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Discussion in 'United States' started by splaat66, 20 Jul 2007.

  1. Coelacanth18

    Coelacanth18 Well-Known Member Premium Member 5+ year member

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    I like the direction that Frawley is taking with it. I have great respect for Ehmke and his ideas, but I agree that a mega-large African exhibit in Minnesota probably isn't the most optimal way to spend limited funds.
     
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    Yes the new director definitely seems to have his priorities in order. I was at the zoo a long time ago (before Grizzly Coast and tiger redo), I would like to go back to see those additions. (I probably won't as there are a lot of places I would like to see and nothing else in the Minneapolis area really intrigues me).
     
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    While it would have been great to see the zoo have a major African complex, this is definitely an efficient decision and I have full confidence the zoo will continue to build high quality exhibits. I'm excited to see what they do for the macaques. Also, one error I noticed in the article is the zoo actually has had lions before since they had Asian lions in Northern Trail decades ago.
     
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    I remember the lion display when we visited as a family in 1990. It was a neat forested area and they had a nice sized pride. Personally I think the zoo should focus on cold weather species. The Como Zoo has the ABC species and is free.
     
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    I may need to rethink my statement about nothing else in Minneapolis appealing to me. Just today I read in the auto club magazine that Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport was voted as having the best restrooms in America! :D
     
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    I've been to the airport recently and the restrooms are nice.
     
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    Sorry if this info. is posted earlier in the thread and I simply missed it, but does anyone know where the zoo's Daurian Pika were imported from?

    ~Thylo
     
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    Mongolia. Follow-up question: does anyone know when the import happened?
     
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    Thanks, I thought as such. Do you happen to know which region of Mongolia? The earliest I knew about them was 2013.

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    Unfortunately not, I would like to know as well.
     
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    Does Minnesota zoo still have Daurian Pika?
     
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    Nope

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    An Amur Tiger cub was born in August.
     
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