Longleat Safari & Adventure Park Longleat Safari Park 2021

POSTED AT 11:59 PM THOUGH!

 

GMT doing me dirty

 

They’ll need really tall toilets if the giraffes are going to use them.....also quite a sophisticated training regime

 

There's some good news about the Emus as there's never been an emu chick but that is about to change Special Easter Eggs for Family Farmyard

 

It's been a year since Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath passed away and he will never be forgotten

 

Pere David's Deer Fawn has been born in the Safari Park https://www.longleat.co.uk/news/ext...1zcJs7b5HDiPH5yq_RsACEFu2WcGPXTp4zKHqlRaTn638

 

In case if anyone wants to know why the bats have to leave Longleat and that's because what people may not realize that the building where the bats were was the old coach house and it's has the horses and carts which is part of Longleat House and the building is now been given back to the heritage team so that it can be restored back to it's former glory and as such the bats have to be moved out of Longleat and they are now at their new home at Bicton College in Devon .

 

Where are the other residents of the bat exhibit such as the kinkajou?

 

When I visited on Monday the Kinkajou were in Jungle Kingdom in the old coati indoor enclosure, next door to the Binturongs.

 

Went a week ago today but haven't got round to posting about the developments until now.

First of all, the elk enclosure is no more - the fence has been taken down and it is now just part of the East Africa Reserve as it was before the Elk. I think this was mainly because you can can now book to stay in the cottage where the view of seeing giraffe and zebra has been heavily publicised. There is now a newly created small enclosure at the top left hand side of the reserve but that had nothing in. I assume it will be holding enclosure.

In the walk about areas, a lot of painting work had gone on. The two Binturong were out in their enclosure in Jungle Kingdom, the enclosure now has a lot of added climbing facilities and trees, they weren't mixed with the otters. The latter were confined to their house. As I mentioned earlier this week, the Kinkajou are now in the old coati indoor enclosure. I saw 1.1 Dik Dik in the former coati outdoor enclosure, a keeper told me that there were 1.2 but they lost one female. The climbing apparatus is still up in the enclosure from when it belonged to the Coati.

The 'Monkey Temple' area is now one aviary which houses Red-handed tamarins. A keeper told me that they still have the other species of marmosets and tamarins off show, and the long term plan is to rotate them in the new aviary. I have added a photo to the gallery if anyone is interested.

The koalas are mixed. 1.1 are in the 'female' enclosure and 1.1 in main the male enclosure. The keepers are as ever hopeful for Joeys.

Saw all five gorillas, they appeared to be getting on well and in the words of the commentator on the boat 'they are getting on much better'. No sign of any Emu at 'Family Farmyard' so hopefully that's promising for Emu chicks, there are also two baby pigmy goats at the farm. And finally, one of the lion-head rabbits is now in with the Guinea Pigs in Animal Adventure.

 

Any idea when the Elk/moose died?

 

Kumali passed away a few weeks back at Flamingo Land resort , such a shame but a wonderful long life for a lion.

 

Yes Kumali may be gone but he'll never be forgotten

 

Check out the Colobus Monkeys on the now called Colobus Island

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=298259985250223

 

Remember Blue the male Ostrich who thinks he's a zebra. Well here he is in his new home at Whipsnade

 

White Tailed Eagles have been spotted around the Estate

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=818097139062991

 

I just been over to Facebook and I understand that .two 8 month old female armadillos have moved to Bicton College where the Fruit Bats moved to now Log into Facebook

 

If anyone who wanted to see Giant Otters and Crocodiles, visiting the new mammal exhibit and also the Animal Handling Area where you can handle a snake but will be restricted at the moment. Well there is brilliant news from today Log into Facebook

 

Any info on their Cuban crocodiles (pure-bred or hybrids?)?