Who and how many zoochatters have you met?

Met my first today:
Andrew_NZP who is also dcpandafan.

 

I met my first 13 while in the United Kingdom:
-Zoogiraffe
-Ophidia
-Devilfish
-Nisha
-Bongorob
-GentleLemur
-Zoospud
-JavanRhino
-Shorts
-TeaLovingDave
-Kiang
-Maguari
-Pipaluk

Plus at least three more whose usernames I don't know and one who hasn't posted in years so doesn't really count.

~Thylo

 

Nobody

 

It looks like bongorob holds the record?

 

I've met Devilfish, Gary McGuire, Stubeanz,Tim Brown and Tim May.

 

As of right now I have met Nisha, MagpieGoose, zoogiraffe, gentle lemur, bongorob and Ophidia, and I have plans to meet TeaLovingDave, Javan Rhino, FunkyGibbon, Agile Gibbon, devilfish and a couple of others I've also more than likely crossed paths with some of the regular London Zoo visitors (Regent, tennisfan, Crowthorne, Zia etc.) but have never realised it!

 

An update:-
Tim Brown
MikeG
Devilfish
RobMV
ZooSpud
zooman
ophidia
Dassie Rat (whom I met recently but seems to have forgotten me)
Sooty Mangabey
stubeanz
Shorts

And possibly more but I either don't know their names or met them at zoohistorica when slightly merry!

 

6: bongorob, zoogiraffe, gentlelemur, ShonenJake13, Nisha and pocket

 

I think that I can boast here. Being a regular at Chester, I have met a lot of ZooChatters there and I have also encountered one or two others at UK zoos, notably Gigit at my other home zoo which is Paignton. But this year I have been very glad to meet up with Magpie Goose and ShonenJake at Chester (as mentioned above in this thread) - plus a very special and accidental encounter at Paignton, when Gigit kindly introduced me to Pertinax so I became the second ZooChatter on his lifelist.

 

And one more to add; Designaka who I realised I met after seeing his username in Zoo Grapevine magazine.

 

No he hasn't.... only postal, not in the flesh.

For those wishing to spot a Pertinax here are some field notes;

Tends to more active in summer months.
Rarely seen at weekends or school holidays.
Moves at rapid speed through zoo, usually stopping only at chosen exhibits.
Often found in vicinity of Primates, Rhinos, deer etc. Rarely seen in walkthroughs, Reptile Houses etc or other crowded situations.
Can sometimes be observed cautiously approaching a coffee shop around mid-morning.

 

my updated list

Agile Gibbon *
ajkwba
Al
Antoine
Aphid
Baldur
Bele *
Bloody Curtus
Blue Toffee Zoo
Bongo
Brum
Burrowing Owl
Bwassa
Chester Gemsbok
Cliff x Davis
CZ Jimmy
Devilfish
Felid Lover
Gary McGuire
Gentle Lemur
H Gibbins
Hamadryad
Hevden (both of them)
James Barber
Javan Rhino
Karoo Cheetah
Kiang
Kifaru Bwana
LeeMac13
Magpie Goose
Maguari
Maisie
Malayan Tapir
MarieB
Mazfc
MikeG
MiketheCat
MonkeyGirlAmy
Nisha
Ophidia
Orangeperson
Paradoxurus
Pocket
Pygathrix
Red Panda
Ro6Ca66
RobMV
Shavington Zoo
Shonenjake13
Shorts
SMR
Tea Loving Dave
TheMonkeyGuy1
Thylacine Alive
Tim Brown
Tim May
Trigger
Twycross Zoo
Vini
Zoogiraffe
Zoo Leopard
Zoo Spud

* denotes people I have known for along time, but somehow forgot to add to the list.

The ones in bold are the ones I see regularly.

I can be recognised by the fact that other zoochatters are taller, even the ones still at school. My natural habitat is in the vicinity of the bongo enclosure, usually staring frustratingly at a calculator when I try and count them

 

Seeing these new lists keeps reminding me of others that I've met so I am going to retire and try and work out exactly who I have met and spoken to!

 

I am not the zoochatter that you are looking for.

 

I forgot to say this earlier.

Bongorob comes in winter and summer plumage.

Legs covered in the winter and knees on view in the summer.

 

And just like the Arctic Fox the Bongorob is best viewed in the winter.

~Thylo

 

Sorry Brum. It wasn't deliberate. I hope we can meet again.