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  1. Smannsaker

    Smannsaker Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Haugaland zoo is a zoo that is sadly unknown for most people. The park don't get financial support by anyone, and it doesn't even have the permission to have a sign on the main road. However, the zoo is really nice. Being small in space, is not the same as tiny exhibits. There are fewer animals, on bigger space. Many of the nabors, do not know that they live next to a clouded leopard, scimitar oryxes and lots of snakes. Not mentioning the future tropical house, with Brazil as the theme. Here are a video (sorry for the shaking, it was me that filmed) of the zoo:
     
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    aardvark250 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Hi Smannsaker(I love your zt2 video).Did you have any photo or species list of the zoo?
     
  3. Smannsaker

    Smannsaker Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    @aardvark250 Sadly I don't, but here are the animals I can remember on top of my head:
    Meerkat
    Alpaca
    Clouded leopard
    Banded mongoose
    Dwarf zebu
    Spectacled caiman
    Red tail catfish
    Blue-fronted amazon
    Scarlet macaw
    blue-and-yellow macaw
    Indian peafowl
    Scimitar oryx
    Barbary sheep
    Emu
    Rhea
    African spurred tortoise
    Cotton-top tamarin
    Common marmoset
    Ball python
    Burmese python
    Leopard gecko
    Red-footed tortoise
    Nile monitor
    Green tree monitor
    Blue tonged skink
    African parrot
    Etc.

    (Thanks for the support of my zt2 videos)
     
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    aardvark250 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Just asking,where did they get the clouded leopard?
     
  5. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    "from a zoo in Paris", which presumably would be the Jardin des Plantes.
    Snart klart for åpning – Hnytt

    (Also, not listed for Haugaland on Zootierliste for any of the editors out there)
     
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  6. Smannsaker

    Smannsaker Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    The news this year are:
    Grey kangaroo
    Marabou stork
    Capybara
     
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    From what I can see on the video, this seems to be a really nice little zoo, thanks for making and sharing the video Smannsaker !
     
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    There is a zoo in Haugesund? With clouded leopards and marabou storks? How long has it been open? I have yet to check it out - even though I live around 2 hours away (which is not that far in Norawy).
     
  9. Smannsaker

    Smannsaker Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Haugaland zoo opened for the first time in summer 2010. This zoo is only open during the summer, and will most likely open in the end of May this year.
     
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    Do they still have all the animals in your list?
     
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    Smannsaker Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    This list was from last year, and the zoo does not open until the end of May, so the short answer is: I don't know. I'll not be able to check until 22th to 24th of May, when I will have some days volunteering there. Then I will give you an update.
     
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    Smannsaker Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    They have all the animals on the list, in addition to those, they also now have sitatunga(maybe, they'll at least get some) and wild turkey
     
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    Smannsaker Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    The map of the zoo:
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    What's the small mammal by the restaurant? Banded mongoose?
     
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    Smannsaker Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Banded mongoose indeed. (I have a version with the animal names, but they are in Norwegian)
     
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    Hvedekorn Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Being Danish, I should be capable of reading most animal names in Norwegian, so it'd be cool if you posted it. (I like looking at zoo maps, even for places I'm probably not going to visit in a near future)
     
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    The map with Norwegian names
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    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I think almost all the names are fairly translatable when combined with the silhouette picture, even for people who don't know Norwegian.

    Sabeloryx I wouldn't be clear on because it combines "sable" and "oryx" - I'm guessing Gemsbok from the silhouette? Flodsvin would be impossible for me without the Capybara silhouette - does it translate literally as "water pig"?
     
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    Hvedekorn Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    A "sabeloryx" is a scimitar-horned oryx (you know, a scimitar is a kind of sabre), and "flodsvin" literally means "river pig".

    (Those two have the same names in Danish - the only name diverging much from Danish is "båndmungo" for "banded mongoose" as we call them "zebramangust" - also, I guess you can say "reptiler" in Danish, but it sounds very Danglish, and the most scientifically correct word would be "krybdyr")
     
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    What is "treleopard"? No listing on ZTL so I'm curious about the species/subspecies.