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Does anybody knows, when the manatees arrived at the Dallas World Aquarium ? I ask, because I've got today two older editions of the Guidebook and I try to find out when they were published, there is one with a orinoco crocodile on the cover, this guide ist without the manatees, and the other one shows a manatee on the cover, so I think, this guide came out in the year the manatees has arrived.
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Also, the Orinoco Crocodiles were added to the aquarium in 1998 along with the three toed sloths and many other additional animals for the Orinoco rainforest.
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Old 04-11-2008
I have to admit that the collection appears to be fantastic but the photos being uploaded don't showcase any exhibits that are even remotely spectacular. Mock-rock and tiny tanks are what are coming across in the photos.
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But this is what you see at the DallasWorld Aquarium, a phantastic collection, in small, strange exhibits sorrounded by tropical plants.

Are the three trhree toed slothes the original animals imported in 1998, or do they got more of the three ? I've heared, they lost some of the three toed slothes and got new ones.
Today a friend of me, he has visted the DWA last year, told me that the shoebill never was on exhibit. They have planned an exhibit for the bird, but this year, the shoebill died during a storm through an accident.
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I believe they imported two 3toed sloths in 1998 and they reproduced. I thought I heard that one of them died, not sure which though....
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They have bred, are you sure about that ?
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Yes, the male is Lucky...the female is Stony...and their offspring named V.B. The information is from summer 2000.
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And when the young was born, in 2000 ? And do you know if the young is still alive ? And is it a male or female ? Why they have bred just once ?
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sorry zebraduiker, this is all I know.
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  #26
Old 27-04-2009
The main problem I have with this place is that it gets way too crowded. Just a few hours (or less on some days) after it opens there are lines everywhere to see the exhibits. On spring break it looked like 1 big line all around the entire building and this was at 10 in the morning!

The collection is amazing, there are many birds and primates to be seen throughout the building that aren't often seen in other zoos. They now have a few exhibits you can see before paying to get in (Bali Starling, Rhinoceros Hornbill, ETC).
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Did you evers een the water possum ? I've heared, not only all of the staff have seen it yet, altough it is there for three years...
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Old 27-04-2009
Not when I was last there. Sorry.
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Old 27-04-2009
Last time I went a few weeks ago I never saw it either. I am going to try and go sometime this week if I can get by. P.S. to Siamang, believe me, don't try and go to the zoo on Spring Break - its not worth it!
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I am heading to the DWA on a search for the elusive Yapok. Will let you know later and will take lots of pics.
 
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