Why do you suspect this? Feels like digging for controversy to me. I think someone either heard the word and liked the sound of it, or sat for...
I think it would be popular - reviews of UK zoos from overseas visitors are few and far between in these parts. :)
Just received an email saying the members' previews for the Snow Leopards are 22nd, 23rd, and 24th March (show your card for access).
Southern Talapoins look noticeably different, with much darker faces. I've only ever seen one - this one at Valencia in 2011. So unless you see...
I would argue this is in fact the main problem with identifying zoo Chlorocebus - the various taxa are not in theory all that hard to separate...
Yep, Whipsnade's European Bison are very much still present and on show (and very nice they are too :) ).
Indeed - I've no idea how well it would apply in this case in practice, just that the general concept is something that does happen. As you say,...
Yep - think about how most people on here aren't going to need to run through checking off differences to tell an African from an Asian Elephant....
Having just seen your photos in the gallery, and having visited the previous site in 2013, I would agree with everything you say here. The old...
It's apparently an Arabic word meaning 'oasis' so presumably the town name just has the same origin.
Yep, the plans show this enclosure occupying the far corner of the rhino paddock, next to the zoo's perimeter service gates. :)
I was actually saying this kind of thing the other day to some fellow nerds on a zoo outing. There does seem to be an idea that the European...
A day out in the sun at Whipsnade yesterday added one obvious missing bird, and I was 'fortunate' enough to be slowed down enough by speed limits...
Slight pedantry from me here but as it's the kind of thing that leads to people talking at cross-purposes and getting into arguments I thought I'd...
Yep, I've only seen it in the very back aviary. Last time it was active in the later part of the afternoon once the crowds had started thinning so...
February in my world means back to Bangor and my Uni reunion and all the associated silliness. It also means at least two days of North Wales...
I have a few phone shots from my visit - just popped a few into the gallery to give a feel. :)
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