go by, the future looks very bright indeed – and I, for one, wish it all the best as we approach the year 2014!”
It took me about half an hour to compose this review of Zoo Chat but I thought it was worth the effort. Partly because I don’t know if anybody else has ever thought of doing such a thing but also because I thought that the website’s owners and moderators would appreciate some support as we approach the hustle and bustle of Christmas! I believe I joined the Zoo Chat community 5 or 6 years ago, in 2007 or 2008, when it was quite a new site. I have not been able to contribute as much information or pictures to it as I would have liked, but hope to increase the submissions in the coming months. Rest assured that I am still an enthusiastic member!
My post from yesterday regarding the snow leopard cubs and tigers at Marwell Zoo in Hampshire in England was written following a visit to Marwell earlier this week when I only saw 2 out of the 3 leopard cubs and no tigers at all. It seems that 1 of the cubs has died, like with the first litter of this mother in 2011 – a great shame. But even worse is the fact that zoos hate admitting that they have lost animals. This is something I can never understand – they are perfectly happy to announce arrivals from other collections and even animals which have been sent to other zoos, but animals that have died? No, they do not want their visitors to know what has happened in this regard, and prefer the poor people to search in vain for the missing animals feeling perplexed and more than a little annoyed. Maybe times will change…but in the meantime I thought I would ask the wonderful Zoo Chat community what is going on with the snow leopards and tigers at Marwell. That’s the lovely thing about being part of this huge online “family”, united by our love of zoo animals – somebody, somewhere in the world, is always sure to know the answers to the questions others submit!
I wish all the members and owners of Zoo Chat a very happy rest of November and will post a message near the end of December to wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
“Since the creation of the Internet in 1990 many kinds of online communication have been invented. Some of the earliest included forums, or message boards as they are also known. Another early method was the chat room, often know simply called chat. There are countless forums available on the Internet nowadays, covering every conceivable subject, but there is only one website about zoo animals around the world.
Zoo Chat was begun about a decade ago and continues to go from strength to strength. The forums allow members to add their pictures, observations and news of zoo animals to the ever growing online resource. The photo gallery contains a huge range of pictures and other features comprise chat rooms, webcams of zoo animals, satellite maps of zoos, links of interest, and statistics about the site. But the forums and gallery are remarkable due to their sheer size - there are sections for every single zoo in all of the world’s countries which have them. It could not be easier to search for your country of origin (or interest) and then choose the zoo you want to investigate.
The website’s statistics are impressive – they include over 8,000 members, 400,000 forum posts, 182,000 photos, 1,500 zoos in 107 different countries, and 81 webcams. The many users of social networking sites will be interested to know that 1,042 zoos around the world have Facebook profiles whilst 651 use Twitter – and you can see the entire lists of these, and more information about the other statistics, by clicking on the relevant links.
Members can donate money to Zoo Chat if they so wish, and this gives them a 1-year subscription to the site, with the added benefits of hiding the advertisements and being able to use extra features.
In 2013 the most popular kind of online communication seems to be the social networking site – Facebook, with over 1 billion users, could not be a better example! But many people find the interface of such a social network complicated and also feel uncomfortable sharing their “private” lives with hundreds, thousands, if not millions of so-called “friends”, the vast majority of whom they have probably never met in person before. At least with Zoo Chat everybody shares a common interest – the occupants of zoos around the world which, whether furry or feathery, slimy or scaly, never fail to amuse, entertain and inform. And the ease of use of forums, in my opinion, makes them much better than social networks. So what does the future hold for Zoo Chat? If its 8,000 strong member list is anything to go by, the future looks very bright indeed – and I, for one, wish it all the best as we approach the year 2014!”
It took me about half an hour to compose this review of Zoo Chat but I thought it was worth the effort. Partly because I don’t know if anybody else has ever thought of doing such a thing but also because I thought that the website’s owners and moderators would appreciate some support as we approach the hustle and bustle of Christmas! I believe I joined the Zoo Chat community 5 or 6 years ago, in 2007 or 2008, when it was quite a new site. I have not been able to contribute as much information or pictures to it as I would have liked, but hope to increase the submissions in the coming months. Rest assured that I am still an enthusiastic member!
My post from yesterday regarding the snow leopard cubs and tigers at Marwell Zoo in Hampshire in England was written following a visit to Marwell earlier this week when I only saw 2 out of the 3 leopard cubs and no tigers at all. It seems that 1 of the cubs has died, like with the first litter of this mother in 2011 – a great shame. But even worse is the fact that zoos hate admitting that they have lost animals. This is something I can never understand – they are perfectly happy to announce arrivals from other collections and even animals which have been sent to other zoos, but animals that have died? No, they do not want their visitors to know what has happened in this regard, and prefer the poor people to search in vain for the missing animals feeling perplexed and more than a little annoyed. Maybe times will change…but in the meantime I thought I would ask the wonderful Zoo Chat community what is going on with the snow leopards and tigers at Marwell. That’s the lovely thing about being part of this huge online “family”, united by our love of zoo animals – somebody, somewhere in the world, is always sure to know the answers to the questions others submit!
I wish all the members and owners of Zoo Chat a very happy rest of November and will post a message near the end of December to wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
