oh yeah, and it got overlooked by almost everybody it seems! A pity, that. Lincoln Park Zoo - Lincoln Park Zoo
Terror skink. Great white shark (really any living wild shark). Aldabran giant tortoise. Any live snake. Another look at the Galapagos giant tortoise (preferably at an encounter in Auckland Zoo). Komodo dragon. Another look at tuataras (seen them in the Southland Museum but would like to see some again). Any scorpion. Any cassowary. Wild kea. Kagu. Seriema. Antipodes Island parakeet. Marine iguana (probably the one I have the least chance of seeing). Any de-extincted species (a future one, probably even less likely than marine iguana). That's most of them.
pretty sure the butterfly house at the Otago Museum had some scorpions from Wellington Zoo - might want to check that out. The closest Antips to you would probably be at Queenstown. They did have them at the aviaries in Invercargill but I haven't been there for a really long time so I don't know if they are still there or not.
A trip to Queenstown may be in order for the long to-do list (but very expensive). The butterfly house is definitely doable, and even if I don't see scorpions it'll still be fun. Orokonui has tuatara but due to their hibernation I'm going to wait until summer to go there, it's on the agenda.
Snakes are apparently illegal in New Zealand - even in zoos. If @Kawekaweau has not been outside of New Zealand (or been abroad but not to a zoo/place where he saw snakes) then the only snakes in New Zealand he would have seen would be banded sea krait and yellow-bellied sea snakes.
Just saw he is from New Zealand, but still, that would be so strange, considering here in Australia you see at least one a week in the summer.
Lucky you! I have lived in the UK all my life and I have only seen a reptile once in the wild! (Viviparous lizard)
My Top 10- Javan Leopard Maned Wolf Malayan Tapir Cape Buffalo Forest Buffalo Margay Turkmenian Kulan Puerto Rican Parrot Orchid Mantis Leopard Shark
This is an interesting topic and here are some of mine, completely focused on seeing them in the wild, as in zoos it is less of a challenge - Giant pangolin (any other pangolin spp would also do the job ) - Okapi - Mountain tapir - Aye-Aye (though I have possibly seen it's eye shine while snail hunting) - Silky, Perriers, Deckens, Tattersal's & Crowned sifaka - Aardvark - Bonobo - Long-beaked echidna - Monito del Monte - Numbat - Silky anteater - Blue whale - Narwhal - Any Snub-nosed monkey - Tarsier - Sumatran/Javan rhino - Platypus - Leopard (they don't seem to like me.....)
Here's my list. There's probably stuff that I've forgotten because I've just listed what I could think of on the top of my head, and as with lintworm, I would be focused on seeing these in the wild although I haven't seen most of them in captivity either. Gurney's Pitta Blue Bird-of-paradise Wilson's Bird-of-paradise Tiger Parrot (any) Shoebill Grauer's Green Broadbill Orange Fruit Dove Clouded Leopard Long-beaked Echidna Dingiso Cuscus (any) Tarsier (any) Indri African Golden Cat Tapir (any) Capuchinbird Pygmy Hippo Bay Cat Marsupial Mole Pangolin (any) Pacarana Giant Flying Squirrel (any) Dwarf Cassowary Florican
Kakapo Numbat Dingiso Takahe Night Parrot Marbled Cat Harpy Eagle Caiman Lizard Red-Eyed Croc Skink Phillipines Eagle Banded Linsang Cuscus (Any Species) Long-Beaked Echidna (Any Species) Bird Of Paradise (Any Species) Lyrebird (Any Species) Terror Skinks European Badger Great White Shark Indri Kagu Antipodes Island Parakeet Horned Parakeet Cloven-Feathered Dove Tooth-Billed Pigeon
Sumatran tiger African forest elephant Any leopard other than Amur or African I saw both Astiatic lion Blue whale Sumatran and Javan rhinos Mountain gorillas Jaguar (didn't get to see one Even at the time I was at San Diego they weren't out) Pangolin Tapir Cape buffalo African wild dog (don't really remember Pittsburghs) Okapi Platypus Sunda clouded leopard Amazon River dolphin Barbary lion
Captive-wise: -Any knob-tail gecko -Any hyena -Rough-toothed dolphin -Gundi -Habu viper -Bonobo -Hardwick's gecko -Arabian sand boa -Whale shark -Asian elephant (It's been awhile) -Steppe lemming -Any captive mole (I heard Tama has a mole house but I could ONLY find a pic on Instagram from a hashtag with this exhibit) -Olive baboon -Any tenrec -Gharial -Lowland nyala -Mountain zebra -Proboscis monkey -Barbary macaque -False killer whale -Crocodile monitor -Perentie -Platypus -Any echidna -Mahi mahi -Red tegu -Volcano rabbit -St. Lucian lancehead -Brown kiwi -White-bellied tree pangolin -Ocelot -Timneh grey parrot -Kakapo -Tomistoma -New Guinea singing dog -Any aurochs-like cattle -California condor -Pronghorn -Lammergeier -Pallas cat -Banteng -etc etc. I have either very high or very low standards.
I used to get pronghorn in my yard when I lived in Wyoming. I totally took that for granted. They are pretty interesting animals. Very smelly too.
Some species I want to see: Any true whale species(i.e. not including dolphins or porpoise) Great White shark Narwhal Marbled cat Tree pangolin(I have seen both Malayan and Chinese) Dugong Amazon manatee(I think singapore is West Indian although in the Amazon house) Any umbrellabird(I don' think i can go to DWA soon--maybe Jurong?) Mountain tapir( seen malayan,brazil and baird's) Three-toed sloth Silky anteater Platypus Numbat A whole lot more Australian animals Takahe Kakapo Little penguin Albatross(any) Leopard seal Elephant seal And a whole lot more....
I think in terms of mainstream animals I am yet to see the two I most want to are koala and Panda, never had the chance to see either species before. ( Perhaps a trip to Edinburgh is needed, that or somewhere in the States)
