It is fine for the Leopards themselves, plenty of space etc, just such an ugly range of cages. I fear having already altered the Orangutan indoor area quite recently that another upgrade isn't likely anytime soon now. Hope I am wrong of course...
It is often stated that it is wrong to start a sentence with a conjunction (e.g. "and" , "but", "or"). But this is untrue; it is perfectly valid grammatically to use a conjunction as the fiirst word of a sentence. And I sometimes (deliberately) do so. Can I Start a Sentence with a Conjunction?
Thanks for releasing me from that mental straitjacket Tim. And the associated minor guilt when I breached what I thought were "rules".
Continuing this digression from Twycross: As a very small child at primary school, the teachers drummed into me that you must never start a sentence with "and" or "but". But as soon as I reached eleven, and went to grammar school, the English teachers there taught that it was perfectly valid to start start a sentence with a conjunction.
If you click the link and scroll to the bottom - Day 211 - there is an update regarding the move of the remaining 2 elephants: Elephant Keeper Diaries | Twycross Zoo
As you know what this update is, can you also just post it here instead of letting everybody click on a link and scroll for a minute....
Elephant Keeper Diaries | Twycross Zoo Day 211 - And Then There Were Two! We’ve been keeping a very close eye on Noorjahan and her four year old calf Esha since our elephants Minbu and Tara moved to their new home at Blackpool Zoo earlier in the year. It’s been very important for us to keep a close eye on both Noorjahan and Esha to watch for any behavioural and/or hierarchy changes. It seems if anything it’s brought out Noorjahan’s more playful side! They have responded incredibly well to Minbu and Tara not being around, and to some degree are enjoying more attention from the keepers! ... read more
The best way to add value to the community is to summarise the content of the post being linked to - which gives people more context and saves them needing to click on the link to find out the details. As helpful as Zia was trying to be in copying the post here - she actually went a little too far by posting it in its entirety - so I have edited her post to quote a little bit and linked to the source. This is generally how I would expect people to link to other sources of news and articles and such - link and either summarise or quote a small part for context. But we have digressed enough - back on topic please.
Another short frustrating trip, with Chimp Eden being shut for maintenance; it doesn't look as if the Chimps are allowed out yet either. I did see a little orange François Langur though
That was my fear on my recent visit but fortunately it was not realised! I saw the baby Francois Langur and there's a very young L'Hoest's guenon too.
From the FB; Chimps finally let outside for the first time today apparently. They say a video will follow. Also the 33rd birthday of female Gorilla 'Asante'. Always think it a great shame she has never bred (having being handraised and is very humanised) as she is the only offspring of her now-dead wildcaught mother 'Eva'.
Only that it is so long overdue and a good number of their Chimps never got to live in it...but its excellent for the ones that have.
I particularly like the third of these photos, the way they are caught in the act of emerging. And I think that may be the 'new' male Kibale in the centre.
Duke, the male Michie's tufted deer fawn, born on the 19th May https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2093212704025558
From a facebook post photo the last two Elephants are still there- its now taking longer to complete the move than I thought overall. But no updated news on their blog about them.
I would imagine the weather maybe playing a big part now. I wouldn’t want to think I was trying to transport two elephants across the country in temperatures hitting the high 20’s. It could be that it’s just deemed too risky and it’s something nobody could have predicted to have carried on for so long.
Yes, the current hot weather may have played a part, or the crate training and the fact they have to now put them into two seperate crates may be the reason for the delay. Would be good if they updated the situation though.
