Oh my gosh, my heart sank when I saw the hippo photo - took me a second to realise there was a fence!
Your zoo visits
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Basel had some interesting encounters in their mixed hippo, zebra and ostrich enclosure
Wait... That's the first time I hear about a zoo having hippos sharing their enclosure with other animals (other than birds or fish)... Are they really living together full time? Is it working well?
My local zoo the Ramat Gan safari zoo has a ton of animals yogether including the hippo:
All animals on this map except the lions, addax nyalas and giraffes live together.
Here's some hippos eating with rhinos and eland:
Oh my ! This picture is nuts !
It is ghe largest hippo herd in captivity. Also the reason I'm forever annoyed Frontier wouldn't allow hippos and rhinos together.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe it is the biggest safari zoo in EAZA.
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This might help
20 years of Africa in Basel Zoo
One of Basel Zoo’s most popular enclosures is turning twenty. Plenty has happened for the zebras, ostriches and hippopotamuses since its opening. There are still some surviving animals from when the enclosure first began, in the shape of hippos Wilhelm and Helvetia and a few zebra mares. This...
www.zoobasel.ch
There was definitely an incident of a zebra being killed at Basel resulting in changes to the design of the enclosure and I think an ostrich was killed at Copenhagen.
On the subject of rhino-hippo mixes, there's this example from Safari Madrid in Spain:
As if the hippos, white rhinos, zebras and olive baboons aren't enough, the fifth species in this mix is, of all things, the American black bear.
As if the hippos, white rhinos, zebras and olive baboons aren't enough, the fifth species in this mix is, of all things, the American black bear.
American black bear? Well that certainly is unique
Thank you for the link. This enclosure looks so cool but I'm a little bit surprised to be honest. I've always heard hippos were very territorial and could not be mixed with other species.This might help
20 years of Africa in Basel Zoo
One of Basel Zoo’s most popular enclosures is turning twenty. Plenty has happened for the zebras, ostriches and hippopotamuses since its opening. There are still some surviving animals from when the enclosure first began, in the shape of hippos Wilhelm and Helvetia and a few zebra mares. This...
There was definitely an incident of a zebra being killed at Basel resulting in changes to the design of the enclosure and I think an ostrich was killed at Copenhagen.
Sorry, what?????
All the more proof we need the American black bear in game.
Inter species with all of africa
They are territorial but it's still possible to keep them with other species as you can see. It's important that the weaker sepcies have a "safety space" which the hippos can't reach.
I've seen different German zoos which keep the hippos together with some antelopes, I would almost call it relatively common to have antelopes with them. In Berlin they have nyalas with the hippos, in Cologne and Gelsenkirchen sitatungas and some cranes/storks.
And in my recent visit to Prague I noticed that the hippos have access to the bongo habitat but I don't know if they actually share it at the same time. But I believe it's the case.
Today I had my first trip to Adelaide Zoo for the year, and for the first time ever I ended up taking more pictures of enclosures than animals. This is mainly because I'm planning for one of my next zoo builds to be a typical city zoo and wanted to have inspiration readily available, but also because I've shared images of some of the zoo's animals here before so I thought it'd be more interesting to showcase something different.
One of the zoo's newest enclosures, a pool for little penguins right at the entrance of the zoo. The old penguin habitat (on the far side of the zoo) still exists and both still have penguins in them.
Tamarin house (containing golden lion, cotton-top and emperor tamarin, as well as pygmy marmoset) with external mesh runs. I'd love to build something like this in PZ but I fear the hitbox gods are not that merciful.
Australian pelican and Cape Barren goose habitat, also populated by a large number of wild Australian white ibis.
A pair of gibbon islands, one inhabited by northern white-cheeked gibbons and the other by siamangs.
Mixed species habitat shared by a Malayan tapir and a couple dusky leaf monkeys. I wish we had Malayan tapirs in the game
Habitats and viewing area for the Sumatran tiger and Sumatran orangutan. Neither were seen but that's no surprise for the tigers given the female, Delilah, is currently caring for new cubs!
Open air rhinoceros iguana habitat. They are begging Frontier not to shove them into a box.
South American coati and fennec fox enclosed habitats.
The small nocturnal house, currently containing spinifex hopping-mouse, greater stick-nest rat, tawny frogmouth, squirrel glider, fat-tailed dunnart, greater bilby, common ringtail possum, brush-tailed bettong and olive python. The big space in the middle used to be where the bilbies were kept but it's been empty for years now.
