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Discussion in 'Zoo Cafe' started by wensleydale, 22 Nov 2014.

  1. lowland anoa

    lowland anoa Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Well, I was looking for a perfect giant panda exhibit and I saw a link and clicked on it and now I found heaven. It was 2 years ago
     
  2. Wieselkind

    Wieselkind Member

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    I was looking for more info about Otto the new Aardvark at London.
     
  3. savethelephant

    savethelephant Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I was just looking at the bronx zoo monorail species list but after I decided to keep going through the website. A year or so later of silently reading (stalking;)) I decided hey, why not join?!
     
  4. elefante

    elefante Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I found this site after visiting the Henry Doorly Zoo for the first time. I was searching for information on gorilla exhibits in the USA and have been a member since 2009.
     
  5. Macaw16

    Macaw16 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Found it while doing google image searches for a lot of different animals.
     
  6. Simon Hampel

    Simon Hampel Administrator Staff Member 20+ year member

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    No, that was ZooBeat you found there. He has since been asked not to loiter in that area and isn't seen in public much anymore.

    ZooChat would have been the one standing on a soap-box in the park proselytizing about zoos and animal conservation.

    :p
     
  7. TheMightyOrca

    TheMightyOrca Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    ... I totally don't remember. Usually I remember how I find websites. Most likely I found it while searching Google images for something, noticing the title of the website and being all like "THERE'S A FORUM FOR ZOO LOVERS WELL SIGN ME UP".

    I've been introducing other people to the site, heh heh heh.
     
  8. Mikezoo12

    Mikezoo12 Well-Known Member

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    I was looking at random zoo exhibits. 5 minutes later I was a member.
     
  9. Coelacanth18

    Coelacanth18 Well-Known Member Premium Member 5+ year member

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    Same as a lot of people. I started getting curious about facility holdings and exhibits, noticed most of the pictures originating from one site, and bam! A new world opened up for me.

    Zoochatters seem to post the vast majority of zoo exhibit pictures currently found on the Internet... I guess that's not surprising.