Bristols new zoo » Bristol Zoo

21-05-2008

I've found some more information

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22-05-2008

Lots of interesting informantion there

30-05-2008

Bristol swapped it's lone female fairy pinguin with cologne for two males. Cologne now has 3.3, Bristol has 2.0

30-05-2008

That's great! Cologne can breed them and then pass two females onto Bristol. Has Cologne bred Fairy penguins?

30-05-2008

This is good, hopefully Bristol can get some females soon.

27-06-2008

been looking at the plan for thee zoo and noticed there is a chinese tempature forest exhibit, could this be planned to house giant pandas? maybe it wont just be edinburgh who recieves them

28-06-2008

This zoo is only in the planning stages at present. I suppose if Edinburgh receive Giant Pandas, a zoo like Bristol might in the future be tempted to make approaches for them too. But lesser Pandas would seem more likely particularly as they already hqave them in the zoo.

29-06-2008

hmm maybe? but it is always a idea for them in the future when giant pandas are more common in europe, red pands are very zoo-typical animal meaning they are very common in zoos and are rarely active therefore are not exactly a crowd puller unlike its unrelated cousin (lol) the giant panda!

29-06-2008

... which can be equally inactive as adult animals....

29-06-2008

yes but i think most people would do almost anything just to see a glimpse of one! ive heard in china people have jumped barriers to see them!

29-06-2008

That is because they cost $10 million for a zoo outside of China to hold them. This makes them a special attraction, but costly.

They're similar to lions on the basis that crowds love them, but they do very little.

I couldn't see Bristol getting pandas for the opening of the new zoo, as they will have already spent a very large sum on building the place. Maybe a couple of years down the line, when the zoo has money to spend, but not straight away...

29-06-2008

yes, thats what i meant lol, in a few years or even decades!

30-06-2008

What exactly is wrong with Ailurus fulgens (as opposed to Ailuropoda melanoleuca)? Not their rarity as red pandas are equally endangered and they actually are more omnivore than the giant panda. Besides the red pandas (a different subspecies to Himalayas ssp. - styani) in China are sympatric in distribution with giants.

For the love of activity neither are day-tripping wild animals and mostly only active at dawn and dusk. Both need to consume and digest copious amounts of bamboo and other leaves and fruits to stay alive. The latter makes for the fact that during the restive digestion times they are largely inactive (you would too if you were a herbivore like that!).

Another feature: red pandas are more related to raccoons and giant pandas are simply an evolutionary strain of the bear family full stop. This and other stories make for an interesting zoo wild animal exhibit for red pandas. Zoos that make the effort to present red pandas properly will testify to the fact that they can be lively, devious and acrobatic to watch .. at times ..!

And if you do not like them at all, then simply switch to another part of the zoo or do not come at all. It is the same like in the wilds where you are never ever guaranteed a glimpse of a red pand or a giant panda. In P.R. of China most giant panda researchers do not see their charges for months on end, just their tell-tale scratch, paw or munch marks ....

So I guess I am saying: enjoy the wilds in zoos, learn to appreciate red pandas a bit better and allow yourself to be surprised pleasantly!

30-06-2008

Do you know any Zoos that display Red Panda in a nocturnal house setting? The classic display is a walled enclosure surrounding one or more trees with nest boxes in the branches or at the base. The Pandas are usually curled up asleep high in the branches during the daytime.

I have a feeling they could be really interesting to watch after dark though....

02-07-2008

(going off the subject a bit) no i cant rember seeing any sorry