A string of habitats for mid-sized marsupials (and one monotreme) - one for the Tasmanian devil, a mixed species exhibit for the koala, short-beaked echidna and long-nosed potoroo, and another for the southern hairy-nosed wombat.
Mixed macropod habitat containing red kangaroo, western grey kangaroo and, my personal favourite, the yellow-footed rock-wallaby. The mix of flat open areas for the kangaroos and rocky outcrops for the wallabies makes it comfortable for all species.
The new Children's Zoo, containing various small domestic species as well as the loveable quokka. Quite luxury accommodation for goats I must say!
A look at a few of the many exhibits within the reptile house, as well as a nice shot of an alert red-bellied black snake.
A wholly new extension of the reptile house, clearly still a work in progress, which contains the zoo's new large male Komodo dragon, Naga (left). Cecila (right), a young female, has been at the zoo for several years now and remains within the reptile house itself.
The old giraffe habitat, skirted by a moat inhabited by a large number of meerkats. While possibly still too small, the giraffe pen is actually almost twice as large as what you can see here. They're by far the largest remaining animals in the zoo now that most of the other megafauna has been moved over to Monarto Safari Park.
Aviaries attached to the toilets, just in case you ever wanted to have a bunch of birds watch you while you do your business.
Southern cassowary habitats. The one of the right used to be home to the last flamingos in Australia but now forms an additional cassowary enclosure.
The bamboo forest, the most extravagant part of the zoo and home to their biggest stars, Wang Wang and Funi - the only giant pandas in the Southern Hemisphere. Wang Wang is the handsome fella pictured here.
The other inhabitant of the bamboo forest, the much more widely kept red panda. Like the tamarins (and guereza, not shown here), the red pandas have a mesh run that allows them to explore outside their habitat a bit. It previously opened to another habitat, but that's currently closed after one of the pandas managed to escape from there some months back!
One of two Goodfellow's tree kangaroo habitats, also shared with a few quokkas. The other used to be home to the last Matschie's tree kangaroo in the country.
Free-flying bird show on the main lawn with a beautiful blue-and-yellow macaw.
Australian rainforest aviary containing a great variety of birds, from eclectus parrots and wompo pigeons to bush stone-curlews and superb lyrebirds. Pictured here are two of the predatory birds, a blue-winged kookaburra and some very tame tawny frogmouths, as well as Stevie, the resident friendly but blind short-beaked echidna.
Directly adjacent to the rainforest aviary, and similar in many ways, is the Australian wetlands aviary. Here's a royal spoonbill having a good time.
Ring-tailed lemurs in what was once a polar bear habitat. Oh how things have changed.
If your computer hasn't exploded trying to load all those images already, here's a couple more animal pictures that aren't associated with any habitat showcases.
Some birds of the walkthrough south-east Asia aviary - plum-headed parakeet, chattering lory, mandarin duck (female) and nicobar pigeon.
Maned wolf! For whatever reason it's quite rare to see the zoo's pair roaming about and not just sleeping within their little cave, so it was a real treat and my highlight of the day
One of the zoo's newest enclosures, a pool for little penguins right at the entrance of the zoo. The old penguin habitat (on the far side of the zoo) still exists and both still have penguins in them.
Tamarin house (containing golden lion, cotton-top and emperor tamarin, as well as pygmy marmoset) with external mesh runs. I'd love to build something like this in PZ but I fear the hitbox gods are not that merciful.
Australian pelican and Cape Barren goose habitat, also populated by a large number of wild Australian white ibis.
A pair of gibbon islands, one inhabited by northern white-cheeked gibbons and the other by siamangs.
Mixed species habitat shared by a Malayan tapir and a couple dusky leaf monkeys. I wish we had Malayan tapirs in the game
Habitats and viewing area for the Sumatran tiger and Sumatran orangutan. Neither were seen but that's no surprise for the tigers given the female, Delilah, is currently caring for new cubs!
Open air rhinoceros iguana habitat. They are begging Frontier not to shove them into a box.
South American coati and fennec fox enclosed habitats.
The small nocturnal house, currently containing spinifex hopping-mouse, greater stick-nest rat, tawny frogmouth, squirrel glider, fat-tailed dunnart, greater bilby, common ringtail possum, brush-tailed bettong and olive python. The big space in the middle used to be where the bilbies were kept but it's been empty for years now.
A string of habitats for mid-sized marsupials (and one monotreme) - one for the Tasmanian devil, a mixed species exhibit for the koala, short-beaked echidna and long-nosed potoroo, and another for the southern hairy-nosed wombat.
