Animals You Want To See

I thought I'd start a thread where people could list the top 10 animals they wanted to see (and haven't already seen).

Here's mine:

1. Duck-billed platypus
2. Mandrill
3. Koala
4. Asian Rhinoceros (any kind)
5. Echidna (any kind)
6. Manatee
7. Saltwater Crocodile
8. Bonobo
9. Kakapo
10. Kiwi

 

Wow, I can boast a few of yours (Mandrill, koala, Indian rhino, bonobo).

For me:

1) Javan rhinoceros
2) Sumatran rhinoceros
3) Mountain gorilla
4) Giant panda
5) Kakapo
6) West-Indian manatee
7) Walrus
8) Beluga
9) Orca
10) Duck-billed platypus

(also, but no room, would like to mention Tasmanian devil )

 

I've seen echidnas, koalas, platypus', saltwater crocs, mandrills and an indian rhino but I'd really like to see:
-okapi
-boto (or any other river dolphin)
-flamingo
-fossa
-pangolin
-aardvark
-any species of hyaena
-crowned crane
-a sifaka
-a manatee

 

Its for zoos. I looked around, but couldn't find one, so I thought I'd start a new one.

 

Mine are:

1.Okapi
2.Bonobo
3.Drill
4.South China Tiger
5.Borneo Pygmy Elephant
6.African Forest Elephant
7.Duiker (any kind)
8.Jaguar
9.Chinese Alligator
10.Orca

 

Sooo difficult to choose just 10, but mines are (camera in my hand, of course):

Dall's porpoise
Giant ibis
Marbled cat
Narwhal
Numbat
Pygmy sperm whale
Ribbon seal
Saola
Southern right whale dolphin
Vaquita

 

Among other species want to one day see:

Chimpanzee
Kea
Kiwi
Tuatara
Saltwater Crocodile

 

I have seen 9 out of 10 species on the original list (only missing the kakapo). I might as well make a list as well. If anyone knows the easiest way to see any of the species listed in zoos (say, as close to Canada as possible), feel free to tell me.

1. Any hammerhead shark species (not bonnethead)
2. Numbat
3. Emperor penguin
4. Any species of pangolin
5. Harpy eagle
6. Brown or striped hyena
7. Either species of elephant seal
8. Either species of monk seal
9. Vervet monkey
10. Gerenuk

-TheWalrus

 

Hello, the Walrus.

I've seen 7 animals on your list; the exceptions are 2-4.

 

Mountain Nyala
Northern White Rhinoceros
Hirola
Saiga
Saola
Beira
Giant Sable
Dibatag
Himalayan Serow
Lowland Bongo

 

90% bovids (and my favourite ones). I like it!

 

1 Whale shark
2 Okapi
3 Blue throated maccaw
4 Palm cockatoo
5 Kiwi
6 Orca
7 Mandril
8 Tasmanian devil
9 Platypus
10 Tentacle snake (forgot the name)

 

I've seen all of these, except the kakapo

I haven't seen the Javan rhinoceros and kakapo, but I have seen the Tasmanian devil

I haven't seen a pangolin

I don't remember seeing numbers 4-6.

This is the best list so far. I haven't seen any of them and I wonder if I'll ever see any of them

I've seen all of them

I haven't seen a number or pangolin and I don't think I've seen an emperor penguin

Another good list I have seen the northern white rhinoceros
and saiga, but I'm not sure about the lowland bongo

I haven't seen the whale shark. It's good that I've seen some species that other Zoochatters haven't, but I realise that some Zoochatters have seen animals that I am very unlikely to see and that I have been unlucky in not seeing zoo rarities, despite visiting some enclosures several times - Paris Vincennes' hairy-eared dwarf lemur springs to mind and I remember visiting Howletts, where one of my party went behind the scenes and saw a marbled cat. I only found out about that later.

 

I saw pangolins today

 

I was so lucky that I made the grade
And though the views were rather bad
Well, I just had to laugh
I took a photograph
They stuck their tongues out of their mouths
And put them in a mass of minced meat and the like
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd never seen the beasts before
Nobody was really sure if they were from the House of Lords *

* Remember the original was by the Beatles, not the Termites, a rather less successful band that was not popular in wooden concert halls.

 

1 Saiga
2 Indri
3 Adelie penguin
4 Emperor penguin
5 Javan rhinoceros
6 Sumatran rhinoceros
7 Any pangolin species
8 Either elephant seal
9 Any river dolphin
10 Whale shark

 

The list goes as such

1. Any living squid
2. Any baleen whale
3. Any Leopard subspecies
4. Any Tree Kangaroo species
5. Any Pangolin species
6. Harpy Eagle
7. Moose
8. Greater Roadrunner
9. Arctic Wolf
10. Arctic Fox
11. Red-legged serima (probably gonna see that soon)
12. Koala (probably gonna see that soon)
13. Lesser adjutant
14. Arabian Oryx
15. Caracal
16. Pallas Cat
17. Wildcat
18. Black-Backed Jackel
19. Asiatic Dhole
20. Tasmanian Devil
21. Platypus
22. Sea Otter

23. EVERYTHING ELSE!!!

 

I can for some of them:

Emperor Penguin:
SeaWorld San Diego

Pangolin:
Tree Pangolin on show at Brookfield and Memphis.

Striped Hyena:
At several US zoos. Farthest north might be DeYoung.

Elephant Seal:
Northern at Pittsburgh.

Monk Seal:
Hawaiian at Minnesota Zoo.

Vervet Monkey:
Semi-common in US zoos, though they seem to be disappearing.

Gerenuk:
Closest to Canada might be Brookfield.