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5 Must See Species Before You Die

Discussion in 'General Zoo Discussion' started by Blackduiker, 28 Jan 2012.

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  1. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    It was really hard narrowing it down to five, so I managed to narrow it down to ten.

    1. Kakapo
    2. Night Parrot
    3. Numbat
    4. Thorny Devil
    5. Spotted Cuscus
    6. Kagu
    7. Marsupial Mole (eithier species)
    8. Long-beaked echidna (any species)
    9. Leadbeters Possum
    10. Bird of Paradise (any species)

    Honorable mentions:
    Striped Possum
    Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat
    Okapi
    Great White Shark
    Inland Taipan
    Crow Honeyeater
    New Caledonian horned Parakeet
    Cloven-Feathered Dove
    Terror Skink
    Feminie Wrasse
    Antipodes Island Parakeet
    Western Swamp Tortoise

    The chances of me seeing some of these species are highly unlikely, however I hope to one day be privelaged enough to have seen them all.
     
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  2. Joker1706

    Joker1706 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    1. Mountain Tapir
    2. Mountain Nyala
    3. Philippine Eagle
    4. Sumatran or Javan Rhino
    5. Tamaraw (or Dugong, I am not sure)
     
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  3. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I've seen seven of your first ten, and about half of the honourables! (Of course I'm a lot older than you, so I've had more time to get around).
     
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  4. animal_expert01

    animal_expert01 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Lucky! I know for a fact that you haven't seen a night Parrot or a marsupial Mole, but what is the third animal you haven't seen?
     
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  5. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    Spotted Cuscus
     
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  6. EsserWarrior

    EsserWarrior Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    It is true that there are many unique and rare species out in the world, this is just my list. (Which is heavily influenced by being bias towards groups of animals.)

    1. Any Woolly Monkey
    2. Mountain Gorilla
    3. Rarer Australia-Area Mammals (Koala/Platypus/Tasmanian Devil) Based on how easy they are to view in the United States, that is. I haven't been lucky enough to see any of these yet.
    4. Mountain Tapir
    5. Eld's Deer (or any of the rarer to see deer species that are scare in North America)
     
    EsserWarrior, 28 May 2018
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  7. Sarus Crane

    Sarus Crane Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Greater Adjutant Stork (alive)
    Giant Ibis (alive)
    Javan Rhinoceros
    Bardia Giant Elephants
    Southern Elephant Seal
     
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  8. TheEthiopianWolf03

    TheEthiopianWolf03 Well-Known Member

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    Ethiopian wolf
    Walia ibex
    Mountain Nyala
    Platypus
    Mountain gorilla

    My list was originally going to just be Ethiopian species but there are some other animals that I really want to see even over the Ethiopian species.
     
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  9. twilighter

    twilighter Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    The Kouprey most probably left this world already, so :

    1. Saola
    2. Flat-headed cat
    3. Zebra duiker
    4. Beira
    5. Falanouc
     
    twilighter, 1 Sep 2019
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  10. amur leopard

    amur leopard Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    You can find these in multiple places in Europe, including zoo de Vincennes and Dresden.
     
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  11. Coelacanth18

    Coelacanth18 Well-Known Member Premium Member 5+ year member

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    My list started out with 29 species: twelve birds, nine mammals, three reptiles, two amphibians, two invertebrates, and one fish (my avatar's namesake). After several iterations, I was able to narrow it down to five.

    Platypus
    River Dolphin (any species)
    Leatherback Sea Turtle
    Hoatzin
    Hawaiian honeycreeper (any species)*

    In a separate list, these are five species that I've seen in captivity but most want to see in the wild:

    Harpy Eagle
    Manta Ray*
    Orangutan
    Whale Shark
    Walrus

    *Despite my efforts, I missed both of these species while in Hawaii.
     
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  12. Goura

    Goura Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    1. Any Rhinopithecus species
    2. Sumatran rhino
    3. Any Euplerids I haven't seen yet
    4. Mountain tapir
    5. Flat-headed cat

    I'd also love to see an Amami rabbit, although it's highly unlikely unless Japan decides to enter into an ex-situ program with them.
     
    Goura, 2 Sep 2019
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  13. Daktari JG

    Daktari JG Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Yangtze soft shelled turtle
    hirola
    Przewalski's gazelle
    Philippine eagle
    northwestern Mogollon Rim population of the Chiricahua leopard frog
    AKA Vegas Valley leopard frog
     
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  14. Coelacanth18

    Coelacanth18 Well-Known Member Premium Member 5+ year member

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    I forgot about this one! I might rather see this one in the wild than harpy eagle, especially after watching Neil Rettig's "Bird of Prey" documentary.
     
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  15. amur leopard

    amur leopard Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    My uncle's seen one of these in the wild !
     
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  16. Giant Eland

    Giant Eland Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    After quite the eventful trip around the continent of Africa I'm pleased to say I have cause to quote this message again! Time to update these lists!

    1. Javan Rhino
    2. Indri
    3. Mountain Nyala :D
    4. Saola
    5. Beaked Whale (any species)

    Honorable mentions for:

    1. Narwhal
    2. Solenodon :rolleyes:
    3. Marsupial Mole
    4. Red Colobus
    5. Dingiso

    And now my current list:

    1. Javan Rhino
    2. Indri
    3. Saola
    4. Beaked Whale (any species)
    5. Narwhal

    Honorable mentions for:

    1. Marsupial Mole
    2. Red Colobus
    3. Dingiso
    4. Water Chevrotain
    5. Otter Civet
    6. Chiru

    I look forward to posting my photos from Zambia, South Africa and Ethiopia in the coming weeks!
     
    Giant Eland, 7 Dec 2019
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  17. Luca Bronzi

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    Platypus
    Whale Shark
    Humpback Whale
    Emperor Penguin
    Lava Gull


    But there are a lot of animals I would want to see in nature...
    Like elephants, bears, terns, whales, rhinos...
     
    Luca Bronzi, 7 Dec 2019
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  18. Dassie rat

    Dassie rat Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Hello Luca Bronzi

    The lava gull is an unusual choice.
     
    Dassie rat, 7 Dec 2019
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  19. Luca Bronzi

    Luca Bronzi Well-Known Member

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    I know, but I'm not sure about the list
     
    Luca Bronzi, 7 Dec 2019
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  20. Dylan

    Dylan Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    In the wild:
    - Sumatran rhino
    - Javan green magpie*
    - Bali myna*
    - Purple-throated sunangel
    - Okapi*

    * seen in captivity

    In captivity:
    - American bison
    - Sloth bear
    - Platypus
    - Southern plover
    - Western bluebill
     
    Dylan, 9 Dec 2019
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