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Animal Combinations; Mixed exhibits questions
Topic Started: Nov 23 2014, 09:51 PM (123,842 Views)
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Oh. Okay.

Edit: Could the otters, muntjacs, and gibbons work?
Edited by Guat, May 2 2015, 08:12 PM.
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Ztlabraptor211
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Muntjacs and Gibbons have been together in quite a few zoos I believe, and I don't see why adding an otter to the mix would hurt.
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Burns
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I'm not too sure about the otters though.
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Anton
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Otters and muntjacs would be risky indeed. Otters are fairly aggressive and while I wouldn't mind combining them with primates or large animals, they could damage the very fragile muntjacs.
Edited by Anton, May 3 2015, 05:35 AM.
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arafan
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Otters and muntjac works fine (I've seen this combination together with indian rhinos), I also don't think that the elephants should be a big problem. But I would suggest to make some small "islands" for the muntjacs and the otters. I also don't belive that it would be a very big problem with the gibbon, the most of the time they would spend on trees.
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Zoo Tycooner FR
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I agree Arafan the combination is correct .
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Burns
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I'm just worried about babY gibbons getting too close to the water.
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arafan
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I think you're talking about that what happened at Bronx? Of course that can happen, but that doesn't mean that it must happen.
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Burns
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But are you willing to take that risk with endangered gibbons?
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Anton
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I have no idea what happened in Bronx zoo and can't seem to find any information on it either, but pretty much every gibbon enclosure that is not an aviary / partially an aviary uses water as a division for the primates and the visitors, so being concerned with that is rather silly.

Either way, even if all species are compatible that doesn't mean it's necessarily beneficial for them to be together. Elephants make a very annoying species to combine with others because for one, they draw most of the attention from the exhibit, making other species seem less prominent, and on the other hand they also allow for a lot less accessibility; The fences have to be very secure, maintenance in the exhibit itself (Especially annoying in accidents where keepers need to reach other animals quickly) is limited to only when the Elephants are indoor/restricted to a certain area, etc.
That's what I meant with my original post, it's not because something is possible that something is necessary or useful.
Edited by Anton, May 3 2015, 10:47 AM.
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Burns
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What happened at the Bronx Zoo was a bunch of otters drowned a baby monkey.
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What about Bactrian Camel and Corsac Fox?
Or Corsac Fox and porcupine?
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Ztlabraptor211
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I wouldn't do the first one. With one kick, the camels could cripple or kill the foxes. Also, due to the curiosity of foxes, I wouldn't recommend the porcupines as they'd probably be getting their face covered in quills.

Also I have a foliage question. Would it be acceptable to have a combination of palm trees, temperate ferns and temperate grasses?
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Jony
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I know that the combinations would be risky but in case of the first combination, I would say it could work because both species can defend themselves.
Are there other opinions about this or maybe real cases for such cominations?
I kbow that Bactrian Camel can go with Kiang, Kulan, Yak, Dromedary Camel, Cranes, antelopes, ducks, geese and maybe more.
And the Corsac Foxes could successfully combinated with Syrian Brown Bears and Asiatic Black Bears.
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Furka
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I know of one case where Bactrian camels were combined with bantengs and female indian rhinos.
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