What are the most unconventional zoo animals you can think of? By that way, I'm not talking about shrew or fossa levels of unconventional. I'm talking about acoel worm levels of unconventional. So, you got anything?
You may find this old thread has a few: Escape from the ABCs But the best completely left-field ones that spring to mind: Stalk-eyed flies: Stalk-eyed Fly at Aquazoo 14/05/09 | ZooChat Ctenophores: Warty Comb Jelly (Ctenophore) at Oceanografic, 29/05/11 | ZooChat Sea pens: Sea Pens at Vasco da Gama Aquarium, 25/05/11 | ZooChat
According to ZTL, Berlin and Hamburg Zoos have Arctic terns, which travel much further in the wild than do army ants.
I am fascinated with black leopards are there any UK zoos who have them with easy public transport links?
Two come to mind, Exmoor has a pair, and Thrigby (if she's still there) an elderly black Amur female. There may be others (Heythrop?) but these are the only black leopards I can think of, on view regularly. Chester of course has a black Jaguar.
Of course, classifying either of these as having "easy public transport links" is something of an exaggeration Last I checked, Thrigby Hall takes the best part of two hours to reach by public transport from Norwich, a mere 14 miles away. Exmoor is easier to reach by public transport than is Thrigby, but it is still something of a slog.
You can get the train or bus to Acle from Norwich which takes about 20 minutes and then a 10 minute taxi from Acle to Thrigby. Fairly straight forward
Black Leopards are just really thin on the ground here in the UK. Apart from the wild ones lurking behind every bush, obviously.
I've just realised, I think the black leopard at Thrigby died in the last year or so, so don't rush there!
