Zoo "Confessions"
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BlobfishBoy
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May I ask why?
I have seen an Amazonian manatee, a bald uakari, a Brazilian merganser, a chimango caracara, a silky anteater, black lion tamarins, blond capuchins, buffy-tufted marmosets, Lear's macaws, neotropical river otters, short-tailed parrots and Southern muriquis, as well as Gray's bald-faced and Uta Hick's bearded sakis.
However, I have never seen a black rhinoceros, a Canada goose, a coyote, an Eastern gray kangaroo, a greater kudu, a red river hog, a reindeer, a wild turkey, a white-tailed deer or a yak.
However, I have never seen a black rhinoceros, a Canada goose, a coyote, an Eastern gray kangaroo, a greater kudu, a red river hog, a reindeer, a wild turkey, a white-tailed deer or a yak.
Being South American, quite the confession
USZOOfan42
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Here’s one for me:
I still think it’s possible for Detroit to be better than Brookfield. That’s a lot of hope.
I still think it’s possible for Detroit to be better than Brookfield. That’s a lot of hope.
Better than current Brookfield or 'if the master plan is fully achieved' future Brookfield?
Panda_Fan
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The history IS a thing I like. I love to see how city zoos evolve form having bad exhibits to improve the whole zoo to match the idea of a "XIX zoo". Also, it may sound strange, but I like when zoos have not that mich space, and so I love to speculate if the zoo is going to expand, renovate or revamp existing areas. It's not always the case but for the most part I do prefer city zoos.
USZOOfan42
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Possible as in "it could become so", or possible as it "it is now". Because it for sure isn't now.
USZOOfan42
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it could become so, it's probably just a fever dream
This is less of an opinion but still a confession.
After thinking over some discussions I've had recently, it's becoming clear to me that taking a macro perspective on zoos has been harming the hobby for me a lot. I enjoy the experience of an individual facility and what it has to offer and what makes each facility unique. Thinking about the needs of programs, the whole of dozens of facilities at once and the future of zoos at large is watering down some of this joy for me of these individual, lived experiences by making them feel irrelevant and secondary to big picture issues I cannot help or solve as a zoo guest. I need to take a step back.
After thinking over some discussions I've had recently, it's becoming clear to me that taking a macro perspective on zoos has been harming the hobby for me a lot. I enjoy the experience of an individual facility and what it has to offer and what makes each facility unique. Thinking about the needs of programs, the whole of dozens of facilities at once and the future of zoos at large is watering down some of this joy for me of these individual, lived experiences by making them feel irrelevant and secondary to big picture issues I cannot help or solve as a zoo guest. I need to take a step back.
Nile Hippo Expert
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They are actually two quite rare species in the country with only eleven Sun Bear holders and four or five Tasmanian Devil holders.
Rizz Carlton
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Zoos and aquarias that are actively involved itself in a proper conservation program with actual threatened species (Both native and exotic), proper welfare standard, and makes modern but stil natural enclosures/exhibits should be what makes zoos and aquarias considered good or the best, rather than facilities that have the most "rare" animals but lack those three things.
USZOOfan42
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Devils are currently only in the Midwest (Columbus, Fort Wayne and Toldeo) with soon to be expanded westward to SDZ, LA, and possibly Albuquerque. With each facility in the Midwest having a pair each besides Toldeo with 3 pairs (1 meant for Saint Louis).
MOG2012
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I have only seen a sloth bear at Smithsonian & capron, and a clouded leopard at Smithsonian & hopefully Franklin soon
NNM.
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That’s not as hot a take as you might think. I find Stone Zoo just kind of weird, because it has an insane series of extreme highs and lows. The good exhibits are great and better than anything at Franklin Park Zoo, but the bad exhibits are some of the worst things I’ve seen at any of the zoos I’ve visited.