Chester Zoo Chester Zoo Discussion, Speculation & Questions 2019

That surprises me, thought it was ITV Survival. Okay, accepted. My point remains however, irrespective of which channel aired the programme.
I'm afraid I struggle watching any BBC Natural history show if narrated by David Attenborough. He has bored me for decades and always reminds me of when a child, that horrible Sunday evening feeling!

 

No they shouldn't. Animal management policy should never be based on popular culture.

 

As Dr Brambell once said, you need the ABCs to generate funds to protect the rest!

 

Is there an aquarium anywhere in the UK that doesn't keep Nemo? ... Sorry clown fish?

 

Is there an aquarium anywhere in the UK that doesn't keep Nemo? ... Sorry clown fish?
I'd prefer to see any popular culture species held rather than a patch of grass!
Popular culture species engender interest, they're lynch pins for education. And, don't forget the zoo has to be commercially minded or it can't survive.

 

I would take what the narrator says on Secret Life of the Zoo with a pinch of salt.
Mountain Chickens have bred previously at Chester Zoo.

8 bred in 2011, 2 did not survive and 10 in 2013.

Thee aquarium special also said that Chester wanted to achieve a UK first breeding of Omani Blind Cave Fish. Impossible, they did that in 1992.

A previous series mentioned that they wanted a UK first breeding of Lowland streaked tenrec, their sp[ecimes were bred in the UK.

I think they need better researchers.

 

Thanks for the info. Sadly I think TV in general doesn't seem to care much for accuracy - as long as its a good story that viewers will buy into, anything goes. Personally I think its wrong but I can't see it changing much.

As an aside, I wonder why the Mountain Chicken breeding at Chester has stalled after previous success?

 

Eagle-eyed viewers will have seen the Grandidier's vontsira for about 2 seconds, 10 minutes into last week's episode of Secret Life

 

Re. London's lion exhibit, I've taken yet another look. I like the concept, but the execution is a mess. Shame they didn't bulldoze the entire area and start again.

 

Has anyone heard anything about a male Tree Kangaroo arriving at Chester? Someone on Twitter has mentioned one settling in, sounds legit but would appreciate if anyone can confirm this potentially exciting news!

 

In the Belfast thread, you'll see I've mentioned par their website that they sent a tree-kangaroo to Chester, which is easily a male, so that should answer your question.

 

Does anybody know the identity of the unsigned toad species which has appeared in the turtle enclosure next to the Mountain Chickens in Dragons in Danger?

 

Spoke to the lady at the tree kangaroo enclosure today who confirmed the kangaroo in the usual place is a 2 year old male from Belfast.

 

I saw two of them on my last visit: the consensus among the Chester regulars who I consulted on Facebook was that they are common toads which had found their way into DinD.

 

That was my assumption, but I couldn't figure out how they'd got in there.

 

The zoo "...are looking for young people aged 18 – 25 years to help shape our future direction and help us develop our appeal to teenagers and young adults.

"Our Youth Board will work with our Board of Trustees and our executive team, including our Directors, to develop the zoo’s approach to working with young people."

Chester Zoo Youth Board | Be a Young Leader | 18 - 25 | Chester Zoo

 

Where is the female? Has she died?

 

She is alive and well, they have just swapped living spaces.