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Discussion in 'Germany' started by Zebraduiker, 8 Jul 2008.

  1. vogelcommando

    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Some better news from Frankfurt :
    a Lesser Malayan chevrotain born
    a Kikuyu colobus born
    6 Gundis born from 2 different females ( 3 young each )
     
  2. Al

    Al Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Does anyone have a species list for the nocturnal house?
     
  3. threeple61

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    Lesser Hedgehog tenrec
    Short Eared Elephant shrew
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    Luzon cloud-rat
    Prehensile-tailed porcupine
    Grey-handed owl-monkey
    Moholi Bushbaby
    Slender loris
    Kowari
    Australian water rat
    Aye Aye
    Grey mouse lemur
    Fat-tailed mouse lemur
    Eastern quoll
    Seurat's spiny mouse
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    Big hairy armadillo
    White-faced saki
    Cape ground squirrel
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    Sociable weaver
    Northern tree shrew

    I might have missed a couple of species, but that is what I can remember...
     
  4. Al

    Al Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Thanks for the list :) a Nice collection?
     
  5. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I miss:
    Short beaked echidna
    Two-toed sloth

    and for the day section
    Small-clawed otter
    Dwarf mongoose
    Golden lion tamarin
    Komodo dragon
    Rock hyrax
    Lesser kantjil
    Roulroul

    and there is probably still more.
     
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    Reticulated Giraffe, Jengo has flown out from Frankfurt to Ramat Gan in Israel this week
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  7. vogelcommando

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    2 Demoiselle cranes hatched :)
     
  8. vogelcommando

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    A Casuaris hatched :)
     
  9. Bib Fortuna

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    Male Hippo"Maikel"died yesterday-he swallow a Tennisball.He has lived at the zoo since 1977 and was very popular. Sad Story-the only Thing the zoo can do now is to send the female"Petra"to another zoo, and stop keeping hippos in the current exhibit.
     
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    Wish I could put this tennis ball into the throat of this idiot who throw it into Maikels mouth...
     
  11. Bib Fortuna

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    Ditto! And I would help you...I knew Maikel since I was a child...Now I agree with the perfect idea to let walk zoovisitors through a zoo through Acryl tubes as like as in the aquariums...would be perfect for animals, and the zoogrounds keeps clean...At the closing time, the the visitors will be flushed out of the tubes by water...:)

    So Maikels Death means the end of Hippos at Frankfurt for many years.:(
     
  12. BjoernN

    BjoernN Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Female PETRA remains...
     
  13. Bib Fortuna

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    Hopefully they will find a new home for her as soon as possible.
     
  14. Kifaru Bwana

    Kifaru Bwana Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    A sad and odious death. I wish one could have the dumb visitor(s) that provided the tools taken to task. But that is unlikely to happen ...

    I hope and would suggest Kronberger Opel Zoo as the best location.
     
  15. Bib Fortuna

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    Kronberg has no space for a third hippo,( and teh hippo exhibit there is a Desaster) and "Petra"is the mother of"Max". And waiting until"Tana"has passed away isn't a good Option-she's doing well for her Age of 54 years and could live a few more years.Hannover and Cologne could take Petra, they have space enough for one more hippo, and both places are not interested in breeding them.

    I ask me, whatfor people bring Tennis balls in a zoo....maybe bag controls like some places in the usa could be also an Option for european Zoos.Or Airport Scanners...
     
  16. Kifaru Bwana

    Kifaru Bwana Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I meant this as Kronberg was meant / planning to upgrade / renovate their hippo exhibit. The fact quite a number of zoos do not breed is a wee bit up an iffy alley … (as the species as a whole is now threatened / endangered).
     
  17. Tim May

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    This is, of course, very sad; a horrible incident.

    It is by no means unique; a hippopotamus died at London Zoo in 1952 after a tennis ball was thrown into its mouth.
     
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    I believe one of Dublin's Hippos died after a similar incident too. Possibly it was the mother of Whipsnade 'Hoover'.
     
  19. Tim May

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    Indeed Dublin Zoo's female hippo also died in 2002 after swallowing a tennis ball; she was the mother of Whipsnade's male hippo "Hoover".
     
  20. Bib Fortuna

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    Unfortuantely this happend several times in Germany. Two male hippos , father and son,died at Kronberg after swallowed a tennisball and beer can, at Stuttgart a male died on a Tennisball, also at Hannover a few years ago.Some strange Kind of a german Hobby...:(