ZSL London Zoo ZSL London Zoo News 2013

The two new tigers have been properly introduced now, and are currently spending several hours a day together under the watchful eyes of keepers. They look fine! Nice and relaxed. Not exactly cuddling up (as a visitor asked me) but that'll only happen when she's on heat. And probably not even then, just a quick encounter!

Silliest question dept: a small but big-enough-to-know-better boy in butterflies said "oh look, are they baby butterflies?. A little bit surprised, I asked him to point, and then had to explain that no, they were fruit flies, taking advantage of the butterflies' rotting mangoes and bananas. Then I went through the complete egg/caterpillar/pupa/butterfly cycle, for probably the fourth time in an hour... wonderful to be able to fill in the gaps in kids' education, but sad that they're there in such quantity...

Followed by teenage girl in rainforest when I pointed out the sloth: "Oh wow, is that its nest? That's so cool!", Er, no, that furry ball IS the actual sloth.

I'm sure we've all heard them! Perhaps I should start a new thread?
 
johnstoni. said:
As for the aye ayes, it would all be worth it if they managed to breed from them. I'm still intrigued to know whether this is the original pair or if one or more were replaced at any point, as the original 1.1 would surely be quite old by now (and possibly beyond breeding age). As I've said often, I was told the original male was highly-strung, if this is still the case then perhaps its cause enough to keep them off-exhibit. The closed wing of the Clore is nice and quiet and, who knows, maybe they even have access to one of the outdoor enclosures along the back of the building, which would be fantastic.
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Hi, I've sent you a message With as much aye aye information as I can
 
Tigers.

volvox said:
The two new tigers have been properly introduced now, and are currently spending several hours a day together under the watchful eyes of keepers. They look fine! Nice and relaxed. Not exactly cuddling up (as a visitor asked me) but that'll only happen when she's on heat. And probably not even then, just a quick encounter!

Silliest question dept: a small but big-enough-to-know-better boy in butterflies said "oh look, are they baby butterflies?. A little bit surprised, I asked him to point, and then had to explain that no, they were fruit flies, taking advantage of the butterflies' rotting mangoes and bananas. Then I went through the complete egg/caterpillar/pupa/butterfly cycle, for probably the fourth time in an hour... wonderful to be able to fill in the gaps in kids' education, but sad that they're there in such quantity...

Followed by teenage girl in rainforest when I pointed out the sloth: "Oh wow, is that its nest? That's so cool!", Er, no, that furry ball IS the actual sloth.

I'm sure we've all heard them! Perhaps I should start a new thread?
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Thanks for the update. If cubs are born, these will be possibly one of the most genetically valuable cubs in the EEP. The history of the male 'Jae Jae' always fascinates me, he lived with his siblings at his old zoo (San Francisco) he was re-named there. When he moved to ZSL London, he was more confident than the female 'Melati'.

Probably best to start a new thread, we are a month into 2013. :D
 
I wonder what other 'Valentine-related' story they will come up with this year. The arrival of male Gorilla Kumbuka from Paington perhaps? I believe that may be imminent now...
 
On the basis of London's track record with gorillas I'd have thought The Smiths' "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" might be near the mark..:rolleyes:
 
I'm still itching to find out if he's going to be any use as a breeder or not, on current form I'll give him a 25% chance of success!:D
 
I don't see what the problem is, they do an excellent job of getting coverage for the zoo which means more visitors and a brighter future for ZSL with more improvement projects like those seen in recent years and more support for in-situ conservation projects.
 
Shirokuma said:
I don't see what the problem is, they do an excellent job of getting coverage for the zoo which means more visitors and a brighter future for ZSL with more improvement projects like those seen in recent years and more support for in-situ conservation projects.
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Exactly, there are some people who appear to take great pleasure in ridiculing dear old London Zoo in literally anything it does on here, personally I have had just about enough of it, if they are so clever, how come they are not running the place themselves? If this piano concerto for the giant tortoises is a publicity stunt, which it could possibly be:), if it captures the public's attention all well and good, a lttle bit of humour perhaps in these depressing times of wall to wall bad news?, although I do realise to certain individuals on here that the word humour does not feature in their list of vocabulary, unless, that is, they are making yet another feeble attempt to ridicule the good work being done at Regent's Park, ho ho bloody ho, youv'e got my sides aching, or should I say, my stomach churning.
 
Shirokuma said:
I don't see what the problem is, they do an excellent job of getting coverage for the zoo which means more visitors and a brighter future for ZSL with more improvement projects like those seen in recent years and more support for in-situ conservation projects.
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I appreciate they are doing their job of creating publicity for the Zoo- well and good, everyone knows that is necessary. But sometimes I feel the stories can be rather too silly, or extreme, or misleading with their information, such as the one about Gorilla 'Bobby' 'never having seen the open sky' before he came to live at Gorilla Kingdom- that was a complete fabrication and I don't like seeing them put out stories like that.
 
Tiger Territoiry is to be officially opened by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (husband of HM The Queen for our younger members) on the 2oth March, as fellow of the LZS.
 
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