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| Animal Combinations; Mixed exhibits questions | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 23 2014, 09:51 PM (123,848 Views) | |
| Jorrit | Apr 5 2015, 03:53 PM Post #556 |
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So I am done building a new zoo, the only thing that isn't done is my species list. I know roughly which species I would like to use, but I am going to throw out a couple of questions just in case: 1) I have this enormous musk ox exhibit. I might want to add another animal, but I am not sure yet. I think the best idea is to let the musk ox be with their own kind, but what animals could I possibly add (except for reindeer, I already have a seperate exhibit for them)? 2) The largest exhibit in the zoo is a mixed savannah. In here, I want to have hoofed animals (no giraffes/rhino's/elephants) which have to be relatively common in the smaller British zoos (so no extremely rare hirola combination). I was thinking about zebra-waterbuck-lechwe, but other animals on my list include african buffalo, gemsbok, wildebeest and eland. I would like a combination of three animals. 3) This question doesn't really have to do with animal combinations, but I would like to know if peccaries are common in British zoos..? I want to keep them with tapirs, a combination which has been done before. 4) I have a medium-sized mixed asian plains exhibit. One of the species I want to have axis deer in there. I would like to add another species though. I know I can add muntjac, and probably blackbuck and other deer, but what are other options, considering the exhibit is not that large? Also, this zoo is meant to be a relatively small British zoo, so animals that are extremely rare or hard to keep would not be ideal ![]() Thanks in advance! |
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| Furka | Apr 5 2015, 03:58 PM Post #557 |
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1) yep, oxes are better alone. 2) personally I'd go with zebra and wildbeest/gemsbok/waterbucks, but that's just personal taste. Wouldn't mix buffaloes and elands tho. 3) I can't answer this one, sorry. 4) Probably bantengs or nilgau, if the exhibit isn't too small. Cranes would be an option too, just like peafowls and maybe a small pond with waterfowls. Edited by Furka, Apr 5 2015, 03:58 PM.
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| Burns | Apr 5 2015, 04:12 PM Post #558 |
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1) Ptarmigans 4) Adjutants is what I would put in. |
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| Anton | Apr 5 2015, 04:25 PM Post #559 |
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2)I think Zebra-Waterbuck-Buffalo would look best, but honestly all of those species could work together and this is just personal preference. 3) Peccaries are, in fact, not all that common in zoos in the UK, but if you do want them go for Collared or Southern White-Lipped, those 2 are the only present species in the UK. I agree with Furka for 1 and 4. |
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Apr 5 2015, 04:55 PM Post #560 |
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could warthogs and grandiders mongoose work or african civet and grandiders mongoose |
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| Anton | Apr 5 2015, 05:12 PM Post #561 |
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First one would probably work, though they aren't from the same geographic area. The second one is a definitive no, 2 carnivores together is generally a bad idea. |
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| KoenZoo | Apr 6 2015, 09:54 AM Post #562 |
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I was wondering, what can be placed together with the Orca? I saw a aquarium combining them with dolphins, but I also saw pictures of Orcas attacking them in the wild. |
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| Phoenix Fox | Apr 6 2015, 10:37 AM Post #563 |
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King of the Punsters, Khaleesi of the Great roundtable, Breaker of Silence, and Father of Puns.
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Koen I think it is best to keep them alone from anything because they kill everything maybe add some small arctic fish
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Apr 6 2015, 10:44 AM Post #564 |
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Orcas have been kept with dolphins many times in captivity. One example that comes to mind is a bottlenose and a female orca that lived together for many years without issue. I've also seen dusky dolphins with them. Not that I would personally mix the two, but it has been done. Edited by Admiral General Aladeen, Apr 6 2015, 10:48 AM.
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| Furka | Apr 6 2015, 12:45 PM Post #565 |
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So, at the zoo I've been today, I saw this exhibit with signs for both capuchine monkeys and coatis, but only the monkeys were visible. So I wonder, is this combination possible (and I was just unlucky and didn't see the coatis), or it's more likely it was a rotation exhibit ? |
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| Jony | Apr 6 2015, 04:29 PM Post #566 |
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I would say it's a rotation exhibit but I could be wrong. Both coatis and capuchin monkeys live mostly in higher regions of trees and I think due to the fact that coatis are predators, there may be conflicts. What for a zoo is it by the way? Edited by Jony, Apr 6 2015, 04:30 PM.
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| Furka | Apr 6 2015, 04:32 PM Post #567 |
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Not for ZT2, I just had the same doubts as you, so I was surprised when I saw it at the zoo today and wanted to know if other zoos did that before. |
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| Jony | Apr 6 2015, 04:47 PM Post #568 |
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Oh okay. I don't know other zoos with this combination. |
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| arafan | Apr 7 2015, 11:29 AM Post #569 |
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Yes in my local zoo they did the same, they had a group of yellow-breasted capuchins in the exhibit for coatis and spectacled bears there were no big problems with these two species, but one of the monkeys escaped (he fell in the moat and clibed out on the wrong place) and the zoo decided to don't put them back in this exhibit. |
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| Consultant | Apr 7 2015, 09:42 PM Post #570 |
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Random question, could you combine any predatory animals besides fish, like turkey vultures and North American river otters, but with the turkey vultures having a high section the otters can't get to. |
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maybe add some small arctic fish





