Here is the footage from that grizzly bear I mentioned above.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgx-l9AjBsk
Your zoo visits
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Oh my God, so many times I wanted to post some cool zoo pics here or wildlife pics in other threads, but if it's from the phone camera it's not happening.
Completely unrelated to the thread but you're the first person I saw mention this thing that bothers me with this forum
If this is about issues relating to the multiple picture issue with mobile albums, i think I worked around the issue. The method is to write a single letter for a new paragraph then make a new paragraph with a new letter for each picture you want to send. Then once all paragraphs are completed, remove the letter and insert the picture for each paragraph one at a time.
Example:
A
A
A
Remove the first A and then insert picture 1, like so:
Nah it just won't let me upload at all, single or multiple. But never mind I don't want to stray away from the thread topic.
That's a cool Echidna shot tho!
Finally, now I can upload pictures, I realised that the pictures are too large to upload , here pictures from yesterday's visit to Chester Zoo! (Sorry for many pictures, couldn't pick the best ones lol)
Do you do photography, as a hobby or professionaly? These are fantastic! Especially the elephants
Thank you! I do photography as hobby, I enjoy taking photographs of animals very much since I got my first camera.
Yesterday I was very lucky and got the see the Pallas' cat kitten!
@Britches I thought of you!
Source: https://youtu.be/7bHwFSmwMT0
And also the Steller's sea eagles flew for me:
Source: https://youtube.com/shorts/cYldOiA1L64
@Britches I thought of you!
And also the Steller's sea eagles flew for me:
Woah! I didn't know that young Pallas cat had such dark stripes, nor that Stellers eagles sounded so weird.
Ohhhhhhh! Aaawwwww! Look at them floofers!
They are just too cute! Seems like the mommy-cat already has her thick winter fur and the kitten just looks like it originally wanted to be a raccoon. Thank you for recording them, Aramar! This absolutely made my day 
I really hope we'll get the Pallas' Cat in a potential Highland or Taiga pack! I need to have them!
You got to see the clouded leopards?! Ive been there 5 times allready but i have never ever seen them and not for a lack of trying!I got treated very well yesterday!Went to Zoo Duisburg and saw so many animals for the first time of my life outside of online images and videos:
So many animals I loved seeing for the first time. And they were all super active! My highlights being the Clouded Leopard and the Koalas. Their biggest and best enclosures are for the Spectacled Bears and African Lions, respectively.
- Binturong (they were just never visible in the zoos I visited)
- Fossa
- Manatee
- Fishing Cat
- Clouded Leopard
- Echidna
- Tasmanian Devil
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Also if you like their binturongs, you might like to hear that they are currently building a bigger and better enclosure for them next to the red pandas ^^
I was delirious! I've gone to the Wuppertal Zoo frequently the last couple of years and have begun to think that they only claim to have clouded leopards without actually having any. But in Duisburg the clouded leopard was extremely active. I spent half an hour just watching it roam around in its habitat.
Yeah, the current binturong habitat is pretty dated. I was very glad that they'll get a much bigger and more beautiful home soon. Duisburg in general seems to be heading into the right direction when it comes to habitat design & animal welfare imo.
While the DLC announcement was happening here on the forums, I was spending the day at London Zoo. To put it shortly, it was fantastic - I had forgotten how good it actually was and since my last visit was ten years ago, a lot has changed.
First, the highlights among the big mammals. Probably the most impressive and once-in-a-lifetime thing I saw today was all four of the zoo's tigers stalking, chasing, catching and eating a woodpigeon that had entered their enclosure. Even if it didn't end well for the bird, seeing the tigers running and leaping was pretty incredible. Also got some good views of the gorillas - it has been a long time since I have seen any gorillas, so I spent a while watching them. The Asiatic lions have an Indian-themed exhibit that is new since my last visit, but for me the highlight here was not the lions themselves but a nearby enclosure for a group of Hanuman langurs, a new species for me. They are surprisingly big and very impressive animals. Also managed to see most of the other large mammals, like the giraffes, zebras, okapis and camels - only the pygmy hippos remained elusive.
Pictured left-to-right: One of the tigers roaring after the pigeon initially escaped; Kiburi the silverback gorilla; a Hanuman langur.
