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Discussion in 'United States' started by okapikpr, 17 Jun 2009.

  1. okapikpr

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    Philly zoo has quite a few (I think 10) and has had as many as half a dozen births.
     
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    Here is a video:

     
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    - In april the prospect park zoo will open a new exhibit containing Dingos. It will contain a portion of the kangaroo exhibit. It is beautiful and very nicely landscaped. A keeper told me it would contain 4 dingos who are currently at the zoo.
     
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    3 River Otter pups were born in February, and are now on exhibit.
     
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    2 new Peafowl are at the zoo.
     
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    I personally would not call any dingo exhibit beautiful. Why accredited zoos waste valuable space on a feral animal is beyond me.
     
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    Every animal has a story to tell, no matter what its history entails.
     
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    But sadly no zoo I have been to that has dingos or singing dogs tells the story. It would be a great opportunity to show how alien introductions are one of the biggest problems today and here is an example of one from a while ago that resulted in the extermination of the native equivalent (thylacine). But I have never seen a zoo (at least here in the USA) do that and they all seem to imply that these are native animals. A huge lost educational opportunity.
     
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    A pair of Bar-Patched Wreathed Hornbills are new to the zoo. The zoo hopes they breed.
     
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    3 Dwarf Mongoose pups were born recently.
     
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    The plural of mongoose is mongooses, just fyi ;)
     
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    A babydoll lamb was born recently.
     
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    I visited the prospect park zoo yesterday and realized several things:

    - There are currently 11 dingo pups at the zoo. One pair of dingos had 4 pups and the other pair had 7 pups. They are so adorable and rotate with one group one exhibit every other day. The exhibit has obviously taken a bit of a beating but still has many plants.

    - Wreathed hornbills are now in the aviary which previously held kookaburra across from the barnyard.

    -Across from the hornbills is another aviary that now holds a species of african hornbill and crested porcipine.

    -A last aviary is long and thin and features prevots squirrel and himalyan monal.
     
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    Any idea on the species of African hornbill (is it a Tockus species or one of the larger tropical rainforest ones)?
     
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    Sorry i didnt get the species but i will be posting some photos later.
     
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    does anyone know where the wreathed hornbills have come from and are they wild-caught birds or captive-bred
     
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