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ZOO Antwerpen My trip to Antwerp

Discussion in 'Belgium' started by Writhedhornbill, 9 Mar 2008.

  1. Writhedhornbill

    Writhedhornbill Well-Known Member

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    No, I didn't...

    But I saw:
    Black billed turaco
    Palawan peacock pheasant (The display)
    Great Curassow
    Red Billed Curassow
    Yellow Knobbed Curassow
    Blue Headed Macaw
    Baby cuora (Not sure of species atm) Turtles
    Delacour's Crested Fireback
    Baby Javan Langur
    Hanuman Langur
    Owl faced Monkey
    Eastern Lowland Gorilla
    Lowland Anoa
    Dabchick (Saw them In the wild a few days later!!!)
    Great Blue Turaco (Loving that aviary By the way!)
    Great Argus
    Cape Buffalo
    Macaroni penguin
    Aquatic Caecillian
    Lots of Great fish
    Giant wood rail
    Spix's Guan
    Blue Duiker
    Nubian giraffe

    I have all of these on film as well (And most in stills)

    As a school party, We also went to the sealife centre in Bolougne. I have some exhibit photos of this, and a real treat here was a HUGE great Barracuda. There were Caiman, sealions, arowana, and lots of other fish, but they were shown in such amazing, and well thought out exhibits.

    I'll put pictures up as soon as I can, I'm on My dad's computer at the Moment, as the internet is not working on mine! The pictures are on mine!
     
  2. Toddy

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    The chance of seeing a kiwi in Antwerp is about 100 to 1 :(

    Glad to hear you had a nice trip Writhedhornbill. Welcome home! :)
     
  3. Writhedhornbill

    Writhedhornbill Well-Known Member

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    I'll write the review after easter, and my flute exam (Grade 5, I haven't done my scales for a week!)

    Next year, I'd like to visit Plankendael, or Paradisio, but it does depend on where the family can take me:D
     
  4. Writhedhornbill

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    Some of my pictures are now up in the gallery!!!

    Enjoy!
     
  5. jurgen

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    i have never saw a kiwi in antwerp, and i've been there about 60 times.

    hmm, what is exectly the difference between the red billed currasow and the wattled currasow?
     
  6. Writhedhornbill

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    The red billed, shows a greater sexual dimorphism, with the male being black and having a red bill, and the female being largely black with some white on the head.

    The wattled curassow: Males have a white underbelly, and large wattles, and the females have a brown underbelly and small wattles. The wattles of both sexes in this species are the same orange/red. This species is not found outside of the Americas, unless Antwerp still have their pair, or have moved it to another zoo.
     
  7. jurgen

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    their are a few couples curassows close to the zebras, i don't know if they are redbilled or wattled.
     
  8. Writhedhornbill

    Writhedhornbill Well-Known Member

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    There were red billed (1.1), Yellow Knobbed (1.1) and Helmeted (1.0) in the aviaries near the zebras.
     
  9. jurgen

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    one off the couples had a young in 2007, i think the yellow knobbed.

    But i go to zoo antwerp over 2 weeks, i will search for them than.
     
  10. Writhedhornbill

    Writhedhornbill Well-Known Member

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    OK, I think it was the Yellow knobbed too, as Isis lists that they had young.