Are there any favorite or least favorite elephant exhibits you've seen, or particularly memorable experiences with elephants?
The combination western lowland gorilla and roloway guenon in Ouwehands dierenpark was ended by the end of 2020; apparently because the male...
I’ve visited 551 different zoos and aquariums and I was curious to note how many zoos I’d been to with elephants. That question, which was posed...
I'm going to itemize THREE primate species in this latest post and then combine all the 'guenons' into a single list in my appendix at the bottom....
Other than Red-capped, Black Crested and Golden-bellied, I've seen two other mangabey species in my lifetime. Those are White-naped Mangabeys, at...
15 years is a long time.... Personally my favourite 3 German zoos are Cologne, Nuremberg and the Wilhelma in Stuttgart. Behind that is gets...
Rating is nearly impossible to do. Everyone has his or her own views and likings. Personally I like underrated zoos that surprise me positively...
The next stop on my journey: Memphis Zoo. I had a great time at this zoo, but found this to be the least impressive so far. I have seen many...
Yesterday I visited the zoo of Duisburg once again. That was about 10 years ago now. The very first time I went there must have been in the...
By my count, I've come across Lesser Spot-nosed Monkeys at 9 zoos and Greater Spot-nosed Monkeys at only 1 zoo. It's tricky figuring out which...
I'm surprised you've seen elephants in so many more zoos than gorillas! I don't know if this is because elephants used to be more common than they...
Yes, Memphis is nice but a bit overhyped, I think. It has its highlights and well-themed areas, but theming can only go so far, and even then,...
I'm going to be looking at macaques in the next few postings and I was convinced that Japanese Macaques would be the species I'd viewed the most...
1994: VOLUME 41 Eight issues, all represented within this thread: Volume 41 Issue 1 - Edition 250 - January/February 1994 - physical copy...
Titi Monkeys are a good example of a type of primate that had very few species until recent years, and now there's been an explosion of them in...
Golden Lion Tamarins have become the 'poster species' for conservation at many zoos, having been saved from extinction and now thriving in...
I'm surprised you've only seen Bolivian grey/white-eared titis at eleven zoos! I've been to way fewer zoos than you (37 total), and even I've seen...
I've visited 62 zoos with Siamangs. Some of these zoos are ones I’ve visited on many occasions, but I’ve listed them only once and that...
Some more interesting combinations I found on ZTL or the zoos website: Schwerin: - Pileated gibbon and Cheer pheasant - Bearded capuchin, South...
This is a species that I see all the time (it's housed at a few of the zoos I visit most frequently), but which never gets old! Really great small...
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