Thread of the Year 2020

Once again, its time for the fourth annual thread of the year competition. As us Americans know, voting has been an important duty this year, and now its time for the most important one of them all. Which ZooChat thread has been the most impactful, informative or simply the most fun. I haven't been very active on the site as of late, so this will also serve as a good way for myself to catch up on any important ones I may have missed. Rules are the same as they've always been, but for anyone that has forgotten or is new this year...

• Between now and midnight of December 15th, post the names the three threads that you think should be a candidate for thread of the year on this thread. Any kind of thread is eligible - whether it be news, discussion, travel (I don't expect too many of these) fantasy, etc, anything goes
• Please put both the title and name of the user that created the thread.
• You cannot submit your own thread to be nominated. However, if your thread is within the top contenders you are permitted to vote for itl
• You must nominate exactly three different threads, any more or less and your nominations will not be counted.
• Then when the submissions have concluded, the top five threads that received the most nominations will be entered into a poll (In the case of a tie, I will break it). Whichever thread has the most votes on midnight December 31st is the winner of the 2020 zoochat thread of the year.

Happy voting!

 

Very few nice travel threads this year. @CGSwans had a nice one, but I don't know what other two threads to nominate.

 

I will start:
@lintworm 's Into the unknown: zoos of western France - The travel report of the year!

@ThylacineAlive and Where do the Deer & Antelope Play?: A Look at America's Ungulate Populations - Lack of Zootierliste alternative in NA, makes this thread invaluable source of information.

@FunkyGibbon ZooChat 'Embrace the ABCs' Challenge - Mammals - the thread from the good old normal time, which bringed most personal joy. I hope everything is ok with the author and we will see him around soon.

 

@Great Argus 's US zoos closed due to Covid thread (US zoos closed due to COVID-19 and duration). It was really important and the one place to get good updates about what was going on.

 

I nominate:
@lintworm Into the unknown: zoos of western France
@TeaLovingDave The Zoochat Photographic Index of Mammalian Families
@ThylacineAlive Where do the Deer & Antelope Play?: A Look at America's Ungulate Populations

 

Into the unknown- zoos of western France by @lintworm,
Mixed species enclosures by @Mr Gharial and
The Meme Thread by @Ebirah766

 

I'll nominate:

Into the unknown: zoos of western France by @lintworm
Mesozoic Zoo 2 by @Zoofan15
Where do the Deer and the Antelope Play?: A Look at America's Ungulate Populations by @ThylacineAlive

 

My nominations will be:

Mesozoic Zoo 2 (@Zoofan15)
Into the unknown zoos of western France (@lintworm)
Zoo Community - Part 5 (@ZooBinh)

 

My nomination is Mesozoic Zoo 2 (@Zoofan15)
Into the unknown zoos of western France (@lintworm )
Populations by (@ThylacineAlive )

 

@ThylacineAlive - Where do the Deer & Antelope Play?: A Look at America's Ungulate Populations

@lintworm - Into the unknown: zoos of western France

@aardvark250 - Aardvark250 ranking his zoo visited

 

My nominations are:
@lintworm - Into the unknown: zoos of western France
@ThylacineAlive - Where do the Deer and the Antelope Play?: A Look at America's Ungulate Populations
@ThomasNotTom - Remembering Bristol Zoo Gardens

 

@FunkyGibbon - ZooChat 'Embrace the ABCs' Challenge - Mammals: The thread that brought me to zoochat. Lead to one of the most fun things that I ever did in my life.

@lintworm - Into the unknown: zoos of western France: Hands down best travel thread of the year. I Iearnt a ton and my travel bucket list grew a lot.

@CheeseChameleon2007 - Dream zoo: Really fun fantasy thread. Utopia is a place where one has to wander from time to time in this age of cynicusm

 

Wish I finished it! I only showed you guys about 1/4 of it, Maybe I'll contribute when I feel like it.

 

Nominations:

@vogelcommando Butterflyfish of the genus chaetodon: Very helpful (and fun to read) thread, great to shed some light on this remarkable genus of fish.
@Onychorhynchus coronatus Could and should the Ring-tailed lemur be replaced by other lemur species in zoos? Another amazing thread, O.C. is always asking some interesting and helpful questions on many of his threads, this one definitely made you think.
And @lintworm's Into the Unknown:Zoos of western france. A great road trip thread, and very entertaining to read.

 

I would like to vote:
Remembering Bristol Zoo Gardens- @ThomasNotTom
Mesozoic Zoo 2- @Zoofan15
into the unknown: zoos of Western France- @lintworm

 

Just bumping this up so more see it. 1 week left to cast your nominations.

 

My three nominations :

@lintworm 's Into the unknown: zoos of western France

@aardvark250 's Aardvark250 ranking his zoo visited

@TeaLovingDave 's The Zoochat Photographic Index of Mammalian Families

 

That thread was started in 2016.

 

And that one in 2019.