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Zoo News thread 2
25-04-2012
The dates are set for this year's Friday Nights. Zoo will reopen from 5pm to 8pm every Friday from May 18 to July 6. The reason we do not extend it into late July and August is that is the monsoon season here and there is about a 50/50 chance that any given Friday would be rained out.
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#2
06-05-2012
The pool in the new elephant exhibit has now been filled and the elephants have discovered it. Here is a link on the zoo website to a video showing all five in the pool at once! I was there this morning and saw the bull (Mabu) enter the pool - the first time I have personally seen any of them in there. I will post photos in a day or two, but here is the video link.
Elephants go swimming 5-2-12 - Reid Park Zoo, Tucson, AZ |
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#3
01-06-2012
Summer hours start tomorrow, June 1st. 8am-3pm.
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#4
25-06-2012
Here is an article (and matching video) on how Snow the polar bear improved by moving from the humid Orlando climate to the dry Tucson climate.
Tucson climate 'working wonders' for Snow the polar bear | KVOA.com | Tucson, Arizona |
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01-07-2012
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01-07-2012
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#7
02-07-2012
According to the zoo website, a price increase goes into effect today (July 1, 2012). We knew it would come once Expedition Tanzania opened, but I am surprised it happened this quickly. Just last week I asked about it and they said it would come in the Fall but nothing was decided yet.
Admission until yesterday was $7 adult (year round). New prices are $8 adult June-November (off season) $9 adult December-May (peak season) Due to our hot desert locale, summer is actually the slow season and winter the busy season, which is opposite most other zoos. Our neighboring zoo, the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, has had a seasonal price structure like this for several years. However, I am surprised November is included in off season, I would consider it peak. But maybe they looked at attendance figures and November actually is slower. |
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#8
29-07-2012
I just found out about this on the zoo website (have not been at the zoo in a almost three weeks, so this is the first I heard of it).
A Tanzanian naturalist is biking around the world to raise money for scholarships back home. Yesterday he rode through Tucson and stopped in at the zoo. Elvis Munis Visits the Zoo on 7-27-12 - Reid Park Zoo, Tucson, AZ |
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#9
30-07-2012
Respect all around!
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#10
02-09-2012
New elephant cams have been installed and are being tested. Very soon the website will have a live feed posted for all to enjoy.
A chilean flamingo chick hatched just over a week ago. Four other eggs have been laid and are expected to hatch over the next couple weeks. The zoo's Flickr page has photos of a brand new tamandua baby - we are now up to five tamanduas. All are off exhibit, though, and are brought out by staff for educational demonstrations. Another new birth will likely be announced in the coming week. We were told not to say anything yet, but when I was at the zoo today (a busy Saturday), everyone could see mother and baby through a chain link fence at the back of the regular exhibit, so I am not sure it is a secret. Plus it was born on exhibit yesterday and a visitor videotaped it, but we were still told not to say anything unless someone specifically asks us. (So if you specifically ask me in a PM, I might be able to answer). |
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02-09-2012
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#12
02-09-2012
........yes
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#13
02-09-2012
The zoo announced the birth of a Grevy's Zebra on their facebook page. I assume that's what you're talking about?
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#14
03-09-2012
Ah yes, so now it is official. The mother apparently came to us already pregnant from San Diego (unkown to us).
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04-09-2012
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