One of the things I like about London Zoo is the array of smaller mammals - there are a lot of exhibits of what could be termed 'filler' species. There are walkthrough enclosures for squirrel monkeys, ring-tailed lemurs and mantled guereza (although the latter were not outside when we went through), several smaller ungulates including muntjac deer, Chinese water deer and red forest duiker (the latter a new species for me) and other small mammals such as meerkats, small-clawed otters, coatis and porcupines. The two main smaller mammal sections are in the same building - Rainforest Life consists of a walkthrough housing saki monkeys, several marmosets and tamarins, two-toed sloths, tamanduas and flying foxes with adjacent enclosures for spider monkeys, bokiboky (unfortunately not visible) and round-eared sengis (absolutely delightful little animals). In the basement of this building is Nightlife, a nocturnal house. A lot of the species are kept in multiple enclosures - I saw the two species of lesser bushbaby, the potto, aye-ayes and naked mole-rats, but missed the Malagasy giant rats, slender lorises, pygmy lorises and lesser hedgehog tenrecs.
Pictured left-to-right: A Bolivian squirrel monkey; a Chinese water deer; a Karoo round-eared sengi
Next up, the reptile and amphibian collection. Since I last visited, a new completely indoor enclosure has been built for the Galapagos giant tortoises. It is probably one of, if not the, best enclosures for giant tortoises in the country - it is well-designed for the tortoises and has loads of information about the Galapagos Islands. The Komodo dragon enclosure is also well-designed, with a special basking mound right next to the main viewing window - all three times we passed it, the dragon was visible. The main reptile house itself is in a pretty poor state, but a brand-new house is being built currently elsewhere in the zoo and should open by the end of the year. A lot of the threatened reptiles currently in the house, such as the king cobra, Chinese crocodile lizards, big-headed turtles, blue-spotted tree monitor, Round Island skinks and Philippine crocodiles are intended to move over there. There is also a strong amphibian collection in the reptile house, and many of those are planned for moving over as well - there were several kinds of frog and toad, including Mallorcan midwife toad, aquatic caecilians and a surprisingly strong collection of salamanders including the world's largest amphibian, the Chinese giant salamander. My favourite species from the reptile house however, was the emperor or Kaiser's spotted newt - never seen one in person before, but they are stunningly beautiful.
Pictured left-to-right, top-to-bottom: A giant tortoise; the Komodo dragon; a Chinese crocodile lizard; an emperor spotted newt; an aquatic caecilian; a giant salamander
Around the time we were learning that two new birds were coming to Planet Zoo, I was walking around the zoo's Blackburn Pavilion - a Victorian-era bird house that has been renovated to modern standards. Around the outdoor edge are several aviaries housing a variety of endangered Asian birds, but unfortunately the species I really wanted to see, such as the Javan green magpie, scarlet-breasted lorikeet and wrinkled hornbill all remained unseen. But I must say it is difficult to be upset when confronted by such a cornucopia of birds - the indoor walkthrough especially was alive with all manner of birds, from crowned pigeons and sunbirds to all manner of exotic doves and the very pretty collared trogon. Elsewhere in the zoo there are two more walkthrough aviaries, one housing a pair of Madagascar crested ibises along with other African birds, and the other a global aviary featuring, among others, Abdim's storks, scarlet ibises and my first-ever great argus pheasant. Non-walkthrough aviaries include homes for vultures, ibises, storks, harrier-hawks and several species of macaw. There are also open-topped enclosures for ostrich, emu, flamingo, pelican and Humboldt penguin.
