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ZSL London Zoo Clore Rainforest, London Zoo

Discussion in 'United Kingdom' started by ZooPro, 15 May 2007.

  1. Pertinax

    Pertinax Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Still home to Aye Ayes(inside) and Ringtailed Lemurs(outside)

    Bat cave in Nocturnal basement section of Clore Pavilion is still there- can't remember if its exactly the same as previously or ha been altered though ,as its many years since I last went in there.

    Someone asked if marmosets in the cages are rotated with the open rainforest. I'd say almost definately they're not.
     
  2. Chris79

    Chris79 Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    With regards to the tecton Roundhouse, ZSL also housed binturong there in between the Koalas and the aye-ayes, I've no idea where they were from or where they went, though.

    Have the agoutis been moved out of the Clore rainforest? Tortoises seem to have appeared on the floor of the exhibit, I haven't visited that recently all the titi monkey publicity doesn't mention agoutis. I'm guessing they were too hard on the plants in the space.
     
  4. kiang

    kiang Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Watch this piece of film from youtube showing the round house in action, it is a wee bit further on in the film.
     
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  5. CZJimmy

    CZJimmy Well-Known Member

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    Can anyone confirm for me that the round house once contained an elephant? I have read various sources stating that, yet I don't quite believe it yet...

    If so, I assume it must've been one of the young ones that were imported...
     
  6. ZooMania

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    I Have a book which about London zoos history which lists an elephant as one of the many former inhabitends of the round house
     
  7. CZJimmy

    CZJimmy Well-Known Member

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    Zoomania, that book is one of the sources i was referring to...
     
  8. ZooMania

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    oh,sorry:D