Yep, we've unfortunately become aware of this fact since posting the above I believe it actually died immediately before the New Year, but the news didn't break for a week or so.
Of absolutely no significance at all, but I just counted up the number of animals I could potentially get if doing this challenge in New Zealand zoos, and came up with 51(ish).
One day (hopefully) but wrong end of Earth at present -plus I'm not sure how to get from my holiday base (Arnhem) to Singapore conveniently and cheaply.
Wow, that puts things in some perspective (of how relatively lucky we are in the UK, especially with the rest of Europe on our doorstep).
Edinburgh Zoo - 14/01/18 14. Chimpanzee 15. Gelada 16. Squirrel Monkey 17. White-Faced Saki 18. Giant Anteater 19. Grevy's Zebra 20. Malayan Tapir 21. Indian Rhinoceros 22. Pygmy Hippopotamus 23. Western Grey Kangaroo 24. African Hunting Dog 25. Sun Bear 26. Giant Panda 27. Red Panda 28. Asiatic Lion 29. Sumatran Tiger 30. Australian Cassowary 31. Chilean Flamingo 32. King Penguin 33. Rockhopper Penguin 34. Crowned Crane 35. European White Pelican 36. Rainbow Lorikeet 37. Blue-Crowned Pigeon 38. Leopard Gecko 39. Koala
Chester Zoo - 13/01/2018 Orang-utan Ring-tailed Lemur Giant Anteater Grevy's Zebra Malayan Tapir Black Rhinoceros African Hunting Dog Meerkat Sun Bear Red Panda Lion Tiger Cheetah Spectacled Owl Aardvark I only went for a short visit so I didn't see that much.
A short visit to twycross yesterday added:- 35. Snow leopard 36. Leopard 37. Lowland gorilla 38. Black & White (Western) Colobus 39. Common Marmoset 40. Chapman's Zebra 41. Western Grey Kangaroo 42. Mara 43. Scarlet Ibis 44. Rainbow Lorikeet 45. Common Boa Black-headed Weaver? Although the birds here are labelled as Ploceus melanocephalus they are actually village weavers. Does the same apply to these birds? According to zootierliste only Blackpool is listed as holding P. melanocephalus An addition from our visit to chester last wek following clarification from shorts. 46. Belanger's Tree Shrew
To avoid confusion (especially where zoos label them incorrectly) I'm going to allow both species on basis: 1. Per wikipedia (I know, I know) they're both (sometimes) known as Black-headed Weavers; 2. They're both weavers with black heads; 3. Who knows which one the book meant .
I hate to keep adding to your pile of admin on this challenge Shorts (really, I do :/ ) but there are no kangaroo mice or eastern diamondback rattlesnakes kept in UK collections; should kangaroo mice be given an asterisk and can western diamondbacks count instead of easterns?
Thought I may as well enter, after today's visit to Colchester: 1. Orangutan 2. Chimpanzee 3. Gelada 4. Mandrill 5. Patas monkey 6. Black-and-white ruffed lemur 7. Two-toed sloth 8. Giant anteater 9. African elephant 10. White rhinoceros 11. Pygmy hippopotamus 12. Llama 13. Giraffe 14. Blue duiker 15. Greater kudu 16. Grey wolf 17. African hunting dog 18. Spotted hyena 19. Ring-tailed coati 20. Meerkat 21. Sun bear 22. Red panda 23. Leopard 24. Lion 25. Tiger 26. Cheetah 27. Ostrich 28. Chilean flamingo 29. Crowned crane 30. Helmeted guineafowl 31. Griffon vulture 32. King vulture 33. Andean condor 34. Scarlet macaw 35. Rainbow lorikeet 36. Blue-crowned pigeon 37. Black-headed weaverbird 38. Anaconda 39. African python 40. Royal python 41. Common iguana 42. Giant tortoise 43. Fennec fox 44. Striped skunk 45. Aardvark Some notable absences for another day - the inclement weather meant that the squirrel monkeys, ring-tailed lemurs and golden lion tamarins were all off-show and will have to wait and see if the jackals and Nile monitors go back on display this year.
Kangaroo Mice (shouldn't that be rat?) -yes it should have an asterisk, I didn't realise Bristol no longer had them. Unfortunately, I can't re-edit so long after the original post*. Eastern's instead of Western's* -after much vacillating and at the risk of annoying a few reptile purists I'll allow it on basis: 1. No Western's to see anymore (and it's a nice snake to see); 2. Abitrator's whim. Finally, whilst I'm welcome to anymore queries of the above ilk I'm going to time limit them to the end of January (to be fair to myself and to not mess around those taking part). Let the final round of cajoling commence. This doesn't mean I'm not open to further clarification/arbitration -just that the list becomes final at the end of January (no more swaps or additional "flexibility"). *Occasionally a kindly moderator comes along though......
