I went to a meeting of the National Zoological Society of Great Britain. This was held in Bishops Stortford many years ago. A Whipsnade Zoo keeper, Graham Lucas, brought along a lion cub he was hand-rearing. I wonder if that was the cub you saw.
Thank you for the info! It's possible this wad the lion, Whipsnade was very close to my home town. Was this in the early 90s (1994 ish)?
Mammals- Reticulated Giraffe American Bison American Elk Red Kangaroo Fallow Deer Ankole-Watusi Grant’s Zebra Reeve’s Muntjac Ring Tailed Lemur Fennec Fox Red Fox Coyote Bottlenose Dolphin Asian Water Buffalo Bennett’s Wallaby Dromedary Camel Bactrian Camel Guanaco Three Banded Armadillo Grant’s Gazelle Serval Reptiles- Eastern Box Turtle Red Eared Slider Common Snapping Turtle Alligator Snapping Turtle Florida Softshell Turtle Three Toed Box Turtle Yellow Bellied Slider Sulcata Tortoise Red Footed Tortoise Yellow Footed Tortoise Galapagos Tortoise Aldabra Tortoise American Alligator Corn Snake Ball Python Kenyan Sand Boa Burmese Python Reticulated Python Red Tailed Boa Garter Snake Birds- Monk Parrot Peafowl Ellanora Cockatoo Senegal Parrot Macaws Lorikeets Lesser Flamingo Harris’ Hawk Peregrine Falcon Amphibian- Green Tree Frog Pacman Frog American Bullfrog Spring Peeper Grey Tree Frog American Toad Too many invertebrates to count
Lowland Tapir Capybara Blue-Tongued Skink Radiated Tortoise Western Hognose Snake Red-ruffed Lemur American Kestrel African Spotted Eagle Owl Harris Hawk Northern White-faced Owl Golden Eagle Red-legged Hawk Eclectus Parrot Rainbow Lorikeet Hyacinth Macaw Scarlet Macaw Military Macaw Rothschild Giraffe Caracal Jackass Penguin Humboldt Penguin Silvery Gibbon White-Cheeked Gibbon Lar Gibbon Parma Wallaby Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby Grey Kangaroo Emu Vicuna
I'll do my list by zoos, and I won't count domestic animals. Barcelona Zoo: - Brazillian tapir (the male goes up to the fence to be pet by everyone) - Leopard gecko (animal ambassador) - North African mastigure (animal ambassador) - Corn snake (animal ambassador) Aquarium Barcelona: - Common stingray (back in the day you could touch them) Aqualeon (no longer a zoo): - Military macaw (animal ambassador) - Eurasian eagle-owl (animal ambassador) - Boa constrictor (animal ambassador) - Marginated tortoise (animal ambassador) Faunia: - Reeve's muntjac (came up and licked me. :3) Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium: - Thornback ray (... Yeah, I got quite a few cuts, but it was worth it) Aquarium of the Pacific: - Grey bamboo shark Singapore Zoo: - California sea lion (Threw it a frisbee successfully in the show! ) Singapore Night Safari: - Maggie the reticulated python (came up as a volunteer during the show) Wellington Zoo: - Common brushtail possum (animal ambassador)
Guess my list would contain between 3000 and 4000 species so sorry, I'll not start to make this list.... !
Exotics I have been in contact with .. Well... Eclectic parrot Umbrella cockatoo Yellow headed amazon Serval Red fox Ball pythons Corn snakes Boa constrictor imperator Mexican pine snakes American alligators Honduran milk snakes Burmese python Prehensile tailed skink Northern Blue tongue skink African fat tailed gecko 3 toed box turtles Red ear slider Soft shell turtle Russian tortoise Spur thigh tortoises Aldabra tortoises Galapagos tortoise Red eye tree frog Snake neck turtle(new guinea) Oriental fire belly toad Green iguana Linnes two toed sloth Baby white Bengal tiger Giraffe Llama White tailed deer Fallow deer Bearded dragon Hedgehog Chinchilla Leopard gecko Emu Kangaroo(red?) African(togo)fire skink Chinese water dragon Leopard tortoise Red foot tortoise Yellow foot tortoise Red tegu Common tegu Blue crayfish Ferret Cockatiel Budgie Stingrays (?) Madagascar hissing cockroach Beta fish Goldfish Red river hogs Lowland anoa Kinkajou Peafowl Coyote Peregrine falcon? Some wild bat Blue jay Watusi Domesticated ox Zorse Mini donkey Alpaca Five lined skink Skunk And more... Most of mine are animal ambassadors or ones I have just had the opportunity to touch (with permission.. Lol) BTW.
