Hopefully, this new arrival will kickstart the breeding program again. How old is this male individual?
The former hippo house has been reopened as a desert house, the inhabitants are several Agama species, Common rock thrush, Elephant shrew and Sand rats. They hope to add Scarabid beetles soon, though it is difficult to obtain them currently. Adjacent will be an outdoor enclosure for Marbled polecat, The zoo should still have an animal behind the scenes, but they want to import new ones from Novosibirsk as well, but for now Magdeburg was ahead in the queue. The have also revealed their new plans for the coming 15 years, see Anhang 3+4: http://tiergarten.nuernberg.de/file..._En_mit_Anhaengen_1_bis_4_Berichtsversion.pdf It includes - A new Giraffe house (with Bat-eared foxes) - A new Cheetah enclosure on the site of the current Kangaroo enclosure - A new gorilla house roughly where the Cranes are kept now - Remodeling the current Barbary sheep enclosure to a walkthrough aviary with the Sheep + Macaque + Vultures - A one world aviary with European/African migratory birds and antelope - New enclosure for bongo + duiker at the current Highland cattle + Yellow-backed duiker enclosures - Enlarging existing enclosures for Rhino, Maned wolf and Takin - Replacing Bison with Musk ox - A new Harpy aviary - And last but not least creating a Tree-tops walk throughout the northern section of the zoo with species including Dhole, the Tapir, monkeys and a nearby enclosure for Tufted deer.
Yep, just Round-eared sengi. They are also hoping to bring in an African wheatear species, but they are not that easy to obtain...
I visited Nuremberg yesterday and as usual it did not disappoint. The Desert house is currently open from 10-5 pm and is a gem for connoisseurs, but I am not sure how nice it is for normal zoo visitors, as the stars of the exhibit are Dung beetles and the largest animals are Common rock thrush... The current species list is: - Round-eared elephant shrew - Fat sand rat - Common rock thrush - Atlas agama - Eye-dab lizard - Ornate mastigure - Egyptian tortoise - Helmethead gecko - Golden-silk orb spider - Dung beetle Pristurus gecko will arrive next week. Additionally they are planning a Wheatear species and more species in due time. The dung beetle are an import from Morocco, but unfortunately they are very hard to obtain at the moment, due to a local shortage in Dung beetles. The exhibit was pretty much designed for them and they hope to breed them. They have multiple substrate layers, underground heating and moisturizing and for now the beetles are not eaten Other news is that the Squirrel monkeys can now use their new indoor enclosure and the last Yellow-backed duiker was sent to Wuppertal, currently the enclosure holds Philippine spotted deer. There are now also Blue-backed manakin free-flying in the manatee house. More pictures of the Desert house, the new squirrel monkey enclosure and more enclosure photos are in the gallery: Tiergarten Nürnberg | ZooChat
2 Ural owls hatched earlier this year. Nürnberg had the world-first breeding with this species in 1965. The current breeding-pair started breeding in 2003 and 5 of their young were given to other collection. A further 27 of their young were re-introduced into the wild in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. Also the 2 young of this year will later be re-introduced in Austria. With 34 succesfully raised young this is the most succesfull breeding-pair world-wide. Article ( in German ) : Junge Uralkäuze im Tiergarten
The Ornate mastigures have left Nurnberg again, the male was very keen on escaping the house through the visitors entrance. New additions are however Omani spiny-tailed lizards. Also new in the zoo is a second lioness, Noris who was born in Aalborg in 2016. A new male from Jerez will follow, after the last male died. Nurnberg also received 1.1 + male offspring White-faced saki from Chester, the 2.0 held until now were moved to Drayton Manor.
Nurnberg has finally received a larger number of Dung beetles for the Desert house. 398 beetles (Scarabaeus sacer) arrived from Egypt. https://tiergarten.nuernberg.de/ent...3-mistkaefer-aus-aegypten-im-wuestenhaus.html
Common chameleon have now been added to the Desert house and Hardun are already present behind the scenes and will be added soon. Nuremberg also had recent breeding success with both the Hyacinth macaws (2 chicks) and the Red-legged partridge (8 chicks).
Has the zoo started constructing any of these projects yet? Also is there a general timeline of when they hope the projects to be completed and an order in which they hope to complete them?
I saw them last in the early morning last year, it must have been around 9 am. The zoo opens at 8 and it pays to be there that early to get the most out of the Manatee house and Blue Lagoon, as well as some other areas close to the entrance. The zoo is large enough to give you 3 quiet hours if you slowly work your way towards the Polar bears.
No Marbled polecats will move into the outside enclosure of the Desert house. Instead it will be Libyan striped weasels, 2.2 animals are currently in quarantine. Source: zoofreunde forum.
There will be literally dozens of us there for Zoohistorica in two weeks - that's either a lot of mustelid joy or a lot of very poorly-timed visits depending on how far off this is!
Can't complain about this just hope they live long enough for me to revisit someday, as I am not going to Zoohistorica this year! One wonders how well they will show in a diurnal exhibit mind you.
Despite the weaselly absence, I can honestly say the Desert House is one of the best new European animal exhibits of recent years that I've seen - making stars of dung beetles in the way Burgers Mangrove did fiddler crabs. I've uploaded some photos in the gallery (Tiergarten Nürnberg - ZooChat) - more of the rest of the zoo will follow.
