Things I noticed on my visit today. Others here might know more: The Victorian crowned pigeon chick has grown very nicely! Having taken on most...
As a Philadelphian I can't be surprised at our lack of representation here--despite its historical importance and collection with many AZA...
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From the screenshot it's definitely the Sichuan takin.
Philly gets ranked in top ten lists because those lists are voted on by the public, and they're better than other zoos at mobilizing locals on...
Amazing thread!
At this point Philly's crocodilian collection consists of Cuvier's dwarf caiman, desert crocodile, and dwarf crocodile. Within the past 15 years...
Has the American crocodile zoo population outside Florida declined in recent years? I distinctly remember seeing them at ZooAmerica on a field...
Big Cat Falls is probably the least problematic of the outdoor exhibit complexes. I generally prefer regional complexes to taxonomical ones but...
The birds section is going to take a while. ;) Incidentally--at my last visit to the Philadelphia Zoo a couple months ago, I saw what I think was...
A display showing how crickets, mealworms, etc. are raised to feed reptiles is fantastic. I'm pretty sure at least a few places do it.
Every zoo should have an insectarium, or at least some small section focused on arthropods.
Does Bergen County not still have rhea?
Oh, those are long gone.
The porcupine is gone as far as I know. There used to be a bird cage in the hippo room which included one of their parrots on rotations, but that...
As said in the review, the hippo discotheque has been mercifully replaced with a generic African theming.
I mean, the hippo thing is by far the most unique part of the visit, but it's just not a very good exhibit at all. Neither is Philadelphia's, of...
My day today did not start very well. Woken up early by a fire alarm in my building. I try to go back to sleep (it's a day off) but--nope--power...
Low sample size for me but it's probably Lake Tobias in Dauphin County, PA. Went for a field trip as an elementary schooler about two decades ago;...
Yeah, I was thinking that it would hit Very Common or even Abundant if you were able to find every nature center and science museum with them, but...
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