ZooChat Challenge UK 2018

Chlidonias said:
The last one has just died, has it not?
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Yep, we've unfortunately become aware of this fact since posting the above :P :( I believe it actually died immediately before the New Year, but the news didn't break for a week or so.
 
Of absolutely no significance at all, but I just counted up the number of animals I could potentially get if doing this challenge in New Zealand zoos, and came up with 51(ish).
 
Chlidonias said:
Of absolutely no significance at all, but I just counted up the number of animals I could potentially get if doing this challenge in New Zealand zoos, and came up with 51(ish).
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Wow, that puts things in some perspective (of how relatively lucky we are in the UK, especially with the rest of Europe on our doorstep).
 
Shorts said:
Oi! Crowthorne I've warned you before. :D

No, you can't have it as Kew is not primarily a zoo/animal attraction.

I'm sure there's plenty of proper zoos you can seem an Indian Peafowl at without lowering yourself to Royal Botanic Gardens.
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Sorry @Shorts couldn't help myself. Good thing peafowl are common enough to get at a proper zoo :)
 
Quincey said:
1st zoo visit of the year today to Camperdown Wildlife Centre, managed to see all but 2 species in the collection (Bears and Ocelot evaded me) which was incredibly pleasing considering it was -2 all day!

Camperdown Wildlife Centre – 07/01/18

1. Lar Gibbon
2. Common Marmoset
3. Black and White Ruffed Lemur
4. Ring-tailed Lemur
5. Grey Wolf
6. Meerkat
7. Wild Cat
8. Northern Lynx
9. Indian Peafowl
10. Snowy Owl
11. European Golden Eagle
12. Lilac-Breasted Roller
13. Hyacinth Macaw
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Edinburgh Zoo - 14/01/18

14. Chimpanzee
15. Gelada
16. Squirrel Monkey
17. White-Faced Saki
18. Giant Anteater
19. Grevy's Zebra
20. Malayan Tapir
21. Indian Rhinoceros
22. Pygmy Hippopotamus
23. Western Grey Kangaroo
24. African Hunting Dog
25. Sun Bear
26. Giant Panda
27. Red Panda
28. Asiatic Lion
29. Sumatran Tiger
30. Australian Cassowary
31. Chilean Flamingo
32. King Penguin
33. Rockhopper Penguin
34. Crowned Crane
35. European White Pelican
36. Rainbow Lorikeet
37. Blue-Crowned Pigeon
38. Leopard Gecko
39. Koala
 
Chester Zoo - 13/01/2018
  1. Orang-utan
  2. Ring-tailed Lemur
  3. Giant Anteater
  4. Grevy's Zebra
  5. Malayan Tapir
  6. Black Rhinoceros
  7. African Hunting Dog
  8. Meerkat
  9. Sun Bear
  10. Red Panda
  11. Lion
  12. Tiger
  13. Cheetah
  14. Spectacled Owl
  15. Aardvark
I only went for a short visit so I didn't see that much.
 
Hevden said:
Following a few years off doing the challenges we might have a go at this years but not sure how many we'll manage to get. A couple of hours in chester today gave us a similar list to magpie goose.

1. Asian Elephant
2. Mandrill
3. Black Rhino
4. Meerkat
5. Crowned Crane
6. Grevy's Zebra
7. Southern Cassowary
8. Malayan Sun Bear
9. Sumatran Orangutan
10. Yellow-backed Chattering Lory
11. Sumatran Tiger
12. Victoria Crowned Pigeon
13. Central African Cheetah
14. White-faced Saki
15. Bactrian Camel
16. Asiatic Lion
17. Red Panda
18.Spectacled Owl
19. Okapi
20. Rothschild's Giraffe
21. Gaboon Viper
22. Galapagos Giant Tortoise
23. Great Indian Hornbill
24. Linne's Two Toed Sloth
25. Jaguar
26. Lady Amherst's Pheasant
27. Hyacinth Macaw
28. Reticulated Python
29. Lar Gibbon
30. Chimpanzee
31. Ring-tailed Lemur
32. White Belted Black and White Ruffed Lemur
33. Chilean Flamingo
34. Caribbean Flamingo
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A short visit to twycross yesterday added:-

35. Snow leopard
36. Leopard
37. Lowland gorilla
38. Black & White (Western) Colobus
39. Common Marmoset
40. Chapman's Zebra
41. Western Grey Kangaroo
42. Mara
43. Scarlet Ibis
44. Rainbow Lorikeet
45. Common Boa
Black-headed Weaver? Although the birds here are labelled as Ploceus melanocephalus they are actually village weavers.

pipaluk said:
A few from Colchester (2 missed!)

