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Thanks for the information, it will be a shame if the Brolga has died - not many of those left in Europe now.

I also failed to spot the Aye aye in its enclosure.
 
ShonenJake13 said:
Oh my gosh really?! Time for an aye aye stake out when I visit next week! :)
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From what I understand, it was hoped that the female aye aye would be out for the public to see on Saturday. However, it maybe that for one reason or other, this has been changed. On your visit, may I suggest that if you see a keeper or exhibit explainer in the lemur walk through area, asked them about the aye aye, they would probably be able to give you the latest information.
 
Walked up to the zoo on my lunch-break and saw the (female?) aye-aye, quite active.
 
Great to hear! Shame my job is slightly too far to get to the zoo and back during lunchbreak though :(
 
Yes, it'll be the female (assuming she was at the far end of the lemur indoor enclosure). There is a male... somewhere offshow... but they are being kept separately. I think she is called Salem.

By the way, the newly refurbished enclosure at the side of the rainforest will be for spider monkeys; the tamandua/s are now in the semi-off show enclosure to the side of that where schoolchildren go round for education sessions.

I am told there is now a duiker in with the okapis... and 50 endangered baby raft spiders have been born (hatched??) though alas, they were offshow last time I looked. The three baby penguins are doing very well. The new komodo dragon is called Ganesh (which I thought was an elephant-headed deity rather than a dragon but there you go!).
 
Crowthorne said:
Great to hear! Shame my job is slightly too far to get to the zoo and back during lunchbreak though :(
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At least you're located somewhere where regular visits are possible ;)

Good news at any rate; the first time the taxon has been on-display since 2008 I believe.

volvox said:
I am told there is now a duiker in with the okapis...
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Almost certainly Red Natal, but one can always hope for Blue ;)
 
Yes, I think there was some sort of enrichment/food in the log on the left-hand side of the ground as you face the glass, she was fingering it quite a lot (for want of a better word...)!
 
Quick visit after work, the aye-aye was quite shy but came out in the end. If you can't see her try looking up in the top right corner behind the nest box, that seems to be where she likes to hide.

There is a young Australian Water Rat in Moonlight World. Think that makes a total of three or four adults plus the youngster.

The okapi paddock had been divided into two with reed fencing, with a gap at the bottom near the middle (for the possible duiker?). Also a new sign asking visitors not to pet the new female okapi, seems she is very friendly and comes very close to the fence, and the Zoo doesn't want any nipped fingers!
 
From Facebook;

They're back!
After enjoying a staycation at London’s partner site in ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, the red-faced spider monkeys have returned to London and into a brand new pad in the Rainforest Life exhibit.
 
kiang said:
From Facebook;

They're back!
After enjoying a staycation at London’s partner site in ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, the red-faced spider monkeys have returned to London and into a brand new pad in the Rainforest Life exhibit.
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Now to get the Sulawesi macaques out of Gorilla Kingdom...

Also, has anyone noticed this and the fact that ZSL seems to believe that they don't hold Bali starlings? :p :

ZSL Helping Safeguard Species | Zoological Society of London (ZSL)
 
ZSL....

A lot of zoo visitors think Sulawesi Macaquea are baby Gorillas anyway.
 
kiang said:
From Facebook;

They're back!
After enjoying a staycation at London’s partner site in ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, the red-faced spider monkeys have returned to London and into a brand new pad in the Rainforest Life exhibit.
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Excellent news, if unexpected! Hopefully this means the Francois langurs will also return.

Where in the Clore are they located? I would imagine they'd need quite a large exhibit space.

Common sense would dictate the macaques move into a renovated Casson, thus creating a mini "Islands."
 
Panthera1981 said:
Excellent news, if unexpected! Hopefully this means the Francois langurs will also return.

Where in the Clore are they located? I would imagine they'd need quite a large exhibit space.

Common sense would dictate the macaques move into a renovated Casson, thus creating a mini "Islands."
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The 3 red faced spider monkeys are in a new enclosure at the exit to the Rain Forest. They came back on Friday and went into their new enclosure without any fuss. Some of the residents in the Rain Forest, red titi monkeys, were very curious about the new arrivals
 
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