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Tim May said:
I think the deep concrete pit which housed Whipsnade's Kodiak bears (and which once held tigers) was probably the worst exhibit at Whipsnade.
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gentle lemur said:
I would agree completely: except that the polar bear enclosure near by was a little worse in my opinion, as it seemed even smaller and was surrounded with black bars with curved tops that ended in downward pointing spikes.
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Continuing with this digression from London Zoo:-

I agree that Whipsnade's polar bear exhibit was very small, and uninspiring, but I think the Kodiak bear exhibit was worse both for the bears and the visitors.

The pit was deep so the Kodiak bears could only be viewed from above and bears couldn't see outside the confines of their pit.
 
The new Sumatran Tiger male ‘Asim’ is at London Zoo and exploring the rear paddock with the pool, separated from Melati for a while.
 
SuperBen said:
The new Sumatran Tiger male ‘Asim’ is at London Zoo and exploring the rear paddock with the pool, separated from Melati for a while.
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Went to have a look at him today, not as impressive a tiger physically as Jae Jae. He was pacing the dividing barrier between the two pens and scent-marking as he did so, which is a good sign, I would say. Melati didn't look that interested... :)

Additionally, I wonder if anyone here has ever seen the caecilians in the separate room to the side of the aquarium?
 
oflory said:
Went to have a look at him today, not as impressive a tiger physically as Jae Jae. He was pacing the dividing barrier between the two pens and scent-marking as he did so, which is a good sign, I would say. Melati didn't look that interested... :)

Additionally, I wonder if anyone here has ever seen the caecilians in the separate room to the side of the aquarium?
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I’ve had enough luck to see the two lined caecellian, surfacing!
 
Just a quick question...

A number of sources have mentioned Jae Jae and Melati as having produced seven cubs. I’m aware of:

Unnamed (U) born Sep 2013

Budi (M) born Feb 2014
Nakal (M) born Feb 2014
Cinta (F) born Feb 2014

Karis (F) born Jun 2016
Achilles (M) born Jun 2016

Was there a seventh cub I’m not aware of?
 
I believe some media sources such as the BBC news website when first reporting the tragedy included some background and links to previous stories of Melati , in doing so they seem to have simply miscalculated the total number of cubs in the story they published.
 
Has zoo chat removed pages of London zoo news 2019 I was on here the other day and there was some heated discussion about Melati’s passing???
 
 
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