Idgie the red panda passed away. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aj...d-panda-idgie/xAJUOufk4gQ0QgxZ8mr6iL/amp.html
A hooded vulture chick hatched on May 12th: Puppet-rearing a hooded vulture chick - Zoo Atlanta King Cobra Hannah was euthanized on May 15th because of leukemia. According to Facebook.
Male southern white rhino Mumbles from Houston Zoo has arrived, the first of his species to live in the zoo according to Facebook.
Baby Boom on chicks in May: The hatchings include a spotted dikkop on May 24th: 3 Golden-breasted Starling chicks: Crested Wood Partridge chicks: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=267993081125695
Since last post: Starting between late April and early May, the Piedmont Park Conservancy partnered with the zoo Atlanta with the dealing of invasive plant species, as the plants are used for feeding some of the animals. Piedmont Park partners with Zoo Atlanta A female binturong named Brambles recently joined the Complex Carnivore section. The binturong was brought from Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, RI. She now joins Baloo, the other recent binturong brought to the zoo. New Animal That Smells Like Popcorn Arrives At Zoo Atlanta
For the first time in the Zoo's history, a wattled crane chick has hatched. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ws...ta/EWUZV57UKJAEPA3H3WCAL762D4/?outputType=amp
Cecil, 41 year old cassowary, was euthanized. Oldest cassowary in the country dies at age 41 at Zoo Atlanta
Zoo Atlanta has received a 19 year old male warthog named Hamlet. Zoo Atlanta welcomes young, new warthog
Zoo Atlanta has received Jackie, a 3 yr. old male red panda, from the Smithsonian National Zoo. Welcome Jackie the red panda! - Zoo Atlanta
A 10 year old Western lowland gorilla is being transferred from Buffalo Zoo: Buffalo Zoo says goodbye to gorilla, who will start a new family at Zoo Atlanta | wgrz.com Amari will join a male gorilla named Willie B., Jr., who is 22-years-old and has been living with other bachelor gorillas. The other female gorillas in her troop come from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Kambera and Shalia.
I have just posted a large set of photos of the zoo's reptile and amphibian exhibit complex that was opened in 2015, titled 'Scaly Slimy Spectacular'. The gallery had many previously posted fine closeups of inhabitants from past years, but was mostly lacking shots of the exhibits and facility itself. The complex has a large Main Building as well as a native animals small building called 'Georgia Extremes' with several attached outdoor exhibits. Unfortunately this smaller building was closed during my visit on 11/3/20.
What species of turtle does the zoo have on display? I know they have some cool species off display at least.
Here is a partial list of the species on exhibit on 11/3/20 in Scaly Slimy Spectacular, the smaller 'Georgia Extremes' building of native animals was closed during my visit, and there were 5 empty exhibits in the Main Building. African Slender-snouted Crocodile Alligator Snapping Turtle Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa Amazon Tree Boa Anaconda Barbour's Map Turtle Black Beaded Lizard Black-legged Poison Dart Frog Black-throated Monitor Boa Constrictor Boelen's Python Caiman Lizard Cape Cobra Chinese Mountain Viper Common Slider Diamondback Terrapin Eastern Box Turtle Evergreen Toad Eyelash Viper Fiji Banded Iguana Fringed Leaf Frog Gaboon Viper Guatamalan Beaded Lizard Gopher Frog Gopher Tortoise Gray Ratsnake Green And Black Poison Frog Green Basilisk Green Tree Python Jamaican Boa Jamaican Iguana Lemur Leaf Frog Mangrove Snake Meller's Chameleon Mexican Lance-headed Rattlesnake Neotropical Bird Snake Northern Pine Snake Panamanian Golden Frog Pancake Tortoise Papuan Python Radiated Tortoise Red Blood Python Red-eyed Leaf Frog Reticulated Python River Cooter Rosy Boa Rough Knob-tailed Gecko Rough-scaled Python Smooth-sided Frog Speckled Rattlesnake Spiny Softshell Turtle Sri Lankan Green Pitviper Strawberry Poison Frog Timber Rattlesnake Titicaca Water Frog Yellow-blotched Map Turtle
