Disney's Animal Kingdom® Park News from Disney's Animal Kingdom

Based on recent YouTube videos, there’s now a herd of Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra living in the first Savannah area in the Kilimanjaro Safari attraction.

 

Indeed and if you look at my posts you will see that one of my posts is of a Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra taken during the ride.

 

Where do they keep the Steenbok?

 

Last I heard they live at the lodge.

 

Hey guys I’m planning to head out to the park with my family on Tuesday so I’ll be able to get some updates posted on this forum soon FYI.

 

Updates from the park as of September 8,2020:
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1:
Cottontop tamarins have been off display since the park reopened due to Covid-19.

2:
Expedition Everest’s track is becoming noticeably rougher due to it’s age I suppose.

3:
A new building (possibly a prop) has been installed near the end of the Kilimanjaro Safari attraction’s exit.


That’s all there is for updates of the park from your acquaintance Austin the Sengi.

 

And also do you think replacing the park’s Naked mole rats with either Checkered Elephant shrews or Black and Rufous elephant shrews is a good idea?.

 

In the tunnels? As far as I know, not suggested. In a new enclosure? Yes.

 

Indeed I meant demolishing the mole rat tunnels and converting them into a habitat suitable for Elephant Shrews I guess I forgot to add that sorry.

 

From a guest expectations and satisfaction standpoint, replacing a visible, active, interesting species that has at least some name recognition amongst guests and fully fits the theme of the area with an unknown, unavailable, skittish animal doesn't make the least bit of sense at all.

 

What about naked mole rats AND Elephant Shrews?

If there shouldn't be enough place in the "research station", then maybe at the covered Gorilla/Hippo area or somewhere within Harambe Village.

 

It doesn't look like it has been mentioned here yet (sorry if I missed it), but a trailer for it just popped up on my Facebook feed. There will be a TV show that looks a lot like "The Zoo" about Disney Animal Kingdom. It looks like it will be streamed through Disney Plus, but should be on National Geographic. The narrator is Josh Gad.

Magic of Disney's Animal Kingdom: Josh Gad to Narrate New National Geographic Series - canceled + renewed TV shows - TV Series Finale

 

Three rhinos are expecting at Disney Animal Kingdom. One this October and two in the fall of 2021

World Rhino Day Brings Big News for Disney’s Animal Kingdom

 

That’s great because as of now I have not seen a baby rhino of any species in person

 

Shame they're not expecting any South-Central Black Rhinos, though.

As far as sengi go, there are no Checked in captivity and no Short-Eared in the US so I highly doubt they're replacing mole-rats with Black-and-Rufous.

~Thylo

 

To be fair: It may be that F1 young female Lola is a first timer, but so incidentally is cow Jao - and she is a direct import from South Africa and not related to other white rhino in US zoos. As far as I know she has never bred before (not at Fort Worth, nor Indianapolis, nor at Lake Buena Vista)!!!

 

Better news than I realized then! Always good when new genetics can make it into a population.

~Thylo

 

A female Masai Giraffe was born on the 22nd of this month (September).

 

Love Is in the Air at Disney's Animal Kingdom as Elephant Tries to Woo Park's Biggest Animal
There have been some mating attempts or something between Mac and Kianga (elephants), so hopefully in the coming years she will finally give birth to a calf.

 

This is great news! Especially since there was a rumor that Disney was going to phase out of elephant breeding all together. That would have been a blow to the SSP.