Animals You've Seen That Few Zoochatters Have Seen

Another of a somewhat rare one(I think). Chinese white dolphin(Is it rare enough?)

 

To be fair, they're not much to look at -I found the Lear's at Pairi Daiza far nicer to look at (that said if I could only have seen one I would have picked the Spix, on a zoo-nerd basis).

 

Yes that's the one I ment but because there are only 4 pictures of this species in our ZooChat-Gallery ( 2 made by LaughingDove and 2 by you ) I thought it may be difficult to spot in the wild.
In captivity it is at least in Europe not kept anymore in publuc collections and historicly only 4 zoos have kept it.

 

I have checked my records and I saw this beautifully coloured species twice in Ghana (at Hohoe and Owabi).

 

Depends how long you've waited to get the opportunity to see Spix perhaps. Also the ones at Paira Daiza are four rather scruffy juveniles- or were when they first went on display.

 

I have a postcard of the Spix pair at Walsrode, not surprisingly the only postcard of Spix that I have. I believe the male of that pair was also the bird owned by Harry Sissens(?) in Yorkshire for some years previously.

 

Sorry if I name more common species, as I am not aware of all zoo species But the next ones were very special for me!
-spix macaw
-lears macaw
-flame bower bird
-Arabian sandcat
-Beira antelope
-Spekes gazelle
-Dorcas gazelle
-Mountain gazelle
-Goitered gazelle
-Soemmering gazelle
-Chinkara
-Philips dik-dik
-mcCords box turtle
-Jameson's mamba
-Bold characodon

 

Someone visited Al Wabra....

Any chance for photos?? Especially now that they're closed?

 

Indeed most are from Al Wabra. It's a shame it's being dismantled. I have photo's, but I had to sign for not showing them in public

 

Just wondering howmany ZooChatters have seen those beauties ?



Imperial amazon



Red-necked amazon

 

I saw Imperial Amazon several times at Walsrode during the 1980s and also saw the species at London Zoo when I was a child.

 

Animals I've seen not otherwise listed on this thread:
Mammals
Kangaroo Island short-beaked echidna
Stevenson's klipspringer
White-throated woodrat

Birds
Somali ostrich
Tongan megapode
Attwater's prairie chicken
Parakeet auklet
Madagascar buttonquail
Galápagos storm petrel
Galápagos shearwater
Galápagos petrel
Great frigatebird
Galápagos yellow-crowned night heron
Galápagos hawk
Cuvier's toucan
Galápagos mockingbird
San Cristóbal mockingbird
Small tree finch
Western large tree finch
Medium ground finch
Small ground finch
Large ground finch
Common cactus finch
Woodpecker finch
Vegetarian finch
Grey warbler finch
Green warbler finch


Reptiles
Upemba mud turtle
Kimberley River snake-necked turtle
Arakan forest turtle
Española Island tortoise
Galapagos leaf-toed gecko
Peters' leaf-toed gecko
Seychelles bronze gecko
Decary's leaf chameleon
Boehme's two horned chameleon
Marine iguana
Galapagos land iguana
Mophead iguana
Olmecan jumping viper
Mato Grosso lancehead
Angel de La Guarda Island rattlesnake
Usambara mountain viper
Sinai desert cobra

Obviously it's a rather odd assortment of odds and ends, and I know for a fact that other ZooChatters have seen some of these species. I have seen my fair share of species which were already posted (such as yapok, Sanford's lemur, and shield-nosed snake) so I figured I'd bring a new list up to the table for discussion.

Not quite
When I was about ten years old I visited Zoo Atlanta- at the time, exhibiting some of the world's last Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frogs. However, I was relatively disinterested in herps at the time, and as such, I wouldn't have paid more attention to them than other frogs. I have no memory and no photographs of the frogs, so I will never know if I have seen this now-extinct species.

 

Living in Antipodies a lot of the zoo held Aussie mammals that Northern Hemisphere folks might not see much of. Similarly for NZ birds. A lot wild

Some interesting ones

NZ Storm Petrel-only rediscovered 15 odd years ago

Brydes whale

Cuviers beaked whale (stranded but alive)

Kakapo

Kokako

Long and short tailed bats

Yellowhead/mohua

Rock wren

Hochstetters and archeys frog

Nothing notable elsewhere as only visted a handful of well known zoos

 

And this pact continues despite their being dismantled? (I understand if it does)

I've seen the bottom 2 mammals you list, where did you see the echidna??

Photos of the Brydes whale or Cuviers beaked whale please!?

 

I dont have any decent ones of either sorry. I have seen Brydes on several occasions. There is a semi resident population (of 40-70?) in the Hauraki Gulf off Auckland. They are active predators rounding up large schools of bait fish along with dolphins and seabirds. This attracts fisherman like me and we often see them. In the right time of year it is almost expected. Not sure if any wildlife watching tours look for them but it can be quite a neat experenice. Perhaps is more known in fishing circles than wildlife ones.

The Cuivers was when I was a government man responding to stranding report. Was still in film days and as I saw quite a few whales didnt keep any copies of work photos.

I have spent a lot of time at sea and seen a lot of whales but have no espeically good pictures. Even after seeing a lot I tend to just enjoy the moment rather than miss the whole thing fiddling with lens.

 

Yes as far as I understand, and they gave me an incredible chance years ago so I don't want to be disrespectfull to them.

 

In captivity:

Lake Titicaca frog

In the wild:

Wild Asiatic water buffalo