Pictured left-to-right, top-to-bottom: A purple-naped lory; an ultramarine grosbeak; a scarlet-chested sunbird; a collared trogon; a Madagascar crested ibis; a Malaysian great argus pheasant
Among my favourite animal groups are the invertebrates, and London is one of the mainstream zoos with the strongest invertebrate collections. The invertebrates are divided between two buildings - one is a delightful inflatable butterfly house that resembles a caterpillar. While small, this is one of the best butterfly houses I have ever seen - it wasn't murderously hot, the plants were lush and there was enormous variety and numbers of butterflies. I also really liked seeing the tanks for moths near the exit to this house, for death's-head hawkmoths and giant atlas moths. The main invertebrate house is now called 'Tiny Giants' (on each of my three visits to London Zoo that I remember, the house has had a different name). It doesn't perhaps have the greatest number of species, but the diversity is excellent and the displays fascinating. A common theme in this house, and something I'd love for Planet Zoo, is that there are many small invertebrates kept in huge groups - swarms of locusts, huge groups of dazzling beetles, colonies of two species of ant and colonies of stick insects and katydids that leave you trying to count them. Among the top parts here are a view into the breeding laboratory for extinct-in-the-wild snails, a little tank for parasitic jewel wasps, an entire section dedicated to educating about spiders (including a brilliant little walkthrough exhibit for orb-weaving spiders) and my favourite new species of the trip - the African giant mosquito. They do not drink blood and cannot bite, but their larvae kill and eat the young of other mosquitoes. I genuinely want them in Planet Zoo. Also in here is a reef tank, home to a living reef made from rescued corals and also a collection of marine reef fish brought over from the now-closed aquarium. Definitely my favourite part of the whole trip.
Pictured left-to-right, top-to-bottom: A death's-head hawkmoth; garden chafer beetles; golden weaver ants; a sea nettle jellyfish; a jewel wasp; a giant mosquito
I am definitely planning to go back after the new reptile and amphibian house has opened - as well as the current species moving over, there are due to be some new animals as well, and some going on-show for the first time. These include Ethiopian mountain adders, Mangshan pit vipers (giant arboreal vipers that can spray their venom), mountain chicken frogs and the Lake Titicaca frog (the world's largest aquatic frog). Cannot wait for the revisit.
First, the highlights among the big mammals. Probably the most impressive and once-in-a-lifetime thing I saw today was all four of the zoo's tigers stalking, chasing, catching and eating a woodpigeon that had entered their enclosure. Even if it didn't end well for the bird, seeing the tigers running and leaping was pretty incredible. Also got some good views of the gorillas - it has been a long time since I have seen any gorillas, so I spent a while watching them. The Asiatic lions have an Indian-themed exhibit that is new since my last visit, but for me the highlight here was not the lions themselves but a nearby enclosure for a group of Hanuman langurs, a new species for me. They are surprisingly big and very impressive animals. Also managed to see most of the other large mammals, like the giraffes, zebras, okapis and camels - only the pygmy hippos remained elusive.
Pictured left-to-right: One of the tigers roaring after the pigeon initially escaped; Kiburi the silverback gorilla; a Hanuman langur.
One of the things I like about London Zoo is the array of smaller mammals - there are a lot of exhibits of what could be termed 'filler' species. There are walkthrough enclosures for squirrel monkeys, ring-tailed lemurs and mantled guereza (although the latter were not outside when we went through), several smaller ungulates including muntjac deer, Chinese water deer and red forest duiker (the latter a new species for me) and other small mammals such as meerkats, small-clawed otters, coatis and porcupines. The two main smaller mammal sections are in the same building - Rainforest Life consists of a walkthrough housing saki monkeys, several marmosets and tamarins, two-toed sloths, tamanduas and flying foxes with adjacent enclosures for spider monkeys, bokiboky (unfortunately not visible) and round-eared sengis (absolutely delightful little animals). In the basement of this building is Nightlife, a nocturnal house. A lot of the species are kept in multiple enclosures - I saw the two species of lesser bushbaby, the potto, aye-ayes and naked mole-rats, but missed the Malagasy giant rats, slender lorises, pygmy lorises and lesser hedgehog tenrecs.
Pictured left-to-right: A Bolivian squirrel monkey; a Chinese water deer; a Karoo round-eared sengi
Next up, the reptile and amphibian collection. Since I last visited, a new completely indoor enclosure has been built for the Galapagos giant tortoises. It is probably one of, if not the, best enclosures for giant tortoises in the country - it is well-designed for the tortoises and has loads of information about the Galapagos Islands. The Komodo dragon enclosure is also well-designed, with a special basking mound right next to the main viewing window - all three times we passed it, the dragon was visible. The main reptile house itself is in a pretty poor state, but a brand-new house is being built currently elsewhere in the zoo and should open by the end of the year. A lot of the threatened reptiles currently in the house, such as the king cobra, Chinese crocodile lizards, big-headed turtles, blue-spotted tree monitor, Round Island skinks and Philippine crocodiles are intended to move over there. There is also a strong amphibian collection in the reptile house, and many of those are planned for moving over as well - there were several kinds of frog and toad, including Mallorcan midwife toad, aquatic caecilians and a surprisingly strong collection of salamanders including the world's largest amphibian, the Chinese giant salamander. My favourite species from the reptile house however, was the emperor or Kaiser's spotted newt - never seen one in person before, but they are stunningly beautiful.
