My Comprehensive Review of Whipsnade » Whipsnade Zoo

Originally Posted by CZJimmy

Pertinax, Chester have currently got 2 Scimitar-horned oryx calves and I'm pretty sure they had a gemsbok calf last year.

Originally Posted by Pertinax

I think Whipsnade do their animal shows very well- informative and with only the minumum of 'razza matazz' to keep youngsters interested. Much better than some other places.

The large Nile Lechwe group have their own dominant male(s). The one in Asian Plains I think is an escapee from the small bachelor group which is/was held in the small paddock near the lake cafe. He is very distinctive as he's almost black among all the herds of brown deer. Maybe he jumped the fence when he saw or smelt the bears nearby for the first time...

The kudu group have no male- there hasn't been one for several years now.

Perhaps Ringtailed Lemurs were chosen for their their temperament, bold enough to show properly & interact with visitors in a walkthru exhibit?

Originally Posted by zebedee101

I think they are also limited by the dangerous animal act. They had an exhibit of free roaming silvery marmosets and golden headed tamarins. The tamarins had to be placed in with the white faced sakis after a legislative issue. I was interested to read on one of the Colchester threads that they were planning a walk through tamarin exhibit