American alligator American flamingo Asian elephant Ball python Banded catshark Bat ray Betta fish Binturong Burmese python Chameleon (don't remember species) Cockatiel Common ostrich Corn snake Curlyhair tarantula Emu Green-cheeked parakeet Indian rhinoceros Inland bearded dragon Lesser hedgehog tenrec Madagascar hissing cockroach Purple sea urchin Rainbow lovebird Reticulated giraffe Ring-tailed lemur Rosy-faced lovebird Ruffed lemur (don't remember if they were black-and-white, red, or both) Southern stingray Warthog Waterfowl (many species) White-handed gibbon Yellow anaconda Yellow-collared lovebird I know this isn't it but this is all I can think of right now
Where?!?! The ones I can remember off the top of my head: Cheetah Orca Beluga Giraffe (possibly several species, depending on what you go by) Red Fox Bison New Guinea Singing Dog A bunch of sharks, rays, starfish, etc in touch tanks
Not that many for me, I've touched sharks, rays, all the other touch tank stuff, than Indian Rhinos, a Wombat I might've pet a Wallaby? Not many species but I'd consider them interesting experiences.
I'm sure I can't compare with vogelcommando but I've probably been deficated and or urinated on by several hundred.
Pretty good list under my belt! Mammals: American Porcupine Striped Skunk Red Fox Gray Fox Bobcat American Badger American Beaver Long-tailed Weasel Nine-banded Armadillo African Hedgehog Birds: Ostrich Ruddy Duck Laughing Kookaburra Crested Caracara Turkey Vulture Barn Owl Burrowing Owl Rough-legged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Harris's Hawk Golden Eagle Common Raven Yellow-billed Magpie Steller's Jay Budgerigar Cockatiel Umbrella Cockatoo Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Musk Lorikeet Rainbow Lorikeet Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Red Lory Black-capped Lory Dusky Lory Olive-headed Lorikeet Blue-streaked Lory Ornate Lorikeet White-cheeked Turaco Violet Turaco Reptiles: Inland Bearded Dragon Chuckwalla Black & White Tegu Three-toed Box Turtle Western Pond Turtle Red-eared Slider Red-footed Tortoise Desert Tortoise Gopher Snake California King Snake California Mountain King Snake Rosy Boa Carpet Python Fish: Brown-banded Bamboo Shark White-spotted Bamboo Shark Bat Ray Cownose Ray Southern Stingray Ocellaris Clownfish Invertebrates: Horseshoe Crab Sea Cucumbers Various starfish Halloween Urchin Purple Sea Urchin Spider crabs Hermit crabs Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp Peppermint Shrimp
Only going to do mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians or else this list would be way to long. Mammals: Koala (Australia Zoo) Red Kangaroo (Various Zoos) Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Various Zoos) Brazilllian Tapir (DDZ) Zebra (DDZ) Indo Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Dolphin Marine Magic and Wild) Australian Sea Lion (Dolphin Marine Magic) Fallow Deer (Wildlife HQ) Short Beaked Echidna (Australia Zoo) Birds: Galah (Pet) Cockatiel (Pet) Green Cheeked Conure ( Previous Pet) Scarlett Macaw (Various Zoos) Blue and Gold Macaw (Various Zoos) Sun Conure (Jurong Bird Park) Rhea (Alma Park Zoo) Ostrich (DDZ) Hynacith Macaw (Surfers Paradise Markets) Hybrid Macaw (Pets and Surfers Paradise Markets) Carnabys Black Cockatoo (Maleny Bird World) Indian Ring Neck (Maleny Bird World Sulphur Crested Cockatoo (Maleny Bird World) Yellow Crowned Amazon (Maleny Bird World) Ecelectus Parrot (Maleny Bird World) Alexandrine Parrot (Maleny Bird World) African Grey Parrot (Maleny Bird World) Emu (Various Zoos) Rainbow Lorikeet (Wild at Currumbin Sanctuary) Reptiles: Spotted Python (Pet) Thick Tailed Gecko (Pet) Eastern Snake Necked Turtle (Wild and Previous Pet) Sawshell Turtle (Wild) Green Tree Snake (Wild) Woma Python (David Fleays Wildlife Park) Eastern Bearded Dragon (Various Zoos as well as a friends pet) Short Necked Turtle (Friends Pet) Eastern Blue Tongue (Various Zoos) Stimsons Python (Friends Pet) Carpet Python (Various Zoos and Wild) Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Released an individual from captivity into the EAC) Asian House Gecko (Wild Introduced Population) Dtella Gecko (Wild) Common Garden Skink (Wild) Delicate Garden Skink (Wild) Boa Constrictor (Australia Zoo and Wildlife HQ) Amphibians: Green Tree Frog (Wild) Eastern Sedge Frog (Wild) Whistling Tree Frog (Wild)