Pictured left-to-right, top-to-bottom: A giant tortoise; the Komodo dragon; a Chinese crocodile lizard; an emperor spotted newt; an aquatic caecilian; a giant salamander
Around the time we were learning that two new birds were coming to Planet Zoo, I was walking around the zoo's Blackburn Pavilion - a Victorian-era bird house that has been renovated to modern standards. Around the outdoor edge are several aviaries housing a variety of endangered Asian birds, but unfortunately the species I really wanted to see, such as the Javan green magpie, scarlet-breasted lorikeet and wrinkled hornbill all remained unseen. But I must say it is difficult to be upset when confronted by such a cornucopia of birds - the indoor walkthrough especially was alive with all manner of birds, from crowned pigeons and sunbirds to all manner of exotic doves and the very pretty collared trogon. Elsewhere in the zoo there are two more walkthrough aviaries, one housing a pair of Madagascar crested ibises along with other African birds, and the other a global aviary featuring, among others, Abdim's storks, scarlet ibises and my first-ever great argus pheasant. Non-walkthrough aviaries include homes for vultures, ibises, storks, harrier-hawks and several species of macaw. There are also open-topped enclosures for ostrich, emu, flamingo, pelican and Humboldt penguin.
Pictured left-to-right, top-to-bottom: A purple-naped lory; an ultramarine grosbeak; a scarlet-chested sunbird; a collared trogon; a Madagascar crested ibis; a Malaysian great argus pheasant
Among my favourite animal groups are the invertebrates, and London is one of the mainstream zoos with the strongest invertebrate collections. The invertebrates are divided between two buildings - one is a delightful inflatable butterfly house that resembles a caterpillar. While small, this is one of the best butterfly houses I have ever seen - it wasn't murderously hot, the plants were lush and there was enormous variety and numbers of butterflies. I also really liked seeing the tanks for moths near the exit to this house, for death's-head hawkmoths and giant atlas moths. The main invertebrate house is now called 'Tiny Giants' (on each of my three visits to London Zoo that I remember, the house has had a different name). It doesn't perhaps have the greatest number of species, but the diversity is excellent and the displays fascinating. A common theme in this house, and something I'd love for Planet Zoo, is that there are many small invertebrates kept in huge groups - swarms of locusts, huge groups of dazzling beetles, colonies of two species of ant and colonies of stick insects and katydids that leave you trying to count them. Among the top parts here are a view into the breeding laboratory for extinct-in-the-wild snails, a little tank for parasitic jewel wasps, an entire section dedicated to educating about spiders (including a brilliant little walkthrough exhibit for orb-weaving spiders) and my favourite new species of the trip - the African giant mosquito. They do not drink blood and cannot bite, but their larvae kill and eat the young of other mosquitoes. I genuinely want them in Planet Zoo. Also in here is a reef tank, home to a living reef made from rescued corals and also a collection of marine reef fish brought over from the now-closed aquarium. Definitely my favourite part of the whole trip.
Pictured left-to-right, top-to-bottom: A death's-head hawkmoth; garden chafer beetles; golden weaver ants; a sea nettle jellyfish; a jewel wasp; a giant mosquito
I am definitely planning to go back after the new reptile and amphibian house has opened - as well as the current species moving over, there are due to be some new animals as well, and some going on-show for the first time. These include Ethiopian mountain adders, Mangshan pit vipers (giant arboreal vipers that can spray their venom), mountain chicken frogs and the Lake Titicaca frog (the world's largest aquatic frog). Cannot wait for the revisit.
Not sure if this has been shared yet, but maybe a new animation should be in the works?
Source: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=848707466490386
Source: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=848707466490386
I heard about this too, apparently the possum ran off after it was thrown, so it most likely survived in the end.
