For those interested in spotting wild colugos at the zoo, I've noticed a few more areas where the colugos frequent. This time of the year seems to be particularly good for spotting them; on my visit yesterday I saw 5 of them in 4 different locations: 1. Along the path between the Tortoise Shell-ter and saltwater crocodile exhibits (likely the individual often seen around the nearby giant tortoise exhibit) 2. A pair spotted near the viewing hut at Elephants of Asia (entering from the Pavilion by the Lake side of the exhibit); On another visit a couple of weeks ago with a fellow zoochatter we spotted 4 individuals there 3. Area behind the Black Howler Monkey exhibit at Primate Kingdom, where there are no exhibits (colugo spotted here on several occasions as well) 4. Usual tree along the path between the saltwater crocodile and chimpanzee exhibits
First male white rhino in five years born on September 6th, Article about new calf:It's a boy! Singapore Zoo gets first male rhino in five years
Sharing an interesting Instagram post by WRS' Curator of Herpetology, of him removing a wild adult King Cobra from the Zoo's Cottontop Tamarin exhibit. The exhibit is barely 50 metres from the Zoo's busy entrance turnstiles. Instagram post by Borja Reh • Nov 5, 2017 at 12:28am UTC
The Zoo's last polar bear for the foreseeable future turns 27. Singapore Zoo’s polar bear Inuka celebrates its 27th birthday
Isn't the artic area only a couple years old? Seems strange to build such a costly exhibit for a species that won't be replaced after the only specimen deceases. I'd imagine a pinniped or some sort could fill the space when this specimen is gone.
@DavidBrown @pachyderm pro The old polar bear exhibit was inadequately-sized and did not meet Manitoba standards. There was also substantial pressure at that time from animal rights to export the 2 bears (the male bear and his mother) to a temperate country. The zoo chose to build a new exhibit as it did not want to export 2 old bears (the mother was already past 30 years old). The new exhibit is very basic in design and landscaping - possibly a compromise for future adaptive reuse to house other species. No plans have been announced yet but the exhibit is suitable to house other bear species with some refurbishment.
