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Animals You've Seen That Few Zoochatters Have Seen

Discussion in 'General Zoo Discussion' started by Hipporex, 18 Dec 2018.

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  1. Kawekaweau

    Kawekaweau Well-Known Member

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    Sadly NZ doesn't have a lot of species that are rare overall, so I haven't seen anything that most would consider too impressive, but I doubt most overseas Zoochatters have seen a jewelled gecko (Naultinus gemmeus), which I've seen at the Otago Museum. Tuatara are rare overseas as well. I need to go to Orokonui in spring to see Otago skinks too, but that hasn't happened yet so it doesn't count.
     
    Kawekaweau, 5 May 2019
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  2. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    And that sound you hear is a hundred Zoochatters spitting their cups of tea over their keyboards...
     
    Chlidonias, 5 May 2019
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  3. Kawekaweau

    Kawekaweau Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, I should have clarified "exotic species".
     
    Kawekaweau, 5 May 2019
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  4. ZooBinh

    ZooBinh Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    It would be a hundred and one but I drank all my tea yesterday...
     
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  5. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    One of the few NZ native species which quite a lot of us have seen, actually :p

    It would have been more if I'd read it after getting my first of the day :p
     
    TeaLovingDave, 5 May 2019
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  6. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Here's mine, I think it will be similar to many others:

    Swift Fox- No
    Ruppell’s Fox- No
    Bandford’s Fox- No
    Tasmanian Golden Possum- No
    Southern Black-Backed Jackal- No (at least not any labelled as such)
    East African Bat-Eared Fox- No (at least not any labelled as such)
    Common Striped Possum- No
    Alpine Field Mouse- No
    Ethiopian Eagle-Owl- No
    Lilith Owl- No
    Barred Eagle-Owl- No
    Zorilla- No
    Arabian Mountain Gazelle- No
    Iberian Lynx- No
    African Moon Tetra- No
    Sylvia’s Treefrog- No
    Northern Pig-Tailed Macaque- No

    Total: 0%
     
    birdsandbats, 6 May 2019
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  7. elefante

    elefante Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Do wild animals count?
     
    elefante, 11 May 2019
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  8. Hipporex

    Hipporex Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Of course. In fact I'd argue seeing a rare species in the wild would be worth metaphorical bonus points
     
    Hipporex, 11 May 2019
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  9. elefante

    elefante Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I probably will get lots of bonus points in that case:
    Galápagos penguin
    Marine iguana
    Blue footed boobie
    Galápagos sea lion
    Nazca boobie
    Darwin's finch
    Galápagos land iguana (not in the wild)
    Unknown albatross species
    Resplendent quetzal
    Margay (not in the wild)
     
    elefante, 11 May 2019
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  10. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    No
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    No
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    No
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    No
    No
    Yes

    ~Thylo
     
    ThylacineAlive, 11 May 2019
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  11. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    if you don't know what species it was, then how can you suggest few Zoochatters have seen it? :confused:
     
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  12. Hipporex

    Hipporex Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I originally put margay on my list thinking it was a real rarity but then I found out that, although it isn't particularly common, it is far from scarce and probably shouldn't be a contender for this list
    Well aren't albatrosses in general rarely seen?
     
    Hipporex, 11 May 2019
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  13. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    Would depend on where you are. I've seen hundreds of them. I could probably name a dozen Zoochatters off the top of my head who have seen albatross species.
     
    Chlidonias, 11 May 2019
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  14. Hipporex

    Hipporex Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Interesting. I didn't know that.
     
    Hipporex, 11 May 2019
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  15. Brum

    Brum Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Funnily enough, my list is exactly the same... :p
     
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  16. Pertinax

    Pertinax Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I'll start the list...:D
     
    Pertinax, 11 May 2019
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  17. devilfish

    devilfish Well-Known Member

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    Me too :)
    I've only seen waved and black-browed though.
     
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  18. Brum

    Brum Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    You shouldn't be allowed to post on this thread... :p ;)
     
    Brum, 11 May 2019
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  19. Tim May

    Tim May Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    During the 1990s Avifauna Vogelpark, in the Netherlands, had a black-footed albatross; I saw it there several times and, I assume, a number of other ZooChat members did too.
     
    Tim May, 11 May 2019
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  20. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    It's rare if you've never left the US. We only have three in the whole country last I checked.

    ~Thylo
     
    ThylacineAlive, 11 May 2019
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