You've seen a Pampas exhibit with all of those species mixed? I've never come across that. The word hate is pretty strong, I agree.
The only Pampas exhibit I've seen holds Giant Anteater, Chacoan Peccary, Maned Wolf, and Greater Rhea. It's suppose to also hold Vicuna but I don't think it's going to happen. ~Thylo
I would agree that mating is a... natural behavior that often needs to be encouraged, but I am not sure it is one that is best replicated with animatronics of any kind. I've also never seen a solid Pampas exhibit. Chicago neglects South American habitats.
I don't dislike (or hate, kinda a strong word there) any animal, but I do have some quirks. -Lions. To be honest, I'm fine with a lot of the ABC animals out there, as even if they're overrated the public likes them and it helps bring money in. However I've never seen a lion do fairly interesting. Like at all. At least I've seen animals like tigers, gorillas and rhinos move around. -Giant pandas. I've never seen a giant panda ever in person before, however there are a lot of cooler species (IMO) that I'd rather see before I see a giant panda. I just think they're just, well, overrated. But the public loves em :/ -Unnatural morphs. I understand that out there (especially in the pet industry) that there's a lot of animals like birds, fish and reptiles that come in these crazy and rather zany designer colors, but I don't think they have their place in the zoo when there's naturally-colored animals that the public should enjoy instead. I'm also pointing out the whole white big cat issue, I have very little interest as I prefer the wild/natural colors (I'm fine with melanistic jaguars/leopards and any other natural coloration). -Hybrid animals. Come on now. I give intergrade animals a slide, I'm going on ligers, zebroids, etc. etc. I'm actually fine with domestic animals and it's nice to chill at the petting section of the zoo when you've been walking/running around all day.
"Zoo-mix" animals. Some people refer zoo-mixes as intergrades (usually used by field herpers to note a hybrid subspecies population)
Yes. Giraffes or zebra that aren't named as sub-species or species is one of the things that annoys me about zoos
I don't hate seeing the following animals but they do bug me, mostly due to how popular they are: Meerkats Asian Small-Clawed Otters Ring-Tailed Lemurs Blue-and-Yellow Macaws Giant African Land Snails Any Domestic or Breeding-Form animals (with the exception of camelids, dingos, and pond fish) Also chimpanzees because they creep me out. I don't mind bonobos though.
Either you have miscounted or they have actually *reduced* the number of meerkat exhibits since last August, when @ThylacineAlive and myself counted a half-dozen, plus another former meerkat exhibit recently vacated
The interesting thing here is that, before visiting the UK, I had never seen an African giant snail, though now I've seen three. They simply around around in the US, at least not afaik, but I too was sick of them by the end of my jaunt across the pond. ~Thylo
I can see why you'd be sick of seeing them now, after having seen three! How many meerkats did it take? Four?
