Chester Zoo Chester Zoo Autumn 2014

I'm at Chester zoo now and there are 2 sloths on display. Anyone got any info, thought the male had died and my past couple of visits no sloths have been on display.

 

The male had died,new male brought in to make a pair again.

 

So it's definitely a male, any idea where from?

 

Well thats what I was told and if I knew where from I would have said!

 

There is a banteng calf on show but I didn't see the anoa calf. although a woman standing next to me was convinced she had, saying to someone "it's the calf that was in the news, it's the world's smallest cow."

1.1 Javan Rhinoceros Hornbills are in the elephant house aviary.

 

It's a female in there currently (was a male, but they were swapped).

 

Don't tell me it is hornbills and bongos that I can't count.

 

The Visyan Tarictic Hornbills had a couple of chicks in the Islands in Danger part a week ago too - meant to say!

 

1.1 Javan Rhinoceros would be nice!

 

Confirmed in the new Z magazine that Oni the Aardvark is from Antwerp

Also included is an interesting article about the off show colony of Naked mole rats. Mentioned is the fact the longer term plan is to build an exhibit which will allow them to be displayed

 

Chester zoo facebook page showing a recently-born buffy-headed capuchin
https://www.facebook.com/chesterzoo...fdec6c3&size=2048,1339&fbid=10152843719985912

 

Unfortunately the zoo no longer holds green jay.

 

Almost not worth going to Chester Zoo if you're interested in bird these days...

 

But they no longer have Green Jays......



~Thylo

 

Yes, said animal is the entire reason I'd want to visit Chester in the first place. Sure, Forest Buffalo and Visayan Spotted Deer are cool animals, but it's all about that Green Jay, even if Bronx holds the exact same species/subspecies

~Thylo

 

They could be replaced with another Neotropical jay species.

And they still have bongos.

 

birds out: green jay, Dalmatian pelican

birds in: pink pigeon, maybe others before the end of the year