Mother and twins are still doing fine, but the twins are both a bit smaller than other young gorillas of the same age, but that doesn't seem to matter them.
No doubt they will catch up. The important thing is they appear to have stayed equal-sized, so one hasn't out-competed the other in their first year.
Timing / Feeding times Wow, now I am even more excited about our upcoming trip to Arnhem. I could not find much information on the homepage on how to plan the time at the zoo. Is there a feeding schedule for example. One of our main interests is in the Aardvarks for example. I read its a good idea to be there later in the afternoon, but e.g. Prague was feeding the Aardvarks at 10 in the morning. Does someone have advice on how to "time" our visit?
Burgers' doesn't have set public feeding times at all. I think the best time to see active aardvarks is early in the morning or late in the afternoon. When I'm in Burgers' I first walk through the Bush to the Ocean because early in the morning is the best time to spot some of the rarer birds and lizards in the Bush and the Ocean can be very busy in the afternoon.
The Painted buntings in the Desert have 4 chicks. Remarkeble is that also a female Blue Grosbeak helps the parent to raise the young !
Pinon imperial pigeon have raised sussesfully a young in the Bush and are now incubating again a second nest
Article about the birth of the Southern white rhino : Rhino Calf is a Surprise for Burgers' Zoo - ZooBorns
Burgers' Zoo has confirmed the arrival of 1.2 Golden-bellied mangabeys. Now behind the scenes, but soon they will live together with the gorilla's on their island.
Hi do you know where they came from? I think it could be very interesting to observe them as it's highly unlikely that they have experienced the freedom that their new enclosure will provide them!
They were part of the recent import from San Antonio Zoo (US) to Europe in which 3 zoos participated, Budapest, Montpeiller & Burgers'.
At least one of the monkeys is coming from a European zoo, as only 4 monkeys were imported, and 2 other zoo's recieven a mangabey.
A quick recap of our visit to Burger Zoo As I have received some great advice here for our trip to Burger Zoo, I wanted to share a quick recap of our visit there this last Friday. We were lucky to have picked the best day of the week as the summer has been quite wet and unstable in the last couple of weeks. On Friday, except for one shower we had a perfect day. As suggested we made our way straight for Bush to catch a glimpse of the Aardvarks. The keeper was still cleaning the enclosure and the Aardvarks were "somewhat" active while they moved from one sleeping spot to another ... a male and two female are in one, the third female in another enclosure. They posed a bit for our cameras and then huddled together for their dayly nap. We passed through a couple of times during the day and also had a nice chat with the keeper. We love Aardvarks so it was great to see them. Of course if you have a "night house" like Frankfurt or Berlin - and / or feeding times then your changes of seeing them a bit more active are higher. We found the habitats in Burger Zoo quite impressive - if maybe a bit focussed on the scenery, and with limited number of (larger) animals on display. Heaving said that it is still fun to spot birds and other smaller creatures (I would probably enjoy doing a tour with an ornithologist. Other than our Aardvarks I think we were probably most impressed by Ocean and Safari. Ocean has some really great big Aquariums. At the end of our day we set a while in front of the big shark tank, but also the smaller riff aquariums are very impressive and invite to sit and discover ... Safari is also fun to sit there for a while and watch the events around the watering hole. The little Rhino is up and about and Mama is making sure it stays safe, if necessary making the point quite clearly ... the gnus (?) have also a few young with them. The lions and chetahs are in seperate areas and here it was especially thrilling to see mama chetah with five young who play around here. Great sight. The other three habitats are also definetely worth seeing, Mangrove being a bit smaller than the other areas and Rimba offering some great enclosers again to sit and watch the action - especially the monkeys are giving quite a show. The Desert I think I liked a lot for the scenery but I felt it was a bit "underpopulated" ... even though the sheep and the Pekaras were quite cute to watch. We arrived right at opening time and it was the best one or two hours of the day. It never got overcrowded, but at some of the more popular spots it was great to be there early (in the afternoon the Gorilla viewing point was a bit of shoving and pushing) ... All in all i would say it is a unique zoo with some very nicely done habitats. I wish there was guided tour options or a more detailed tour guide / book. But very worth the visit which we enjoyed.
Good to hear you enjoyed Burgers'! I hope you did manage to see the African darters in the Bush as they are the last ones of their kind in Europe.
