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25-02-2008

Just looked on ISIS, and Antwerp no longer has any Wattled Curassow listed. What has happened to them?

08-03-2008

Would any of you Antwerp regulars happen to have a photo of the Bornean Orang Utan, Tuan (now at Chester)?

I haven't seen him yet...

08-03-2008

08-03-2008

Wow, thanks Marc.

08-03-2008

Yes, Thanks!!

He's a big boy!

09-03-2008

Following this Tuan photo- can you post a couple of (fullbody) shots of the female Eastern Gorilla 'Amohoro'?

Does anyone know if its decided which race she should belong too?

11-03-2008

Not the best of my pics, but i hate the glass they used:



the arms a little bit closer




and her head.

11-03-2008

Many thanks for those. Looking at them which species do people think she belongs to?

14-03-2008

I'm far from sure, but from these photos I think I'd say graueri - although I am sure that my opinion isn't worth much
She is rather more masculine looking than the other females I saw at Antwerp and Chester all those years ago. This is partly due to her rather longer hair, which reminds me of the graueri males. The shape of her nose, as far as I can see, is consistent with graueri.
Has anyone studied enough graueri specimens to understand the full variability of this taxon? Prof Groves, perhaps?

Alan

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14-03-2008

Yep, she is a graueri allright.

And Dr. Groves at ANZ is a much sought after authority in taxonomic issues ... on lots of taxa.

14-03-2008

Your opinion is much valued...

I don't know what to make of her. In photos 1&2 she looks like 'graueri', while in photo 3 she looks more 'beringeii' Could she have come from the Bwindi Forest population of 'beringei'- this apparently is a sort of intermediate form and I believe shows characteristics of both the others?

I've seen virtually all the 'Graueri' speciments that have been in recent captivity(at Chester, Antwerp- except the young male that died, Oklahoma) although they were all a long time ago, I still have plenty of photos too.. But it still doesn't help much...

11-04-2008

@ Pertinax: I'm so sorry, i completely overlooked the pm you send me. So with a lot of delay, here are the pictures you requested, pictures from Victoria so you can see the difference with amahoro;









(i'll add pics of both girls in the gallery)

01-05-2008

Renovation of the rocks:






A new aquarium thank is build that will house tropical animals. For the first time filled with water:


(april 30, 2008)

07-06-2008

-A Champmanzebra gave birth to a female, called Jorilani.
-The two nile crocodile's will be sent to Diergaarde Blijdorp.Instead there will come 6(2.4) Spectacled Caiman from Parc paradisio.
-The 1.4 giraffes go to Planckendael. 0.2 Rothschild from Belfast will arrive later.

08-06-2008

Why are the crocs moving?

Is Antwerp changing subspecies of Giraffe?