Doesn't appear we have a thread for this oddly-named zoo as yet so thought I'd start one - I just uploaded photos from a visit in June this year to the gallery: Spaycific'Zoo | ZooChat A place with perhaps more potential than polish but some really great animals and certain enclosures (the large walkthrough aviary and the mixed Canadian small mammals/waterfowl in particular) are excellent.
I kept wanting to post on one of the photos, "what's with the name of the zoo?", but this is a better place. Any idea on where the name comes from or what it means?
The town in which the zoo is found is called Spay. The French word "spécifique" - pronounced as in the name of the zoo - means "specific", but whether the zoo's name is a rather baffling pun on that, I don't know.
The Zoo buid a new enclosure but did not indicate the futur species who will be in. Looks like for a small cat but the zoo has already : bobcats, servals, geoffroy's cats, jaguarondis and leopard cats !
So the new enclosure is for bobcats. There previous enclosure will welcome two pallas cats brothers (born in Lyon/Parc de la Tête d'Or) arrived last month. The group of white-fronted lemurs will leave the zoo cause of neighbourhood problems with other lemurs. Also, births of dingos, ring-tailed lemurs and kea
A little bit old but some births of the year : - two geoffroy's cat last august 14th, - a southern three banded armadillo, - some sugar gliders, - some capybaras, - a tokay gecko, - a beadred dragon.
The Zoo is now home to two new squirrel species presentes as unique in France (for one it's sure) : - red and white giant flying squirrel, - a species presented as "Myanmar squirrel" which I do not identify (maybe Finlayson's squirrel). The animals come from seizure.
The second one is the subspecies which Zootierliste (and presumably the zoos which hold them) refer to as "Pegu Red Squirrel Callosciurus finlaysonii ferrugineus" (which is from Myanmar) - the colouration is not at all a match for that subspecies and appears to have been originally given as a "best guess" and then just retained for want of something better.
Some recent births that I missed to report before : - three capybaras, - collared peccaries, - 17 emperor scorpions, - red-billed quelea, - three Geoffroy's cat. And the zoo will welcome a new species this year with sitatungas (even the picture shows a lowland nyala ). 登录 Facebook | Facebook
In this audio article it is indicated that the small zoo will double in size (from 3 to 6 hectares) in the next years. For this year the zoo will opened a new children farm and welcome new species : Chacoan maras, white-nosed coatis (before it had brown-nosed) and swinhoe's stripped squirrels. Spay. Le Spaycific'zoo s'agrandit The sitatungas are three.
Exciting news from Spaycific Zoo : two marabou stork chicks hatched. Could be a first for France ! 登录 Facebook | Facebook
I mean a first mother-reared chicks in a french zoo. Maybe Puy du Fou did it before as they are good breeder.
Birth of four southern screamer chicks. Arrival of two new species : white-nosed coatis (who replaced south american coatis) and Chacoan maras. EN IMAGES. De nombreuses naissances au zoo de Spay | Le Maine Libre
Yesterday (August 1st), two snake-necked turtles, presented as Chelodina rugosa, hatched. Log into Facebook | Facebook
The Spaycific Zoo will reopen on 10th February 2024 for the next year season. Spaycific'Zoo on Instagram: " Bonne nouvelle ; Réouverture avancée Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer que notre réouverture est avancée au 10 février 2024 au lieu du 17 février ! En attendant, nous restons connectés sur nos différents réseaux sociaux pour continuer à échanger avec vous Nous vous attendons avec impatience, alors à bientôt au Spaycific'Zoo !"
The Reticulated Python ARNOLD will be transferred to the "Parc des Mamelles" (Guadeloupe Zoo) soon. Spaycific'Zoo on Instagram: " Notre Python Réticulé déménage au Zoo de Guadeloupe Dans le cadre de notre plan de sauvegarde, Arnold, notre Python Réticulé de 5 mètres 1/2, déménage au Parc des Mamelles en Guadeloupe Pour préparer son départ, notre équipe a dû lui réaliser un check-up et bonne nouvelle ; il va très bien ! Nous sommes ravis de savoir qu'il continuera à être bien soigné par nos confrères dévoués et lui faisons nos chaleureux au revoir #python #pythonréticulé #snake #parcdesmamelles #zoo #lemans #sarthe"
Arrival of a new Spectacled Owl in Spaycific. Zoo. Spaycific'Zoo on Instagram: " Nouvelle chouette à lunettes au parc ! Faites-vous partie des premiers à avoir eu l'occasion de rencontrer notre nouvelle chouette au physique atypique et au nom amusant ? En effet, elle possède un masque blanc qui lui a valu le nom de "chouette à lunettes" ! Menacée par la déforestation, cette espèce nocturne d'Amériques du Sud est asociale et se repose donc la journée dans les arbres aux épais feuillages . . . . #zoo #sarthe #lemans #chouette #chouettealunette #bienvenue"
Prague zoo received their 1.0 manul in February this year. I guess that leaves Spaycific zoo with only its brother or did it receive a female meanwhile?
The brother left for Krakow Zoo at the same time for breeding reason. For the moment, there is no longer manul in Spay.
