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Animal Combinations; Mixed exhibits questions
Topic Started: Nov 23 2014, 09:51 PM (123,700 Views)
Ulquiorra
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Furka
Feb 14 2018, 04:22 AM
Pretty much every Mediterranean aquarium has a touch pool with skates (Raja genus), and sometimes eagle rays and stingrays (I do believe the latter get their barb removed). Flatfishes and small sharks can work too, just make sure you pick species that can do fine in a shallow water exhibit.
And I suppose you could keep some generic fish that won't really interact with guests as rays do, but still makes the exhibit feel more alive (bottom dwelling fish may be inactive and just stick to the floor at times).

Sheather
 
Barn owls, snowy or eagle owls may be different.


Bubo owls are definately too large and aggressive to be combined.
I've seen a Snowy owl and a Spectacled owl together at a bird of prey centre.
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Anton
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stargatedalek
Feb 25 2018, 05:09 PM
stargatedalek
Feb 25 2018, 12:01 AM
A tank that is just large enough for the arapaima and doesn't house any other large fish probably shouldn't contain any medium sized fish.
Stop trying to warp what I said. I didn't say "don't overstock the tank".
Okay, I did misunderstand what you meant by that sentence, sorry for that.

Genuine question though, why would a tank with arapaimas + medium sized fish not work, if a tank with arapaimas + big sized fish + medium sized fish would?
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Yes, that confused me as well. If a tank doesn’t have the second large fish in addition to the aripama, then there would technically be more room for the aripama and medium fish.
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Anton
Feb 25 2018, 05:55 PM
stargatedalek
Feb 25 2018, 05:09 PM
stargatedalek
Feb 25 2018, 12:01 AM
A tank that is just large enough for the arapaima and doesn't house any other large fish probably shouldn't contain any medium sized fish.
Stop trying to warp what I said. I didn't say "don't overstock the tank".
Okay, I did misunderstand what you meant by that sentence, sorry for that.

Genuine question though, why would a tank with arapaimas + medium sized fish not work, if a tank with arapaimas + big sized fish + medium sized fish would?
ZoologicalBotanist
Feb 25 2018, 06:25 PM
Yes, that confused me as well. If a tank doesn’t have the second large fish in addition to the aripama, then there would technically be more room for the aripama and medium fish.
The presence of large fish forces other large fish to weigh every action carefully, after a while they become used to each others presence and this becomes habitual. Large fish with medium or small fish won't develop these habits and will instead gobble down all of the smaller fish as the opportunity presents itself.
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Hmmmm... That does make a great deal of sense.
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Would a combination of mongoose and lemur/sifaka work?
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Zoo Tycooner FR
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Depends on the mongoose but Plzen does that with Ring-tailed mongoose/Red-bellied lemur and White-headed lemur/Narrow-striped mongoose. Both are euplerids, not mongoose but if by mongoose you mean true Herpestids, I still think it would work (although not geographically).
Edited by Zoo Tycooner FR, Feb 25 2018, 09:22 PM.
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Zoo Tycooner FR
Feb 25 2018, 09:22 PM
Depends on the mongoose but Plzen does that with Ring-tailed mongoose/Red-bellied lemur and White-headed lemur/Narrow-striped mongoose. Both are euplerids, not mongoose but if by mongoose you mean true Herpestids, I still think it would work (although not geographically).
Yeah, I'd agree with FR. I don't think you'd have issues with it, I feel like the lemurs could hold their own against mongoose if they had to. ^_^

I'd say go for it. ;)
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In the mammal aviary, there is a pair of white-headed lemur and Narrow-striped mongoose:
http://www.zoolex.org/zoolexcgi/viewpicture.py?id=1362&pic=site
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Cole12345
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Can a caracara be placed with a prehensile tailed porcupine? I've never heard about any zoos having this combination.
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Image from Zoochat under the Tautphaus Park Zoo
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Anybody know if geladas would be good with neighbors? I'm thinking of doing a gelada + Walia ibex exhibit, but my gut tells me primates are jerks.
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Gelada with Nubian (I think) Ibex has been done.
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Furka
Mar 5 2018, 03:24 PM
Gelada with Nubian (I think) Ibex has been done.
Sure enough, it has--at least twice, with hyraxes and birds to boot. Thanks!
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Can echidnas, cassowaries, and platypi be put in an exhibit together?
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Most definately not for several reasons:

- they all have different requirements, and it would be hard to make an exhibit where you can see all of them.
- echidnas and platypus are pretty hard to mantain, so it's best to just hose them in their own dedicated exhibit.
- cassowaries are aggressive and could kill the other two (really not worth the risk, considering point 2).
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