Mixed macropod habitat containing red kangaroo, western grey kangaroo and, my personal favourite, the yellow-footed rock-wallaby. The mix of flat open areas for the kangaroos and rocky outcrops for the wallabies makes it comfortable for all species.
The new Children's Zoo, containing various small domestic species as well as the loveable quokka. Quite luxury accommodation for goats I must say!
A look at a few of the many exhibits within the reptile house, as well as a nice shot of an alert red-bellied black snake.
A wholly new extension of the reptile house, clearly still a work in progress, which contains the zoo's new large male Komodo dragon, Naga (left). Cecila (right), a young female, has been at the zoo for several years now and remains within the reptile house itself.
The old giraffe habitat, skirted by a moat inhabited by a large number of meerkats. While possibly still too small, the giraffe pen is actually almost twice as large as what you can see here. They're by far the largest remaining animals in the zoo now that most of the other megafauna has been moved over to Monarto Safari Park.
Aviaries attached to the toilets, just in case you ever wanted to have a bunch of birds watch you while you do your business.
Southern cassowary habitats. The one of the right used to be home to the last flamingos in Australia but now forms an additional cassowary enclosure.
The bamboo forest, the most extravagant part of the zoo and home to their biggest stars, Wang Wang and Funi - the only giant pandas in the Southern Hemisphere. Wang Wang is the handsome fella pictured here.
The other inhabitant of the bamboo forest, the much more widely kept red panda. Like the tamarins (and guereza, not shown here), the red pandas have a mesh run that allows them to explore outside their habitat a bit. It previously opened to another habitat, but that's currently closed after one of the pandas managed to escape from there some months back!
One of two Goodfellow's tree kangaroo habitats, also shared with a few quokkas. The other used to be home to the last Matschie's tree kangaroo in the country.
Free-flying bird show on the main lawn with a beautiful blue-and-yellow macaw.
Australian rainforest aviary containing a great variety of birds, from eclectus parrots and wompo pigeons to bush stone-curlews and superb lyrebirds. Pictured here are two of the predatory birds, a blue-winged kookaburra and some very tame tawny frogmouths, as well as Stevie, the resident friendly but blind short-beaked echidna.
Directly adjacent to the rainforest aviary, and similar in many ways, is the Australian wetlands aviary. Here's a royal spoonbill having a good time.
Ring-tailed lemurs in what was once a polar bear habitat. Oh how things have changed.
If your computer hasn't exploded trying to load all those images already, here's a couple more animal pictures that aren't associated with any habitat showcases.
Some birds of the walkthrough south-east Asia aviary - plum-headed parakeet, chattering lory, mandarin duck (female) and nicobar pigeon.
Maned wolf! For whatever reason it's quite rare to see the zoo's pair roaming about and not just sleeping within their little cave, so it was a real treat and my highlight of the day
Not that small I believe, I think 0.5- 1 metres wide is the minimum allowed if the raccoon hitbox is anything to go by
I'm note sure, but I think the Réserve Africaine de Sigean in France is bigger. Well, it's definitely the case in term of total size (300 hectares compared to Ramat Gan 100 hectares) but in terms of safari enclosures size they're close (I think Sigean's is about 80 hectares, and looking at the map it should be the same for Ramat Gan). Sigean also notably has a huge african walkthrough aviary with many, many bird species as well as some old American Alligators in it.
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I visited my local zoo for the first time this year (and on my way back home I survived a huge blizzard lol)
The tiger cubs are growing fast:
The elusive lynx was enjoying a walk on the snow
Camels and goitered gazelles were looking for hidden grass
And so we're the Pere David's deer
The Eurasian brown bears have already woke up from hibernation (they must have made a mistake lol)
And some more snowy pics of markhors, takins, red pandas and przewalski horses:
The tiger cubs are growing fast:
The elusive lynx was enjoying a walk on the snow
Camels and goitered gazelles were looking for hidden grass
And so we're the Pere David's deer
The Eurasian brown bears have already woke up from hibernation (they must have made a mistake lol)
And some more snowy pics of markhors, takins, red pandas and przewalski horses:
Wow, the snow is nice, too. It doesn't snow here and when it does (every 4 years or so) we get like an inch of snow...
Well, I haven't been to the Houston Zoo in a while, but the zoo has finally acquired the Humboldt penguins for the new exhibit. It's gonna open April 7 (2 days after the Mario movie)
Well, I haven't been to the Houston Zoo in a while, but the zoo has finally acquired the Humboldt penguins for the new exhibit. It's gonna open April 7 (2 days after the Mario movie)