Yep! The long beaked echidna was attracting alot of attention from visitors, as it was feeding at the front of the exhibit. The rufour owl was curious at first (the echidna had just had it's food put out) but then continued to pluck some leaves off a branch. Both were no less than a metre away!
Alot of developments have happened! I also noticed yesterday how much detail was put into the whole of Wild Asia. I never noticed some cultural objects or even the fake researcher hidden amongst the leaves near the chital deer/binturong viewing area! I hope eventually this whole complex can be added to with exhibits for Sumatran tigers, orangutans, komodo dragons, sun bears (although maybe when Beranin the Malayan tapir eventaully dies they could fill the pool in to create a nice exhibit for them), and link them with the himalayan thar and snow leopards! But this is only my dream! RED PANDA NEWS: According to a new blog post on the website, Taronga is looking to find a female to pair with the male 'Seba' (born December, 2010 at Taronga). There is also mention of his dad 'Mayhem' but no mention of his mother 'Wan Mei'.
Did anything ever happen with this? They are still shown on the map. Was it just a temporary maintenance move?
Dinosaurs The dinosaurs will go on display at Taronga Zoo on November 2nd, and it looks like they will be scattered through the Australian wildlife side of the zoo, rather than clumped in one location (which I think would have been better). More info here: https://www.taronga.org.au/dinosaurs Dinosaurs (more to be revealed I think): -Brachiosaurus (with wetland birds) -Muttaburrasaurus (in entry plaza) -Allosaurus (by nocturnal house) -Triceratops (gardens by spider monkeys) -Dilophosaurus (old tree kangaroo enclosure) -Compsognathus (near Tasmanian devils) -Tyrannosaurus Rex (?)
A 40 day old echidna puggle is being cared for by the Taronga Wildlife Hospital: Taronga Cares for Tiny Echidna Puggle | Taronga Conservation Society Australia
news-flash: the dinosaurs are popular!! Taronga Zoo's dinosaurs a roaring success | thetelegraph.com.au earlier article here as well: T-Rex rules leafy lanes of Taronga Zoo | thetelegraph.com.au
0.1 Giraffe is due to arrive from Dubbo shortly (Move should have taken place this week but rain has delayed her) Cookies must be enabled | Herald Sun
The latest version of the zoo map shows the positions and types of dinosaur on display. There are 21 in total. It can be downloaded and viewed here: Plan your visit to Taronga Zoo | Taronga Conservation Society Australia The only other difference I could see was that the bear exhibit is now labelled 'Sun Bears', rather than 'Bears' when the two species were present. Has anyone seen any progress on the new lemur exhibit? Has anything even started there? Also, what has become of the exhibit the lemurs were in (previously home to the De Brazzas)?
I last visited 2 months ago, and there was plenty of very noisy construction going on for the new lemur exhibit back then. The DeBrazza/Lemur exhibit was just being used as an extension of the Gorilla exhibit.
Veiled chameleon are now housed with scheltopusik. Pacific ground boa are now displayed in the former veiled chameleon enclosure. Ghost bat are now back on display in the last exhibit of the nocturnal house. Short beaked echidnas are also displayed next to the long beaked echidna with I thing ringtail possum and long nosed potoroo (I am not positive on these species though). New Caledonian giant gecko also back on display inthe nocturnal house across from the long beaked echidna exhibit.
Sorry to revive this but I wish Lemur Forest Adventure actually turned out like this.....instead it looks like the lemurs have managed to find themselves in a suburban park with all the steel, playground, etc!!!
