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Paignton zoo mystery

Discussion in 'United Kingdom' started by pangolin12, 14 Feb 2018.

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  1. pangolin12

    pangolin12 Well-Known Member Premium Member 5+ year member

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    Well, I was on a Devon tour in 2014 (or some time like that) and there was a strange, unsigned animal in the nocturnal house. At first my normally wrong instincts thought that it was a fossa from Newquay (maybe because of fighting other fossas or something?). But as I said my instincts are normally wrong so I'm guessing that I was incorrect. If so what could it have been?
     
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    What did it look like?
     
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    pangolin12 Well-Known Member Premium Member 5+ year member

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    It had a long tail, quite a slender face, and a slim body(it was in the sloth enclosure)
     
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    Brum Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    In November 2014 the sloth shared the enclosure with a brush-failed porcupine whilst another porcupine was in with the kusimanse. :)
     
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    Probably that then. Thanks!:)
     
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    Senegalese Bushbaby?
     
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    Animallover1998 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Brush-failed porcupine, I wonder when they had that species in the zoo before... :D
     
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    Maybe it refused to be groomed?
     
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    Brum Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    My bad, epic tail with that typo! ;) :p