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#16
07-04-2008
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 I dont think it has been mentioned anywhere  I gather if its out and about with the herd they would be quietly confident that the mother and calf had bonded and where doing well before letting them out. |
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#17
07-04-2008
Margaret was out with the rest of the herd last week before the new baby was born.
I thought the head of reptiles was Isolde McGeorge - that's the impression I got from Zoo Days anyway |
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07-04-2008
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#19
07-04-2008
Yes isolde is the head of Reptiles, but the new curator is taking Kevin Buley's position, as curator of Lower vertebrates. This means that he will take charge of Reptiles, Amphibians, and I presume he will work with fish and Invertebrates too....
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#20
07-04-2008
[quote=Pygathrix;45634]Margaret was out with the rest of the herd last week before the new baby was born.
[quote] So does that mean the new baby has been rejected by its mother and was therefore alone indoors. Or do Giraffes leave their very small young 'hidden' from view like deer and antelope(and cows)..?- horses or zebras don't do this. |
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#21
07-04-2008
It was definately Margaret outside with the rest of the herd.
The little one was on its own in the giraffe house. I asked one of the keepers who told me the baby was born last Monday (31/3) and she believed that it was a female, tho didnt sound entirely sure. |
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07-04-2008
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#23
07-04-2008
Am well confused now? Has the new baby been rejected or not?
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#24
07-04-2008
Me too.....
This is getting very confusing.... |
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#25
07-04-2008
We need an insider in the zoo! lol
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#26
07-04-2008
Zoogiraffe or Chris_walton could help.
Has anyone seen any developments on the African aviaries? |
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#27
07-04-2008
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Chester may be the most frequently visited zoo by UK zoobeat members, however most of us missed the news by a matter of days! |
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#28
10-04-2008
I went to Chester today.
Margaret is out on the paddock with the adults, the new baby is a female and she is in one of the pens at the rear of the house, it seems as though she is being hand-reared although the person I spoke to did not say so. The baby babirusa is a male and is doing fine, he has not been let out yet because of the cold weather. The path along the canal has been closed and the babirusa are not visible at the moment. Pumba is suspected of being pregnant, so there may be some baby hogs soon. The female warthog certainly looks as if she is pregnant, I couldn't find anyone to ask. Both Indian rhinos were out in the Asian Plains exhibit. 0.3 sealions left the zoo late last year on the recommendation of the EEP, I forgot to ask if Chester are getting any new females. The new male okapi has settled down well and has started to show an interest in the female. They have not been placed together yet, but seem to get along well. The western end of the bridge is almost finished and a sign says it is to open soon. No work has been carried out yet on the African aviary or the hornbill aviary. Information on the new map states that the ground hornbill aviary will also contain other African hornbills. Birds nesting were red-crowned crane, both species of vultures, black-necked swans, little egrets, waldrapp ibis and spoonbills. The Zoo Days crew were filming in the Tropical Realm. |
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#29
10-04-2008
Thats a turn up for the books!
How bigis margaret now, because last time i visited she was still tiny? |
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#30
10-04-2008
Glad to see I wasn't the only one who thought the warthog was pregnant!
Should be a good year for the pigs (incl. Babirusa) at Chester. Let's hope the Visayan warty pigs get in on the act  . Actually, it seems like a good year for the hoofstock in general, what with the many new arrivals...That reminds me, have the plans for persian goitered gazelles been scrapped like the addax ones? |
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