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West African Animals in Zoos; list a few

Discussion in 'General Zoo Discussion' started by Nikola Chavkosk, 25 Aug 2016.

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  1. vogelcommando

    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Another West-African country which is well-known by tourists is the Gambia and here also bird-watching is more rewarding as big-game-watching ( maybe because there is hardly any big-game ;) ). I did however saw my first wild Hippos in the Gambia ( they ARE quite big game ).
     
    vogelcommando, 28 Aug 2016
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  2. Nikola Chavkosk

    Nikola Chavkosk Well-Known Member

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    How I can not list the Drill? I thought it's native range is also in Congo basin, but it turns out that not, it's range is spanning on less than 40,000 km2, in Nigeria, Cameroon and Bioko Island (part of Equatorial Guinea). Range as part not typical Western Africa, but more like central equatorial Africa.
     
    Nikola Chavkosk, 1 Sep 2016
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  3. Jurek7

    Jurek7 Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    One problem is the well-known 'Nigerian fraud'. Some zoos received internet offers to import animals from West Africa, but they believed it was scam.
     
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