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#16
20-08-2007
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jejeje, I actually just came back from Fiji and saw orange doves in the wild. They are absolutely ridiculously colourful! I'll put on a review of Kula Eco-Park some time soon, which has one in captivity (with a damaged wing). I wish someone would start up a captive-breeding programme for the black-spotted cuscus! Tim Flannery's "Mammals of New Guinea" has a lot about them in it (excellent book, as is the "Amazing Animals" one). The name "yapok" is actually derived from the Yapok River (or Oyapok River in older atlases) so as an animal's name wouldn't be recognised by the locals. Advertisement
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#17
20-08-2007
here's a pic of the orange dove at Kula, for those who haven't seen one before. I doubt there are any outside Fiji so if you want to see a real one, head over there...
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#18
20-08-2007
Beautiful. I love them. I have to say that it is probably the nicest island pigeon. The wierdest is the secheylles blue pigeon, with the wierd warts on it's face. I beleive jurong used to house them. If I could I'd smuggle them into my dream zoo!!
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#19
21-08-2007
Not sure if the Seychelles pigeons are still alive at Jurong. They're housed in the 2-hectare aviary, and i've only seen them once in 2005.
Anyway, this is my dream list: okapi clouded leopard red and white giant flying squirrel golden snub-nosed monkey indri aye-aye tahitian blue lory philippine eagle amazon river dolphin sumatran rabbit banded linsang fijian banded iguana I want more species though |
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#20
21-08-2007
Sumatran Orang-Utan
Mountain Gorilla Gelada Amur Tiger Polar Bear African Hunting Dog Giant Otter African Elephant Okapi Emperor Penguin Hyacinth Macaw Kakapo My choices are restricted to the rare, large, attractive or social animals as these usually make up my favourite zoo exhibits. There are plenty of other smaller species I could have included (paradise flycatchers are a personal favourite) but there's something about the big guys that brings an extra 'wow' factor. I am of course assuming that all exhibits will be spacious, naturalistic and provide for the requirements of each species (including climatic!) |
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#21
21-08-2007
My choices for my dream Zoo would be:
Asian Elephant Giant Panda Common Hippo Gorilla Black and White Colobus Monkey Sifaka Okapi White Rhino African Hunting Dog Spectacled Bear Ratel Mandrill |
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#22
21-08-2007
I found the Angolan Colobus much prettier then the "normal" Kikuyu or black and white ones...
And i think the red colobus would be even weirder and probably even prettier  Remarkable at what species are mentioned on this forum, most of them i'd never put in a dream zoo. But i guess some of them are also mentioned because you Aussies have never seen them, just like none of the Aussies put platypus in their dream zoo... |
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#23
22-08-2007
My turn:
Leatherback sea turtles Southern hairy-nosed wombats Eastern grey kangaroos Sumatran rhinos Tasmanian devils Sumatran orangs Bilbies Siberian tiger Moose Kiwi Grizzly bear Hummingbirds Since I speak from a zookeepers perspective, could they all be trained to shift on command, clean their own enclosure, and never, ever abandon any of their offspring? Elaine |
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22-08-2007
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#25
22-08-2007
Just listing animals that are found in some institutions at present, otherwise I would add indri, kakapo etc
Numbat Bilby Platypus Sumatran rhino Pangolin Douc langur Okapi Shoebill stork Aye-aye Picathartes Kagu Kiwi |
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#26
23-08-2007
African Elephant
Western Lowland Gorilla Toco toucan Golden-cheeked gibbons Clouded leopards Andean Condor Scarlet Macaw Indian Rhinoceros Malayan Tapir |
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#27
23-08-2007
oops sorry, that's just 9.
Giant river otters Red uakari sumatran tiger |
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#28
23-08-2007
My gf's:
- Giant anteater - Silky anteater - Tamandua - Aardvark - Pangolin - Giant armadillo - Manatee - Amazone river dolphin - Scarlet Macaw - Manta ray - Emperor tamarin's - Emperor pinguins |
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#29
25-08-2007
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#30
29-08-2007
My dream zoo with twelve species?
1.) Grizzly bear 2.) Amur tiger 3.) Lion (Asiatic or African) 4.) Prezwalski's wild horse 5.) Red wolf 6.) Jaguar 7.) Komodo dragon 8.) Saltwater crocodile 9.) Ostrich 10.) Koala 11.) Asian elephant 12.) Galapagos giant tortoise That's mine. 
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