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  1. BjoernN

    BjoernN Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    At least one spotted hyena was born to HONDO and DARA two weeks ago.
     
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    BjoernN Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    7 Black wood turtles (Rhinoclemmys funerea) arrived. They are already living in the jungle of Gondwanaland.
     
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    nczoofan Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    So what species are free-ranging within Gondwanaland at this point?
     
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    Near threatened and nice addition (Meso Americas).
     
  5. BjoernN

    BjoernN Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Free-ranging animals within Gondwanaland

    - Vietnamese small flying fox (Pteropus hypomelanus condorensis)

    - Australian green tree frog (Ranoidea coecrulea)
    - File-eared tree frog (Polypedates otilophus)
    - Greenhouse frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris)
    - Mission golden-eyed frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix)
    - Sambava tomato frog (Dyscophus guineti)
    - Spot-legged tree frog (Polypedates megacephalus)
    - Yellow stream frog (Sylvirana cubitalis)

    - African pygmy-goose (Nettapus auritus)
    - Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
    - Black crake (Zapornia flavirostra)
    - Blue-backed grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
    - Blue-throated piping-guan (Pipile cumanensis)
    - Brahminiy starling (Sturnia pagodarum)
    - Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
    - Crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul)
    - Cuban grassquit (Phonipara canora)
    - Fulvous whistling-duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    - Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
    - Hartlaub’s turaco (Tauraco hartlaubi)
    - Kilimanjaro White-eye (Zosterops poliogastrus eurycricotus)
    - Lesser brazilian teal (Amazonetta brasiliensis brasiliensis)
    - Madagascar crested ibis (Lophotibis cristata)
    - Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles)
    - Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
    - Oriental magpie robin (Copsychus saularis)
    - Pied Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
    - Radjah shelduck (Radjah radjah)
    - Red fody (Foudia madagascariensis)
    - Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
    - Snowy-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha niveicapilla)
    - Subittern (Erypyga helias)
    - Victoria crowned-pigeon (Goura victoria)
    - White-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha albicapillus)

    - Black wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea)
    - Chinese water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus)
    - Common green iguana (Iguana iguana)
    - Cuban brown anole (Anolis sagrei)
    - Greater Madagascar day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)
    - Mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris)

    and several specied of fish in the „jungle river“
     
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    Wow that's a great species list, was not expecting that many species.
     
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    Good luck seeing all of them if you ever go, I'd imagine some of them are virtually impossible to see in practice given the size of the place. I kept my eyes out and looked around in suitable areas when I went, and only saw three of the herp species and missed a number of the birds.
     
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    4 (2,2) Scimitar-horned oryx were born, two further females are still pregnant.
     
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    Sixth Scimitar-horned oryx (1,0) was born at May 1st.

    Western chimpanzee female FRAUKJE (44) gave birth to a daughter at May 1st - it is group member No. 22.
     
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    Unfortunately orang-utan (Pongo abelii) female Rima (*02.08.2019, BIMBO x PINI) died from a short severe illness.

    Her older brother SUAQ (*14.05.2009, BIMBO x PADANA) moved to the Ape quarantine building to prepare him to leave the zoo.
     
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    6 Radjah shelducks (Radjah radjah) hatched at Gondwanaland.
     
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    Why were parrots included in the walkthrough if the new Seal and Penguin habitat?Was their exhibit always there,new or slightly improved?
     
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    The parrot avaries for Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, Ara militaris mexicana and Ara macao (part of the old bird complex) will disappear during the next years.

    The new parrot aviary as a part of "Feuerland" (Tierra del fuego) will replace the old smaller aviaries.
     
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    When is that project now planned for?

    Any news on what timeframe Asian forests will take up (after CoVid19)?
     
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    Fuerland is the aforementioned project for South American semi-aquatic animals(penguins and seals)but the graphic shows a parrot aviary,which was not explained in the description.I do not know of Asian Forests.
     
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    The construction works for Tierra del fuego already started in spring - it is planned for 2021/2022. When the running projects (aquarium and Tierra del fuego) are finished further projects will follow containing Wild dogs, anoas, babirusas, musk deers, thamins etc.
     
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    PETA is claiming coronavirus killed Rima.

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    Brilliant. Nothing less from the world's finest yellow journalists/armchair slacktivists.
     
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    2 Capybara were born today.
     
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    3 Smooth-back river stingray (Potamotrygon orbignyi) hatched off-show of the aquarium.