San Diego Zoo Zoo News 2013
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An Okapi calf made her debut yesterday.
Okapi calf makes debut at San Diego Zoo - San Diego, California News Station - KFMB Channel 8 - cbs8.com
Okapi calf makes debut at San Diego Zoo - San Diego, California News Station - KFMB Channel 8 - cbs8.com
mstickmanp
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Thanks for the news betsy. Glad the LA Zoo will have a hippo again!
uszoo
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- Hopefully another hippo is brought in as they are not solitary animals especially being a female hippo.
mstickmanp
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I believe Adhama is a male hippo, not a female, but I agree.
News about an 8-acre, $50 million set of African exhibits:
Rady gives $10M to San Diego Zoo | UTSanDiego.com
Rady gives $10M to San Diego Zoo | UTSanDiego.com
Good, their current one is terrible. Nice species list, hopefully it won't get cut down and just feature the big ticket items like Outback.
What got cut out of Outback? Other than--for now--the elusive Tassie devils?
Echdinas and ring tailed possums. Kiwi was cut really early on too.
Also link to the new Africa Rocks webpage. There is also no mention of Leopards and Lions anywhere.
Africa Rocks at the San Diego Zoo
uszoo
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I live the species slated for the exhibit but theres one thing I dont get, how do you spend 50 million dollars and 10 percent of the zoos land on a exhibit without a ABC species. I think that there is much more species to come but have not been announced. Please have a few hoofstock in there too.
Its a canyon where the slope averages at about 20%. That's where there 50 million is going to, and probably a ton of mock rock. I am quite happy with the species list actually. Because they don't have a big-ticket item, they will have to have some really good story-telling and design to make this exhibit popular. It sounds like the exhibit is going to follow some zoogeography as it is possible that they'll talk about different zones in Africa.
uszoo
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- The recent australia zone had koalas, elephant oddysey had obviously elephants but what species will be the focus. I also was using this website below to measure out the area but where are there 8 acres. I guess urban jungles or backstage space will be used.
Google Maps Area Calculator Tool
The echidnas and ring tailed possums are not on exhibit, they will be used as "animal ambassadors". Meaning they will be brought out for special encounters.
This link mentions lions and jaguars. Rady gives $10M to San Diego Zoo | UTSanDiego.com
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So they are replacing their entire cat area with primates and birds (and no cats)? 
I guess there really is no reason for me to ever return to San Diego.
I guess there really is no reason for me to ever return to San Diego.
So they are replacing their entire cat area with primates and birds (and no cats)?
I guess there really is no reason for me to ever return to San Diego.
Except for Tasmanian Devils
I'm a huge feline fan as well but I wouldn't pass up an opportunity to visit the zoo cats or no cats!~Thylo
So they are replacing their entire cat area with primates and birds (and no cats)?
I guess there really is no reason for me to ever return to San Diego.
Snow leopards and Amur leopards are getting new exhibits in Panda Trek. Their is already another jaguar exhibit in Elephant Odyssey. That just leaves Siberian lynx and puma, neither of which fit the Africa theme, and no other announced plans for new exhibits. That's a loss of two.
Also this is nowhere near a complete species list, it says there will be fifty species. I'm sure they will announce more in the future.
uszoo
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- Maybe they could move the siberian lynx up near the polar bear as they are both from simaler areas.
Are you sure? Where did you see that?