Manatees and European Zoos

Upali · 24-03-2008

I really like the enclosure, looks incredibly natural. Do you have any info on the manatees living there?

Toddy · 24-03-2008

2.3 manatees currently live in Odense. One of these came from NÃ¼rnberg, two from Guyana and two are born there. Odense Zoo recieved 2.2 manatees from Guyana in 2001. One of the males died and one of the females moved to Randers Regnskov Tropical Zoo to form a pair with their lone male.

Henriette (female)
Born in Artis
Lived in NÃ¼rnberg Zoo
Moved to Odense Zoo as the first manatee in Scandinavia in 2001.
Shows signs of stereotype behaviour after living in small tanks her whole life before moving to Odense.

Femmeren/Nr. 5 (female)
Born in Guyana
Moved to Odense Zoo in 2001
The breeding-cow in Odense Zoo. Has given birth three times since 2003. The babies from 2003 and 2007 have both survived, while the 2005 birth was a stillborn.

Name unknown (male)
Born in Guyana
Moved to Odense Zoo in 2001
The breeding male in Odense.

Name unknown (male)
Born in Odense Zoo in 2003.
Mother is Femmeren/Nr. 5.
The first manatee-baby ever in Scandinavia.

Name unknown (female)
Born in Odense Zoo in 2007.
Mother is Femmeren/Nr. 5.

Toddy · 24-03-2008

Here is a comercial from Odense Zoo, where you can see part of the manatee exhibit (requires Quicktime).

Upali · 13-05-2009

What is the future for the european captive manatees at the moment? The USA is supposed to only have a rescue/rehabilitation aims without breeding. Are the european manatees going down this route...

Also does anyone know the status and individuals of the Beauval animals, they had a male born in 2001 and twins born in 2003. But there does not seem to be any news on the group and breedings. All the animals should be of breeding age by now?

Sun Wukong · 13-05-2009

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Originally Posted by Upali

What is the future for the european captive manatees at the moment? The USA is supposed to only have a rescue/rehabilitation aims without breeding. Are the european manatees going down this route...

Certainly not; unlike the US ex-situ population, the ones in European zoo are usually kept in mixed-gender groups. However, this doesn't guarantee breeding success-see f.e. Tierpark Friedrichsfelde...

Looking forward to the new manatee house in Nuremberg-and I'm obviously not the only one, as seen in other threads.

Toddy · 05:25 AM

A caribbean manatee was born in Odense Zoo on June 2nd. The mother is imported from Guyana and this is the fifth young born at the zoo since 2001. Unfortunately, two of those were stillbirths, but Odense Zoo has already proved to be major contributers to the European manatee population.

It is also reported that another female is pregnant and due to give birth soon.

EDIT: Thanks for correcting me Yassa!

Yassa

I guess the calf was born on June 2nd - or do you mean July 2008?
Good news, thanks!

Toddy

If it was July 2008 wit would hardly be news, would it?

Thanks for correcting me

Toddy

Great news from Odense Zoo everyone! Today (June 30th.) a pair of manatee twins was born in Odense Zoo, Denmark. This has only happened once before in Europe (Beuval, 2003).
Now eight manatees lives in Odense, two of them being previous offspring and three of them born within the last month. There are so many babies in the pool now that sometimes even their mothers gets them mixed up

This means that Odense Zoo is slowly becomming a true breeding factory for manatees in Europe with five healthy babies born since 2003 and two stillbirths.

Sun Wukong

Thanks Toddy for sharing the news. The more (manatees), the better...Gotta love these plump beauties.

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