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Old 15-05-2012
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After seeing that the Minnesota Zoo dolphin exhibit is primarily a show arena (Discovery Bay - Bottlenose Dolphin Show Amphitheater), I'm thinking that manatees probably aren't a great fit for this facility.

The potential future:

Show presenter: "Welcome everyone to the Minnesota Zoo Manatee Spectacular!"

Show crowd: "YEAH! Clap clap clap!"

Show presenter: "Today we'll watch spectacular feats of manatee behavior that will excite and astound you! Here is our first behavior..."

Manatees: "Bob around in water. Munch lettuce. Bob around some more. Munch more lettuce. Bob bob bobbin' along."

Show crowd: "ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ"
I don't know, I would be interested!
Maybe they'll do a pinneped exhibit instead?
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Old 15-05-2012
They'd probably convert the old dolphin exhibit with a larger shark exhibit instead?
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Old 16-05-2012
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They'd probably convert the old dolphin exhibit with a larger shark exhibit instead?
There is some precedent for this at other institutions. The old California Academy of Sciences Steinhart Aquarium used to have a dolphin tank that got converted to a shark tank when their Pacific white-sided dolphins were sent to the Shedd Aquarium. The Oregon Aquarium had a tank with Keiko the orca that got converted to a shark exhibit when he left to go back to the wild.
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Old 17-05-2012
To an extent. I can't recall any cetacean show arenas being converted to shark enclosures. They were all further used for pinniped shows/exhibits.
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Old 17-05-2012
Though Busch Gardens turned their former dolphin arena into a 4D theater.
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Old 17-05-2012
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To an extent. I can't recall any cetacean show arenas being converted to shark enclosures. They were all further used for pinniped shows/exhibits.
I think this is what was done with the former dolphin exhibit at the world's biggest mall in Canada. Is this what the Oklahoma City and Brookfield Zoos did also when they ended their dolphin shows/exhibits?
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Old 17-05-2012
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I think this is what was done with the former dolphin exhibit at the world's biggest mall in Canada. Is this what the Oklahoma City and Brookfield Zoos did also when they ended their dolphin shows/exhibits?
Brookfield still has dolphins
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Old 17-05-2012
I think what DavidBrown was saying is that they moved the dolphins from where the living coast is in the southwest part of the zoo to the seven seas area in the northeast part of the zoo. And Brookfield zoo still has there show.
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Old 19-05-2012
Some new zoo news:
Both female dholes may have given birth. The pups have not emerged yet from the den in their exhibit.
One of the Amur Tigers, Whirl, has recently lost its tail. A volunteer thinks it may have happened due to an accident with a door closing too fast in it's holding area.
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Old 19-05-2012
Whirl was a tiger at Brookfield zoo that lost its tail for as long as i remember her at the zoo.
Here is a video of her it was made 2 years ago and said she was 2 years old there are more recent videos but this is the best one:
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Old 19-05-2012
I was told by the volunteer that it happened recently, so I guess the volunteer was wrong.
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Old 20-05-2012
Whirl's tail loss can be attributed to an incident from when she was just a cub. The incident involved her father reaching under a door that wasn't shut properly and grabbing Whirl along with her brother. While her brother did'nt survive, Whirl lost her tail
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Old 20-05-2012
That's unfortunate.
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Old 22-05-2012
Dhole pups born at the zoo.

Dhole "Toddlers" on Display at Minnesota Zoo - ZooBorns
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Old 24-05-2012
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Very quick onto their introduction at Minneapolis ..
 
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