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Discussion in 'Quizzes, Competitions & Games' started by Shorts, 30 Dec 2017.

  1. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Well done for seeing the jerboa ! I failed miserably with them at Hemsley .
     
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  2. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Just a couple to add from today

    Cotswold WP 12/8/18

    148 Indian Cobra
    149 Great Indian Hornbill
     
  3. Dormitator

    Dormitator Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Same, damn things!
     
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  4. DesertRhino150

    DesertRhino150 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Managed to add ten new species on a visit to Marwell today:

    52. White-faced saki
    53. Mountain zebra
    54. Grevy's zebra
    55. Collared peccary
    56. Bactrian camel
    57. Okapi
    58. Scimitar-horned oryx
    59. Snow leopard
    60. Greater flamingo
    61. Marabou stork
     
  5. BeakerUK

    BeakerUK Well-Known Member

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    Finally time for more zoo visits.

    Colchester Zoo
    111 Llama
    112 Blue duiker
    113 Greater kudu
    114 Spotted hyena
    115 Andean condor
    116 Black headed weaver
    117 African python
    118 Royal python

    Africa Alive
    119 Senegal bushbaby (I had all four of them completely to myself and they were fascinated by me and my camera!)
    120 Fennec fox

    Thrigby Hall

    121 Reeves' muntjac
    122 Nepal hill mynah
    123 American aligator

    Banham Zoo
    124 Ocelot

    Hamerton Zoo
    125 Grant's zebra
    126 Oh I have just realised the book has Common wombat in it!
    127 Siberian chipmunk
     
  6. 14556

    14556 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Noah's Ark Zoo Farm
    35. Common Marmoset
    36. Black and White Ruffed Lemur
    37. African Elephant
    38. Grant's Zebra
    39. American Bison
    40. Black-tailed Prarie Dog
    41. Ostrich
    42. Snowy Owl
    43. Eurasian Eagle Owl
    44. Royal Python
    45. Leopard Gecko
    46. Nile Crocodile
    47. Striped Skunk
    48. Crowned Crane

    Whipsnade Zoo
    49. Californian Sea Lion
    50. Indian Rhino
    51. Hippopotamus
    52. Chimpanzee
    53. White-faced Saki Monkey
    54. Indian Elephant
    55. Grevy's Zebra
    56. Prezwalski's Horse
    57. Gemsbok
    58. Scimitar-horned Oryx
    59. Blackbuck
    60. Brown Bear
    61. Caribbean Flamingo
    62. African Penguin
    63. Rockhopper Penguin
    64. Red Panda
    65. Cheetah

    Colchester Zoo
    66. Gelada
    67. Orangutan
    68. Mandrill
    69. Patas Monkey
    70. Victoria Crowned Pigeon
    71. Black-headed Weaver Bird
    72. Andean Condor
    73. King Vulture
    74. Chilean Flamingo
    75. Common Boa
    76. Fennec Fox
    77. Aardvark
    78. Giant Anteater
    79. Golden Lion Tamarin
    80. African Rock Python
    81. Leopard
    82. Rainbow Lorikeet
    83. Sun Bear
    84. Spotted Hyena
    85. Greater Kudu
     
  7. BeakerUK

    BeakerUK Well-Known Member

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    Axe Valley Wildlife Park
    128 Arctic fox
    129 Fischer's lovebird
    130 Leopard gecko
     
  8. ShonenJake13

    ShonenJake13 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Before certain members of this thread start biting my head off for posting a cumulative number from various visits over the past month or so...........I have been working more or less all of the past three months so haven't really had much of a chance to update as I go along.

    Nevertheless....from various points where I've had a few hours to spare...

    Shepreth Wildlife Park

    144) Ocelot
    145) Vervet Monkey

    Woburn Safari Park

    146) Blue/Brindled Wildebeest

    Paradise Wildlife Park

    147) Sulphur-breasted (Keel-billed) Toucan
     
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  9. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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  10. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Probably my last addition for a while and possibly final one for the year, but possibly the one that pleased me the most :

    Hamerton 26/8/18

    150 Common Wombat
     
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  11. Zia

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    We were there yestersay and added the same :)
     
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  12. BeakerUK

    BeakerUK Well-Known Member

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    Slimbridge
    131 Lesser flamingo
    132 Mandarin duck
     
  13. BeakerUK

    BeakerUK Well-Known Member

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    Crocodiles of the World
    133 Nile crocodile (plus a load of pens and pencils for a child in my upcoming class!)

    Cotswold Wildlife Park
    134 Clouded leopard
    135 European white pelican
    136 Indian cobra
    137 Puff adder
    138 Naked mole rat
     
  14. Zia

    Zia Well-Known Member

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    Port Lympne 28/07:

    African Hunting (Wild) Dog
    American (Plains) Bison / Buffalo
    Bactrian Camel
    Black & White (Guereza) Colobus
    Black Rhinoceros
    Blackbuck
    Blue Wildebeest (Brindled Gnu)
    Chapman's Zebra
    Cheetah
    Clouded Leopard
    Giraffe
    Grey Wolf
    Lion
    Lowland Gorilla
    Malayan Tapir
    Mandrill
    Meerkat
    Ocelot
    Ostrich
    Pere David's Deer
    Przewalski's Horse
    Red Panda
    Ruffed Lemur (any species)
    Squirrel (Common) Monkey
    Tiger
    Wild Cat

    Total - 26
    Cululative Total - 149
     
  15. Zia

    Zia Well-Known Member

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    Hamerton 25/08:

    Bactrian Camel
    Blue & Yellow Macaw
    Cassowary (Southern)
    Cheetah
    Common Wombat
    Crowned Crane
    Giant Anteater
    Grant's (Plains) Zebra
    Greater Flamingo
    Kookaburra
    Lar Gibbon
    Lilac Breasted Roller
    Long-nosed Potoroo
    Maribou Stork
    Meerkat
    North American Raccoon
    Ring-tailed Coati
    Ring-tailed Lemur
    Ruffed Lemur (any species)
    Scarlet Ibis
    Serval
    Siberian Chipmunk
    Snowy Owl
    Tiger
    Two-toed Sloth (any species)

    Total - 25
    Cumulative Total - 151
     
  16. BeakerUK

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    Woburn Safari Park
    139 Przewalski's horse
    140 Scimitar horned oryx
    141 Blue wildebeest
    142 American bison
    143 Sulphur-crested cockatoo
     
  17. Pertinax

    Pertinax Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Incorrect. I was just there. There are 7 + tiny baby.
     
  18. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Added one more at least :

    Monkeyworld 12/9/18

    151 Woolly Monkey
     
  19. Pertinax

    Pertinax Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Port Lympne have Drill, not Mandrill. Wingham have Mandrill.
     
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  20. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Just another one to add

    Exotic Zoo 17/9/18

    152 North American Tree Porcupine
    A very active one too!