List of Predator/Prey Exhibits

The flamingos are in their own area near the elephants, not with the hippos (Zoo Tycoon 2 much?) Also, while the lion and cheetah exhibits on Kilimanjaro Safaris is a predator-prey setup, the crocs are enough separated from everything else that there is no visual connection. The tigers on the Maharajah Jungle Trek also have a predator-prey setup with the banteng, Eld's deer, and blackbuck.

 

akron zoo has snow leopards next to himalayan Tahrs.

 

And Werribee's lions look out onto the large drivethrough exhibit which has kudu, eland, waterbuck, zebra, giraffe, rhino and ostrich.



Hix

 

Good I've never seen it but that Cat Complex looks horrible. What was the predator/prey exhibit (Lions/Nyalas? When was it opened).

They should reopen World of Darkness I was too young when it closed to remember it

 

I was like 10 the last time I went to DAK I don't remember much ok

 

Birmingham has a mostly invisible wire mesh fence between the Lions and the Old Giraffe exhibit (now it contains Ostrich/Grant's Zebra). The Grant's gazelle have lived with the Giraffe their whole life and have moved with them.

 

Strictly speaking maned wolves are predators, but they do eat large quantities of vegetable matter and the animal prey they take is generally rather small, up to the size of young deer and hares (typical prey items are even smaller). Well below adult giant anteaters size. Consequently maned wolves have sometimes been mixed with various other animals in zoos, including giant anteaters:

Giant Anteater and Maned Wolf at Audubon Zoo - YouTube

Same combination has been done elsewhere. However, I wouldn't feel too confident about it if either was breeding = more aggression from parents + young giant anteaters could potentially be preyed upon by maned wolf. Another example is maned wolf and capybara:

Capybara and Maned Wolf at Wildlife Safari (Oregon) - flickr

 

Wow I would not have expected for some zoos to actually group the animals together

 

Hi guys,

If done intentionally are there any research papers invesitgating the responses by either prey or predartors?

 

I've always wondered if these setups stress the prey animals. In Disney's Animal Kingdom the animals seemed oblivious to the lions, I'm not sure if that is the norm or not though.

 

I've been looking for some time and haven't found any. Not only is there unexplored potential for frustration in predators and stress in prey, but even prey that don't display symptoms of stress may experience a reduction in effective enclosure size. This could make otherwise adequate exhibits too small.

If you do find anything, please let me know

 

Metro Richmond zoo has klipspringer with king vulture

 

Many places keep small crocodilians and turtles together, even though in the wild I've seen videos of alligators happily crushing turtle shells as if they were enjoying a nice, crunchy snack

 

Odd geographic mix aside, King vultures are scavengers and likely wouldn't prey on klipspringers.

 

The Bronx also has a Snow Leopard-Tragopan predator prey exhibit. So, to summarize for the Bronx, it has these exhibits where the visitor can see predator and prey at the same time:
1. Lions-Nyala, the first predator prey exhibit in the U.S.: https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Relea...-Iconic-African-Plains-Exhibit-Turns-75.aspx; also, from the front of the Nyala yard you can see the Thompson's gazelles on the other side of the lions.
2. Rothschild's Giraffes and Ostriches-African Hunting Dogs (can see the giraffes and ostriches from the dogs, but not the other way around).
3. Black Leopard-Silvered Leaf Monkeys. Malayan Tapirs and Gibbons are visible on the other side of the walk from the leopards.
4. Gharial-Fish (in the same pool, although I don't know whether they are actual prey species for the gharials, which are presumably fed to the point they won't hunt)
4. Snow Leopards-Tragopan.
In addition to seeing leopards across from tapirs and gibbons in Wild Asia, in Madagascar you can see Fossa across from lemurs. And I simply can't remember whether you can see the gaur through the back fence of the tiger exhibit in Wild Asia (on the monorail tour).

 

There is this research paper (I only have access to the abstract) that studied the reactions of five African herbivores kept in proximity to lions in a zoo exhibit. The results showed that the herbivores did modify their behaviour when the lions were in view (they were more vigilant) but these modifications seem to have no deleterious effects on them.

An ethometric analysis in a zoological garden: Modification of ungulate behavior by the visual presence of a predator

 

I've seen the wild dogs from the giraffe/Ostrich viewing. They're only visible if the dogs come up to the fence, though.

~Thylo

 

I've made predator/prey exhibits in Zoo Tycoon 2.

 

Now Polar Bear-Harbor Seal.

No longer contains ostrich.

Both of these no longer exist.

Milwaukee's Asian Black Bear has died, now contains an American Black Bear.

 

Nice concepts, especially the polar bear and pinniped idea! The closest I have seen to this type of exhibit as far as I can remember was a spectacled bear pacing backwards and forwards along the conjoin of the South American tapir enclosure at Chester Zoo licking his lips!