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  1. marmolady

    marmolady Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I can see both Lisa and Lani. I think it may be a video taken a few years back when the whole group was in the orangutan exhibit.
     
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    That's another thought that occurred to me as well. I didn't really look through the video (going by the title!) and presumed it was the new females.
     
  3. marmolady

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    I'm so eager for chimpanzee news- I wish Taronga would announce something!
     
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    A red tailed black cockatoo flew away during a bird show last Sunday after being scared by a goshawk:

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    I have not seen it on display ever (pretty sure they aren't currently on display as well), nor did I even know Taronga held this species! The first time that I first saw this species was in fact at Featherdale in 2014.
     
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    The Featherdale pair sadly both passed away this year... they were quite old...

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    In relations to the Andean Condors. Zuleta was surposed to go to America to join there breeding program.
     
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    Taronga Zoo started there Meerkat encounters today. They are only having 4 sessions and they all sold out before 10am and cost $50. I don't no how long they go for.
     
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    Is he the male born at Auckland in 2013? Also, does anyone know how many red pandas Taronga now has?
     
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    In relation to the Long nose echnida. Keepers have put up camera traps to see what he is doing. I was talking to one of the keepers and they hadn't seen me. That's why the camera traps. The male lyrebirds name is echo. He is a real darling. Keepers say that he is a sweetie. The female doesn't think so she chases him around.
     
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    3 red panda's Pabu, Mayhem and Amarla (Bronx zoo) (thinks how you spell it. Mayhem is 16 years old. Amarla is 5 years old and Padu (new Zealand) not sure of his ago. will have to ask when I go over the weekend.
     
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    Thanks for that. Now I know that there are 2.1 at Taronga with Pabu's arrival:

    -1.0 Mayhem born 2000 at Taronga (old breeding male)
    -1.0 Pabu born 2013 at Auckland Zoo (intended breeding male)
    -0.1 Amala born 2013 at Bronx Zoo (intended breeding female)
     
  20. Osprey71

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    Mayhem will be retired and stay at the zoo till he passes. Amala does like Mayhem she chased him up to the top of a tree and wouldn't let him down. It will be interesting to see how she re-acts to Pabu.