60 Black Headed Weaver
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Does the same apply to these birds? According to zootierliste only Blackpool is listed as holding P. melanocephalus

An addition from our visit to chester last wek following clarification from shorts.

46. Belanger's Tree Shrew
 
Hevden said:
Black-headed Weaver? Although the birds here are labelled as Ploceus melanocephalus they are actually village weavers.

Does the same apply to these birds? According to zootierliste only Blackpool is listed as holding P. melanocephalus
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To avoid confusion (especially where zoos label them incorrectly) I'm going to allow both species on basis:

1. Per wikipedia (I know, I know) they're both (sometimes) known as Black-headed Weavers;
2. They're both weavers with black heads;
3. Who knows which one the book meant :confused:.
 
PaleoMatt said:
Chester Zoo - 13/01/2018
  1. Orang-utan
  2. Ring-tailed Lemur
  3. Giant Anteater
  4. Grevy's Zebra
  5. Malayan Tapir
  6. Black Rhinoceros
  7. African Hunting Dog
  8. Meerkat
  9. Sun Bear
  10. Red Panda
  11. Lion
  12. Tiger
  13. Cheetah
  14. Spectacled Owl
  15. Aardvark
I only went for a short visit so I didn't see that much.
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I missed a couple it seems.

16. Crowned Crane
17. Blue-crowned Pigeon
 
I hate to keep adding to your pile of admin on this challenge Shorts (really, I do :/ ) but there are no kangaroo mice or eastern diamondback rattlesnakes kept in UK collections; should kangaroo mice be given an asterisk and can western diamondbacks count instead of easterns?
 
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ShonenJake13 said:
I hate to keep adding to your pile of admin on this challenge Shorts (really, I do :/ ) but there are no kangaroo mice or eastern diamondback rattlesnakes kept in UK collections; should kangaroo mice be given an asterisk and can western diamondbacks count instead of easterns?
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Unless you meant Malagasy jumping rats?
 
Thought I may as well enter, after today's visit to Colchester:

1. Orangutan
2. Chimpanzee
3. Gelada
4. Mandrill
5. Patas monkey
6. Black-and-white ruffed lemur
7. Two-toed sloth
8. Giant anteater
9. African elephant
10. White rhinoceros
11. Pygmy hippopotamus
12. Llama
13. Giraffe
14. Blue duiker
15. Greater kudu
16. Grey wolf
17. African hunting dog
18. Spotted hyena
19. Ring-tailed coati
20. Meerkat
21. Sun bear
22. Red panda
23. Leopard
24. Lion
25. Tiger
26. Cheetah
27. Ostrich
28. Chilean flamingo
29. Crowned crane
30. Helmeted guineafowl
31. Griffon vulture
32. King vulture
33. Andean condor
34. Scarlet macaw
35. Rainbow lorikeet
36. Blue-crowned pigeon
37. Black-headed weaverbird
38. Anaconda
39. African python
40. Royal python
41. Common iguana
42. Giant tortoise
43. Fennec fox
44. Striped skunk
45. Aardvark

Some notable absences for another day - the inclement weather meant that the squirrel monkeys, ring-tailed lemurs and golden lion tamarins were all off-show and will have to wait and see if the jackals and Nile monitors go back on display this year.
 
ShonenJake13 said:
I hate to keep adding to your pile of admin on this challenge Shorts (really, I do :/ ) but there are no kangaroo mice or eastern diamondback rattlesnakes kept in UK collections; should kangaroo mice be given an asterisk and can western diamondbacks count instead of easterns?
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Kangaroo Mice (shouldn't that be rat?) -yes it should have an asterisk, I didn't realise Bristol no longer had them. Unfortunately, I can't re-edit so long after the original post*.

Eastern's instead of Western's* -after much vacillating and at the risk of annoying a few reptile purists I'll allow it on basis:

1. No Western's to see anymore (and it's a nice snake to see);
2. Abitrator's whim.

Finally, whilst I'm welcome to anymore queries of the above ilk I'm going to time limit them to the end of January (to be fair to myself and to not mess around those taking part). Let the final round of cajoling commence. :D

This doesn't mean I'm not open to further clarification/arbitration -just that the list becomes final at the end of January (no more swaps or additional "flexibility").

*Occasionally a kindly moderator comes along though......
 
Shorts said:
Eastern's instead of Western's* -after much vacillating and at the risk of annoying a few reptile purists I'll allow it on basis:

1. No Western's to see anymore (and it's a nice snake to see);
2. Abitrator's whim.
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Just a minor point :p the request was for Westerns instead of Easterns, hehe.
 
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