A pot of white paint would take care of that, if you could get near enough to use it. This should probably be in 'Fantasy Zoos' really but its just an aside, I'm not developing a thread.
I believe that is correct; they also were moreorless single-handedly responsible for the fact we still have a smattering of Asian Golden Cats in Europe, as a lot of the places holding the species now have stock originating from the Wassenaar Breeding Centre, which the zoo became after it closed in the 1980's and which operated until about 6 years ago.
It really is a shame that small carnivore collections seem to only have limited appeal. Just look at Wassenaar and the RSCC, both had mouth watering collections and now one has gone and the other is closed to the public!
I've been really intrigued by the bush dog ever since one had a very brief appearance on a David Attenborough documentary (Planet Earth, I think): it was just a few seconds of the dog running through the undergrowth at night and David saying how elusive and mysterious they were. So, those. Also, the platypus, because it's one of my favourite animals and I'll have to go to Australia to see one. Fun fact: I discovered ZooChat when I looked up the possibilities of seeing a platypus in a zoo on Google and this thread came up. And they aren't nearly as "special" to see in a zoo as the above, but I've always liked the giant panda and haven't seen one yet, so that too.
Many years ago we visited the San Antonio zoo in Texas. At that time they had what I believe was then the only pair of Whooping Cranes on display in a Zoo. (I don't know the situation now) I had previously read the Whooping Crane conservation story, including the part about the individual that came into captivity as a result of a damaged wing and was therefore named 'Crip'. I suddenly realised that standing there in front of me was 'Crip' and his partner! They had a nest right near the fence and had obviously just laid an egg. My first and only Whooping Cranes...
I was inspired from it's inclusion on many a bucket list (as it was prominently featured on mine until 2011) to post my Blue Whale photos here they are! http://www.zoochat.com/729/whale-watching-long-beach-ca-2011-a-297852/ http://www.zoochat.com/729/whale-watching-long-beach-ca-2011-a-297851/ http://www.zoochat.com/729/whale-watching-long-beach-ca-2011-a-297850/ http://www.zoochat.com/729/whale-watching-long-beach-ca-2011-a-297849/ http://www.zoochat.com/729/whale-watching-long-beach-ca-2011-a-297848/ http://www.zoochat.com/729/whale-watching-long-beach-ca-2011-a-297847/
I'd say giant panda are a bit more unusual than bushdogs get yourself to Chester if you want to see the latter - they are numerous and very good showers.
Indeed the ZSL Annual Report for 1954 records that London Zoo acquired an otter civet that year; it is listed as a species new to the collection. I don’t know how long this individual lived but I have no recollection of ever it seeing on my visits to the zoo as a small child.
To repeat, I don't ever recall seeing the London Zoo animal, but then I was only one year old when it arrived - and I don't know how long it lived. The best I can do is a not very good photograph of a museum specimen in Brussels. http://www.zoochat.com/683/otter-civet-natural-history-museum-brussels-150578/
I saw a Whooping Crane at the Smithsonian National Zoo over this past summer. http://www.zoochat.com/612/whooping-crane-296064/ Giant Eland- How very lucky you are to have seen the largest species to ever live on Earth. I envy many of you for what you've seen. Although, I'm young so I still have many years to see many more of these awesome creatures. I guess I should feel good that I've seen some of the animals you guys listed like the Whooping Crane, Giant Panda, and, in Chlidonias' case, Striped and Eastern Spotted Skunks.
I've seen 5 different skunk species including 2 for the first time in one shot- at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, think I'll post those pictures now..
I wonder if this is killing Chlidonias. I've seen both Northern Raccoon and American Beaver around my home, have you seen those, Chlidonias? Still, you (Chlidonias) do have both Platypus and Kakapo over most of us. Probably a whole bunch more, too. The only New Zealand animal I've seen was a North Island Brown Kiwi chick at the Smithsonian National Zoo. At least that one got crossed off my list.
