Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden What's Gnu at the Cincinnati Zoo? - 2012

Opening of the Festival of Lights:

 

I forgot to mention that there were two Angolan colobi together, and the hissing cockroach exhibit was literally taken off the wall.

 

Cat Canyon receives Gold LEED Distinction:

 

Here's a new video about the zoo's bat-eared foxes and how they use them as outreach animals:

 

Is that Bat-Eared Fox used for educational purposes one of the foxes born earlier this year?

 

Yes George, Penelope (who's in the Children's Zoo now), and Frankie that were born on April 9th.

 

The zoo has finally put up a page for the arctic foxes on the zoo's website.

 

An African penguin chick hatched three weeks ago.

 

The zoo has added a new video about the zoo's leafcutter ants:


Also, here's the zoo's "Happy Holidays" video:

 

I thought Rizzo was transferred to the Buffalo Zoo.

 

No, she went to the Hogle Zoo in Utah.

 

Can someone tell me if these recently released plans are legitimate. The author states that this is a thesis for exhibit design yet talks in depth about a South America exhibit with drawn out plans, animal signs, exhibit designs, exhibit angles, species list, plants, animal facilities, and biomes. It looks too good to be true but at the same time too good to be false. Even if it isn't real, it's still a fun read.

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden: South American Exhibit

 

Unfortunately it's just a landscape design students thesis on zoo design. Excellent ideas though, especially the Jaguar tunnel!

 

I really hope this may happen one day, but there is one problem. The zoo's main plant nursery and waste/compost yard exists back there and there isn't another place for all that. To me the whole Safari Camp area is a waste of space. The zoo already has camps taken place in the Discovery Forest. The creator Ross Auer, did such an amazing job with the details that it would be extremely disappointing if the zoo doesn't consider constructing the area.

 

Two Steller's sea eagles arrived from Louisville today for breeding.

 

Thane talks about the zoo's leopard and gopher tortoises:

 

Tomorrow the zoo's elephants, arctic foxes, and all three bear species will be receiving gifts from "Santa" in special animal encounters.

 

Thane talks about this year's reindeer for the Festival of Lights:

 

Despite tomorrow's bitter weather forecast, I will be heading out to the zoo tomorrow evening for the Festival of Lights and a private "encounter" with the zoo's elephants where I will receive a custom painting by one of the cows (I'm assuming Mai-Thai). I will be on the look out for any changes/updates, and I will be sure to report them back here.

 

Sounds awesome! Hope you have fun with that.