Join our zoo community

Best zoos youtube channel/ social media

Discussion in 'General Zoo Discussion' started by marmoset23, 25 May 2021.

Tags:
  1. marmoset23

    marmoset23 Active Member

    Joined:
    7 Jan 2021
    Posts:
    34
    Location:
    USA
    Many zoos have youtube channels and social median accounts but what ones do you think are very well and better then average.
    I would like to nominate auckland zoo as their videos are well produced and they make frequent videos about conservation projects in new zeland.
     
    Paul Kalisch likes this.
  2. Emanuel Theodorus

    Emanuel Theodorus Well-Known Member 5+ year member

    Joined:
    20 Mar 2018
    Posts:
    464
    Location:
    Tangerang, Indonesia
    San Diego Zoo's channel is very interesting, to say the least.
     
  3. Mr Gharial

    Mr Gharial Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    12 Sep 2020
    Posts:
    2,335
    Location:
    Apeldoorn
    The Youtube channel of Burgers' zoo is really active, though only in Dutch. They upload multiple times in a week with all sorts of interesting reports and different series
     
    dublinlion, tk17 and marmoset23 like this.
  4. Sophie Brugmann

    Sophie Brugmann Active Member

    Joined:
    31 May 2021
    Posts:
    39
    Location:
    Germany
    And German!

    I personally really like the one from Aquazoo Leeuwarden. Very personable.
     
    marmoset23 likes this.
  5. 9030

    9030 Active Member

    Joined:
    6 Feb 2014
    Posts:
    37
    Zoo Tours
     
  6. Azamat Shackleford

    Azamat Shackleford Well-Known Member 5+ year member

    Joined:
    17 Oct 2015
    Posts:
    439
    Location:
    Margaritaville
    I second Zoo Tours, which is made by @Moebelle here! :D Every new video he releases I'm sure to watch it ASAP :)
     
  7. DomoKomodo

    DomoKomodo Member

    Joined:
    7 Jun 2021
    Posts:
    11
    Location:
    California, USA
    This sounds interesting...how can I find this?
     
  8. marmoset23

    marmoset23 Active Member

    Joined:
    7 Jan 2021
    Posts:
    34
    Location:
    USA
    Just search up zoo tuors on youtube
     
  9. Azamat Shackleford

    Azamat Shackleford Well-Known Member 5+ year member

    Joined:
    17 Oct 2015
    Posts:
    439
    Location:
    Margaritaville
  10. OstrichMania

    OstrichMania Well-Known Member 5+ year member

    Joined:
    27 Jul 2018
    Posts:
    1,636
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Kaleb, ZooNerd, gulogulogulo and 4 others like this.
  11. German Zoo World

    German Zoo World Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    30 Apr 2020
    Posts:
    1,066
    Location:
    Baden-Württemberg
    @OstrichMania I think tom s road trippin is a very good Zoo Youtuber, He Shows Not only ABC Species, He is showing Most If Not all Exhibits.
     
    Kaleb and gulogulogulo like this.
  12. Julio C Castro

    Julio C Castro Well-Known Member Premium Member

    Joined:
    12 Jul 2019
    Posts:
    1,148
    Location:
    Los Angeles
    A few personal favorites that post pretty consistently:

    Dallas Zoo - love the series they did on the Hippo Outpost and seem to be pretty consistent with content

    San Diego Zoo and Safari Park - Sharing tidbits of new arrivals or births, also can watch can streams recorded occasionally

    Cincinnati Zoo - perhaps the largest following on YouTube and posting every few days it seems, very engaged audience

    National Zoo - showcases conservation efforts, ex-situ and in-situ alike
     
    Last edited: 10 Jun 2021
    Kaleb, ZooNerd, evilmonkey239 and 2 others like this.
  13. aardvark250

    aardvark250 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

    Joined:
    4 Jan 2016
    Posts:
    1,980
    Location:
    Land of the 'vark
    Back to channels run by zoo, Taipei Zoo have a good one. It post video regularly about animals in the zoo as well as the care of them. It's all in Chinese though.
     
  14. Echobeast

    Echobeast Well-Known Member 5+ year member

    Joined:
    27 Apr 2017
    Posts:
    950
    Location:
    Colorado, USA
    In The Loop often does zoo tours and reviews. Fun to have on in the background when doing something else as the videos tend to be 30+ minutes.
     
  15. DomoKomodo

    DomoKomodo Member

    Joined:
    7 Jun 2021
    Posts:
    11
    Location:
    California, USA
    Thanks, these are great!
     
  16. Neil chace

    Neil chace Well-Known Member 5+ year member

    Joined:
    27 Aug 2018
    Posts:
    4,520
    Location:
    Earth
    In my opinion, both Tom's Road Trippin' and In The Loop are good for when you are searching for video footage of a specific zoo, but not something that I follow and watch regularly, like I do with @Moebelle 's channel, whose videos are much more polished and more informative.
     
    Kaleb and gulogulogulo like this.
  17. MonkeyBat

    MonkeyBat Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    19 Aug 2019
    Posts:
    1,598
    Location:
    Iowa
    Australia Zoo's channel I'd say is pretty good, but obviously since the Irwin's are household names.

    Houston Zoo's channel was great back for the first half of the 2010's I'd say.

    I'd also like to nominate Blank Park. Even before I lived in Iowa I enjoyed their content and think their channel overall is pretty nice.

    North Carolina Zoo had this great little series called the Zoo Files on their channel. Not sure if it still running but they were short little videos about just everything that goes on in the zoo.

    ZSL's was also pretty nice.
     
  18. DaLilFishie

    DaLilFishie Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    11 Jul 2020
    Posts:
    930
    Location:
    Queensland, Australia
    Sasuke Tsujita is pretty interesting. Short videos of fish and other aquatic animals in Japanese aquariums (and some wild fish as well). Their videos only get a handful of views each but they upload regularly, the videos are good quality (no talking), and there are plenty of cool species. Definitely worth checking out if you're interested.

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFcOCLBIT30CSzr-LzgyL2Q
     
    MonkeyBat likes this.
  19. MonkeyBat

    MonkeyBat Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    19 Aug 2019
    Posts:
    1,598
    Location:
    Iowa
    Another I forgot to mention is a channel called ZooVisitorMM. It's been dormant for about eight months now, apparently they now are active go Facebook. It's short clips of the animals from the Philadelphia Zoo. The channel has over 3,000 videos. I wouldn't be surprised if every species the zoo has held after 2008 is represented. There are also many videos of species now departed from the zoo, such as the elephants, bearded pigs, striped weasel, Indian rhino, and, of course, the douc langurs (my personal favorite!).
     
    Kaleb and red river hog like this.
  20. red river hog

    red river hog Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    14 Jul 2020
    Posts:
    1,666
    Location:
    over there →
    Also one of a mouse lemur and several of the Striped Possum. So sad to see so many cool species leave the zoo. :(

    I believe they also have an account. I forget the name... something like ZooVisitor.
     
    MonkeyBat likes this.