Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden News 2021

Ed Maruska is missed. He did wonderful things for your zoo back in that day. I remember seeing dwarf caiman hatchlings in tour behind the scenes of reptile house. I was there!!! I've almost seen all those new reptile complexes, except Knoxville as I haven't got there yet. I only seen it via youtube channel. Reptile houses work especially well given the environmental needs of those species. Also I seen the environmental effects of a major thunderstorm one morning visiting the older St. Louis Herpetarium where atmosphere pressure outside caused the reptiles inside to move throughly in the enclosures. It was awesome!

 

Maruska was a giant. He brought in species I'd only seen in books and on television when I was a kid. The zoo is better in some ways, but in terms of species exhibited, it most definitely has not changed for the better. The idea that they are a zoo that caters to human amenities also carries over into species selection. As long as they keep the ABC species, pop out a few babies, and have some playgrounds and zip lines, nobody will notice the collection becoming run of the mill. Well, nobody except for dorks like us, lol.

 

Wow, amazing journalistic effort in this article. Can't even respect your readers enough to specify the species of cat that is the subject of the piece.

Not far off from being "An animal died at the zoo today. The end. I like turtles."

 

The first line of the article specifies Ocelot.

~Thylo

 

The cub is female and the public can now vote on her name!

The two options are Lily and Shenmi (or Mimi for short) meaning mystery in Chinese.

Help Cincinnati Zoo name its new red panda cub
POLL: NAME THE RED PANDA CUB

 

Wow I love the meaning behind the name but tough decision as to which one to vote for.

 

The Cincinnati Zoo has partnered with The Wilds, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Science and Environment, George Mason University, South-East Zoo Alliance for Reproduction & Conservation, and Steelenbosch University to create the American Institute of Rhinoceros Science otherwise known as (AIRS). This project was created to help research and save the rhinoceros.

Rhino Experts from Six Facilities Form Coalition to Save Species with Science - Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden®

 

I’m quite surprised San Diego hasn’t joined this partnership, as they are one of the largest rhino breeders in the states, and do quite a lot of conservation work for the species.

 

And the winner is…
Shenmi! I’m glad this name won, like @Akula I love the meaning behind this name.

Cincinnati Zoo's newest baby red panda has a name!

 

Glad Shenmi won, Definitely works for the little cub and I'm sure the keepers liked it too.

 

Solomon Island leaf frogs are now on display:

There's a new animal at the Cincinnati Zoo called the Solomon Island Leaf frog

 

Common hippopotamus introductions have begun:

Tucker goes nose with Fiona and Bibi at the Cincinnati Zoo - Ohio News Time

 

There's a new face in cheetah habitat at Cincinnati Zoo

A new Cheetah is now living in the Cheetah Habitat at the Zoos Africa exhibit

 

Slow news day, I guess He's been at the zoo for a long time, just usually does the cheetah run and ambassador stuff vs being an exhibit animal. He's one of the most well known cheetahs currently alive.

 

The zoo announced that their three hippos have all be introduced. The even included a picture of the three of them!

 

I love that Bibi, and Fiona are very calm with Tucker in the same space with them

 

It surprises me that Tucker did not undergo the 30 day quarantine period before meeting the other hippos. Tucker arrived on September 6 and it is September 27 so it has only been 21 days.

Here is a video of the introduction:

 

Especially with large animals, it is nearly impossible to do a true quarantine as traditional quarantine housing is not adequate for them even on a temporary basis so they are often "quarantined" in the normal indoor stalls for the exhibit. Also AZA to AZA transfers can often have shortened quarantine times as both facilities work within the same veterinary standards and there is usually a low risk of disease transfer.

 

As noted, some animal populations are managed as a single population regardless of facility, so they don't always undergo a 30 day medical quarantine. For example, belugas in the US are managed as a single population and are often in the exhibit with the resident animals within days of moving.

 

Baby sloth due soon, foetus has strong heartbeat:

Birth watch for baby sloth at Cincinnati Zoo: Strong fetal heartbeat detected as wait continues

Lightning is expected to deliver her newborn sometime this fall.

This is the first sloth baby for the Cincinnati Zoo.

Lightning came to the zoo in 2019 on a breeding recommendation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan.

She joined Moe, who has been at the zoo since 2006.