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jbnbsn99 and ituri go to Arizona

Discussion in 'United States' started by jbnbsn99, 23 Nov 2013.

  1. Arizona Docent

    Arizona Docent Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Yes I think you might enjoy it just for the rarities. Red handed tamarin, severe macaw, blue duiker, vampire bat, etc, etc...
     
  2. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    My local pet shop has a Severe Macaw if you don't want to visit whatever zoo it is you're talking about:p And vampire bats are rarities?

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  3. Arizona Docent

    Arizona Docent Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I do not recall seeing vampire bats at any other zoo and I have been to over 70 in the US plus several in Europe.
     
  4. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Huh, that's bizarre. I've seen them in quite a few zoos. Europe doesn't hold the species due to rabies reasons. I believe any zoo that would want to get them would have to hold them off-show entirely.

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  5. TheOnlineZoo

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    I've seen vampire bats at these places:

    North Carolina Zoo
    Cincinnati Zoo
    Sedgewick County Zoo
    Dallas World Aquarium
     
  6. zoogiraffe

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    According to zootierlist they are kept at Zoo Berlin and Poznan Zoo.

    Certainly if anywhere in the UK was to keep the species they would have to be housed under permanent Rabies quarantine I cannot say if that would be the same in the rest of Europe.
     
  7. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Ah okay, thanks for clearing that up.

    Either way, it seems the species is a lot rarer than I thought.

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