To help pass the time before the content creator embargo for the Oceania Pack drops later tonight, I spent four hours or so walking circles around Adelaide Zoo today. Given I know that many of the species in the upcoming pack are not local zoo animals for many people on this forum, I decided to take pictures of the exhibits of the three species kept there in order to provide some inspiration for those who may need it!
Adelaide Zoo actually has two little penguin habitats currently, the first being the zoo's new entrance habitat. It's one of the newest enclosures in the zoo, and contains 12 individuals who form the zoo's main "breeding group".
The second enclosure is the original and found way on the other side of the zoo, adjacent to where the old children's zoo was. This habitat is still home to 17 penguins, and they are the "encounter group" used for the zoo's penguin encounter (where guests get to enter the enclosure and feed them) as well as the daily penguin feeding talk.
And of course, two habitats means plenty of opportunity for penguin photos!
The second enclosure is the original and found way on the other side of the zoo, adjacent to where the old children's zoo was. This habitat is still home to 17 penguins, and they are the "encounter group" used for the zoo's penguin encounter (where guests get to enter the enclosure and feed them) as well as the daily penguin feeding talk.
And of course, two habitats means plenty of opportunity for penguin photos!
Quokkas have moved around the zoo quite a bit over the past few years, but currently they share a habitat with the Goodfellow's tree kangaroo. Tammar wallabies have also been introduced to this enclosure since I was last here, and it's great to see them back out on display after they were moved from their old enclosure to make way for the new dingo siblings.
The quokkas didn't seem very keen on coming out today, and I only ended up seeing one which was very uncooperative for a photo. Still thankful they popped out!
The quokkas didn't seem very keen on coming out today, and I only ended up seeing one which was very uncooperative for a photo. Still thankful they popped out!
Pretty sure I've shown this enclosure before, but the zoo's current Tasmanian devil, Adelie, inhabits a pair of very lush adjoining habitats reminiscent of a dense Tasmanian rainforest. Probably still the prettiest devil habitats I've seen in any of the zoos I've been to!
Adelie is a pretty lazy devil and there's always a 50/50 chance on any zoo trip that she won't show herself (meanwhile at places like Cleland or Monarto where they're kept in groups they're usually much easier to see), but thankfully, in the last 20 minutes of my visit, she gave me some of the best views I had ever gotten of her, even posing high on a log. She must have known that her kind are about to make their PZ debut!
Adelie is a pretty lazy devil and there's always a 50/50 chance on any zoo trip that she won't show herself (meanwhile at places like Cleland or Monarto where they're kept in groups they're usually much easier to see), but thankfully, in the last 20 minutes of my visit, she gave me some of the best views I had ever gotten of her, even posing high on a log. She must have known that her kind are about to make their PZ debut!
In case your phone data hasn't already run out, here are some more photos for you to load:
Patagonian mara
South American coati
Obi the pygmy hippo
Gila monster pals
African spurred tortoise being ominously approached by an Aldabra tortoise
Close up of a superb lyrebird revealing that I really need to clean my lens (again)
Hosmer's skink outside their little crevice for once
Mantled guereza and child
Battle between an Australian white ibis and nankeen night-heron, both wild birds that have taken up residence in the pelican habitat
Two of the three Sumatran tiger cubs - they're getting so big!
Patagonian mara
South American coati
Obi the pygmy hippo
Gila monster pals
African spurred tortoise being ominously approached by an Aldabra tortoise
Close up of a superb lyrebird revealing that I really need to clean my lens (again)
Hosmer's skink outside their little crevice for once
Mantled guereza and child
Battle between an Australian white ibis and nankeen night-heron, both wild birds that have taken up residence in the pelican habitat
Two of the three Sumatran tiger cubs - they're getting so big!
I've just booked my flight and Airbnb for San Diego! I'm going in January cause that's when I'll be on break. I'm planning on the zoo, safari park, and the controversial SeaWorld. I'm hoping with the winter hours I'll have enough time to at least see all the mammals. I'm so excited, I've been wanting to go to this zoo ever since I found out it existed, over a decade ago. I didn't know when or how because I literally live on the opposite side of the country 
Expect a lot of pictures here! For those who have been, any tips?
Expect a lot of pictures here! For those who have been, any tips?