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If you had a zoo, what 5 species would yo definitely have?

Discussion in 'General Zoo Discussion' started by AverageWalrus, 8 Sep 2014.

  1. RetiredToTheZoo

    RetiredToTheZoo Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    If I want people to come and pay money to see my zoo I would have:

    Western Lowland Gorillas or Chimpanzees
    Elephants (any)
    Tigers (any)
    Lions
    Giant Pandas
     
  2. Komodo99

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    Komodo Dragons(Varanus Komodoensis)
    Clouded Leopards(Neofelis Nebulosa)
    Black Caiman(Melanosuchus Niger)
    Indochinese Tiger(Panthera Tigris Corbetti)
    King Cobra(Ophiophagus Hannah)
     
  3. Sarus Crane

    Sarus Crane Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    If I were to have a zoo I would want these 5 species for the following reasons:

    1. Sri Lankan Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) if I could obtain a really large bull to go with the cows in the herd because they are on average the largest subspecies of the Asian Elephant.

    2. Burmese Banteng (Bos javanicus birmanicus) because they have that nice reddish color and would look really cool in an Indochina themed exhibit with a lot of bamboo.

    3. Eld's Deer (Rucervus eldii) because their antlers look so cool and would do good in a mixed species Asian exhibit with other herbivores, birds, or reptiles like the various Asian tortoises.

    4. Greater Adjutant Stork (Leptoptilos dubius) because they desperately need help at only about 1,800 left in the wild and are larger than the Marabou Stork. They could be mixed in with endangered Asian vultures to highlight the importance of scavengers in Southeast Asia.

    5. False Gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii) because they are endangered and a large crocodilian. Unlike their cousin the Gharial they also choose to prey on mammals and birds like monkeys, small deer and other vertebrates that stray to close to the water's edge.
     
  4. Loxodonta Cobra

    Loxodonta Cobra Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Difficult as all get out, but here goes nothing:

    African/Asian Elephant
    Kordofan Giraffe
    Sumatran/Bornean Orangutans
    Komodo Dragon
    Bonobo
     
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  5. Swampy

    Swampy Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Central American River Turtle
    Chinese Giant Salamander
    Kagu
    Gharial
    Western Long-beaked Echidna
     
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  6. MagpieGoose

    MagpieGoose Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Magpie Geese
    Bornean Orang-utan
    Western Fat-Tailed Dwarf Lemur
    Acacia Rats
    White-throated Monitor
     
  7. drill

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    Blue shark
    Saola
    King bird of paradise
    Proboscis monkey( unless the kouprey is still alive)
    Sperm whale
     
  8. Remuel

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    Komodo dragon
    Green Anaconda
    Harpy Eagle
    Gaboon Viper
    Asiatic Lion
     
  9. TZDugong

    TZDugong Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Hmm, interesting idea for a thread, very tough to narrow it down to 5 species.

    Dugong (obviously:p)
    Okapi
    Gharial
    Jaguarandi
    Congo Bay Owl
     
  10. Daktari JG

    Daktari JG Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Well lets go all out.
    Giant Panda
    Philippine Eagle
    Java Rhino
    Yangtze giant softshell turtle
    Vegas Valley Leopard Frog
     
  11. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Was going to make a comment about the last one being Extinct but then I fell down the rabbit hole that is the wonderful world of taxonomy

    ~Thylo
     
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  12. TZDugong

    TZDugong Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I was going to comment the exact same thing, but then it turns out a population of another frog species was exactly identical to the Vegas Leapord Frog. Taxonomy really can be weird :p
     
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  13. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    You don't have to tell me, I'm currently reading an article about Raymond Hoser.... :p

    ~Thylo
     
  14. Jake

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    Leopard geckos
    Stoats
    Any bird from Australia ( jake you are from australia )
    Brushtailed possum ( also Australian )
    Pygmy marmosets
     
  15. Jake

    Jake Well-Known Member

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    What are those
     
  16. Dassie rat

    Dassie rat Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Currently, the most popular animals are:
    1 Tiger 12
    2 Okapi 7
    3 Leopard 6
    4 Snow leopard 5
    5 Asian elephant, Sumatran orang-utan, cheetah, giraffe, gharial 4
    10 Platypus,African savanna elephant, banded linsang, lion, jaguar, dhole, giant panda, polar bear, Nile hippopotamus, shoebill 3

    I think many of you like big cats
     
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  17. aardvark250

    aardvark250 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Aardvark and 4 other things
     
  18. Dassie rat

    Dassie rat Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I've added your first animal to my list, but I'll avoid the 4 other things, 3 French hens, 2 turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. They're too much like aardvark as far as I'm concerned.
     
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  19. MKE Zoo guy

    MKE Zoo guy Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    African Savannah Elephant
    Masai Giraffe
    Jaguar
    Polar Bear
    Black Rhino
     
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  20. Okapipako

    Okapipako Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Staying fairly realistic here. I think these five are more obligatory, and the zoo I'd have in mind would feel incomplete without them:

    1. One or more big cats
    2. One or more great apes
    3. Giraffe
    4. Either elephant (excluding African forest)
    5. Any rhinoceros (Indian if I could only choose one)

    But as for my own personal favorite 'must haves':

    1. Okapi
    2. Giant anteater
    3. Spotted hyena
    4. Aye-aye
    5. Southern cassowary
     
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