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Animal Combinations; Mixed exhibits questions
Topic Started: Nov 23 2014, 09:51 PM (123,726 Views)
Burns
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I believe this would work. The Denver Zoo does northern+numerous large geese and swan species.
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Fireplume
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Ehhhhh have to be wary with sheldgeese in particular, they're known to be extremely aggressive/territorial/fiery whatever, hence why Egyptian Geese are so often in combinations with tough hoofstock.
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Zoo Tycooner FR
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Fireplume
Jun 2 2017, 11:37 AM
Ehhhhh have to be wary with sheldgeese in particular, they're known to be extremely aggressive/territorial/fiery whatever, hence why Egyptian Geese are so often in combinations with tough hoofstock.
Well even though sheldgeese are known to be agressive, I've seen quite some combinations with Egyptian/smaller birds including smaller waterfowl (I'm thinking of Rabat exhibit where they are mixed with lechwe, mallard, shelduck, swans etc...), so I'd say try and if it doesn't work change. ;)
Edited by Zoo Tycooner FR, Jun 2 2017, 05:29 PM.
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Jannick
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They generally tend to focus their aggression mostly on other ducks/geese though. Generally they can be combined with other species of birds if there is sufficient space, and the ibises and geese will mostly steer clear of each other anyway due to different habitat preferences.
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Dylan
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I knew the geese were aggressive so I ask
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Jun 1 2017, 11:08 AM
A couple of questions:

1. Would chain catsharks be okay sharing a tank with a number of somewhat larger but still relatively small species of shark, such as bonnetheads, pajama sharks and Port Jackson sharks? There would also be cownose rays in the tank, but I assume those wouldn't bother anybody.

2. Assuming you weren't breeding either species, could Asian water monitors share an enclosure with an Indian gharial or two?
1. Everything Furka said
2.I wouldn't see why not, The only problem could be the gharial biting the monitors tail during feeding time, so as long as you separate them when they get food. If you wanted to, you could look at Fort Worth Zoo's gharial exhibit for a properly made one. Their exhibit could probably also work with a monitor added in.
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AnimalGenius
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Egyptian Geese are mainly terrestrial and Southern Bald Ibises spend most of their time on cliff edges in large groups of other herons and ibises.

However during mating season Egyptian Geese get extremely hostile; they become almost completely intolerant of other birds.
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KoenZoo
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Would a combination with Lar Gibbons, Binturongs, Malayan Sun Bears and Malayan Tapirs work? I know a lot of them could be combined indivudual but I don't know if it is possible to combine them all together.

Also which species of the four should be kept separated from the rest if they would have offspring?
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Stephen
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Honestly, I don't think the geese are worth the trouble, especially since there are a lot of other species that could work better. Ibises with cranes, ducks, vultures, ground hornbills, storks, cormorants, bustards or pelicans should all work, probably with less trouble than you'd have with the Egyptian geese.

EDIT: @KoenZoo: Generally, I think all of those species would require separation if they'd have babies. I'm also not sure about the sun bear x tapir combo, have you seen these two combined?
What you could do perhaps, is leave out the sun bears and then rotate the binturongs and the gibbons in the tapir exhibit.
Edited by Stephen, Jun 3 2017, 06:20 AM.
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KoenZoo
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No I haven't seen Sun Bears and Tapirs being combined, but believed there was a zoo which had this combination. Could be just my imagination though.

Nice suggestion for rotating them. I think I will go for one large outdoor exhibit and a smaller one. The large one for Tapirs/Sun Bears, being rotated between the large and small exhibit, the Gibbons are in the large exhibit when the Tapirs are there as well, while the Binturongs are kept with the Sun Bears.

Or because the Binturongs and Lar Gibbons are arboreal I could make three exhibit with one large exhibit (Sun Bears or Tapirs) and two smaller (one with a lot of climbing structures for the Gibbons or Binturongs and one for the Sun Bears or Tapirs).
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AnimalGenius
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I have seen Sun Bears and Binturongs share an exhibit as well as Gibbons and Tapirs being in another.

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Stephen
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All of those options could work I guess! Still not sure about the sun bears though, I've looked around and the only comparable combination I found were spectacled bears with Brazilian tapirs. It could be possible though, it's just that afaik it hasn't been done before (and with a combo like this, there's got to be a reason for that).

Another option you could have of course is just to have 2 large exhibits: one with sun bears and binturongs, and one with Malayan tapirs and lar gibbons.
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Anton
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Worth noting that the zoo that had the spectacled bear / tapir combination was closed recently due to animal welfare concerns, and a lot of deaths. If I remember correctly, the bears attacked the tapirs from time to time.

I personally would only mix bears with other, smaller carnivores (I've seen them with binturongs, coatis, foxes and wolves) or primates (squirrel monkeys, macaques, howler monkeys, hanuman langurs...)
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AnimalGenius
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I agree with Stephen and Anton you probably shouldn't pair bears and tapirs but tapirs and gibbons should work fine and Binturongs and bears would work as well.
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Narcissa
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Is there anything I could put Mandrill's with? It's a large enclosure with more than enough room for anything to get away if need be.
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