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| Animal Combinations; Mixed exhibits questions | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 23 2014, 09:51 PM (123,791 Views) | |
| Furka | Feb 8 2016, 04:45 AM Post #1411 |
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I still don't see why you would include an europeam species in an otherwise fully american tank, it's not even an introduced one in America. Plus all the other fish are quite aggressive and I'm afraid the bream wouldn't last long with them. Edited by Furka, Feb 8 2016, 04:46 AM.
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Feb 8 2016, 12:46 PM Post #1412 |
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A weird random guy.
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So the american fish can live with each other, but not the bream... got it. |
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| Dylan | Feb 10 2016, 12:48 PM Post #1413 |
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Can I put African penguins and Waldrapps together? |
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| Uolym | Feb 10 2016, 02:41 PM Post #1414 |
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They are not really from the same part of the world or habitat... In term of part of the world, Pink-backed Pelican, South African Shelduck, cormorants... In term of habitat, Inca Terns would be nice. |
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| Consultant | Feb 10 2016, 10:34 PM Post #1415 |
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I would actually go against you on that. Alligator snapping turtles have one of the strongest bite forces of any turtle and can certainly damage any of the fish in there, even gars (although maybe a scar). Also, the turtles are a completely poor choice for the tank in the terms that they are terrible swimmers, and thus need shallow water. This would of course make the large fish in close contact with the turtles. It would just be smarter to have the turtles in their own tank or with a large crocodilian. The fish seem like a fine combination themselves though. hope this helped. |
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| Ztlabraptor211 | Feb 10 2016, 10:54 PM Post #1416 |
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Alligator snapping turtles commonly live in deep water. They're ambush predators and wait near the bottom. Due to this, fish that spend a lot of time near the surface wouldn't really be in harms way. I've seen snappers and common North American fish housed together many times |
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Feb 11 2016, 08:42 PM Post #1417 |
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Any good combos for an East African savanna exhibit? |
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Feb 11 2016, 09:03 PM Post #1418 |
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@Humuhumu Here is a good combination: Black Rhinoceros Greater Kudu Speke's Gazelle Dalmation Pelican Egyptian Goose Helmeted Guineafowl |
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| Anton | Feb 11 2016, 09:52 PM Post #1419 |
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King of Cotingas
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That's like a mixture of swamp / savanna / desert... That, plus Black rhinoceros is known to be very aggressive to other species. I'd do something like Roan antelope / Masai giraffe / Thompson's gazelle / Blue wildebeest, and if the exhibit is very large add Grant's zebra, Common eland, Marabou stork, Ostriches or Crowned cranes. |
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| Ztlabraptor211 | Feb 11 2016, 09:59 PM Post #1420 |
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I wouldn't risk the eland. I know it's rare but I read of an article where an eland gored a giraffe to death with its horns. Besides that the combination sounds fine |
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Feb 11 2016, 10:06 PM Post #1421 |
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Pull my finger!
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Well, there's always a risk. In 2009, a giraffe at the Lahore Zoo was kicked to death by a zebra, yet many facilities keep giraffe and zebras together. |
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Feb 11 2016, 10:10 PM Post #1422 |
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Thanks everyone for the combo ideas. I'll probably try something like Common Eland, Masai Giraffe, Thompson's Gazelle, Roan Antelope, Blue Wildebeest, Ostrich, Grey Crowned Crane, Grant's Zebra, and maybe Patas Monkeys. |
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Feb 11 2016, 10:29 PM Post #1423 |
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There's ALWAYS an aggression with animals From my Snapping Turtle combination, I put them together because look: http://www.zoochat.com/1056/southern-swamp-albino-american-alligator-alligator-220437/ There is a combination with somewhat like this! Why does people say about an animal's aggression?? The world is scary, help me!
Edited by pyr0raptor, Feb 11 2016, 10:34 PM.
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| Anton | Feb 11 2016, 11:52 PM Post #1424 |
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As Fluffs says, it isn't always that black&white. It's not because a certain combination works somewhere, that it would everywhere else. All animals have individual characteristics, so sometimes combinations that work everywhere else don't work in certain zoos, and the other way around. I'm just saying that in general, even larger antelopes work well together with Giraffes and black rhinoceroses are too aggressive and competitive to combine with other herbivores. Of course there will be more aggressive antelopes and more passive rhinos. |
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| Burns | Feb 11 2016, 11:57 PM Post #1425 |
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Also that is a small snapping turtle. They get much larger you know. |
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