The Islands at the Louisville Zoo | Exhibit Tours Ep. 23
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The Islands at the Louisville Zoo. Filmed August 6, 2022.
The year is 1997, as the Louisville Zoo introduces a brand-new concept to the zoo world. Three outdoor habitats that will rotate five, rare Southeast Asian mammals multiple times every day, offering more enrichment for the animals, and a new kind of unique experience for guests. 26 years later it is still one of the top highlights of the Louisville Zoo! We’ll see Little Blue Penguins at the Penguin Cove. Nearby are massive Aldabra Giant Tortoises, before we meet each of the five rotational species. Inside the Islands Pavilion, there’s Tropical Birds, Bats and more Penguins as we walk through this first of its kind complex!
Information presented in this video about the Louisville Zoo came from the park’s website or social media pages, or from public online articles.
Species List:
Little Blue Penguin, Nene Goose.
Aldabra Tortoise, Australian Black Swan, Oriental Stork.
Rotational Habitats: Sumatran Tiger, Malayan Tapir, Siamang, Babirusa, Orangutan.
Islands Pavilion:
Survival Station Birds: Blue-Gray Tanager, Nicobar Pigeon, Sulawesi Ground Dove, Beautiful Fruit Dove, Golden-breasted Starling, Red-capped Cardinal, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Green-naped Pheasant Pigeon, Grey-capped Emerald Dove, White-throated Ground Dove, Hooded Pitta, Red-billed Leiothrix, Crested Wood Partridge, Jambu Fruit Dove.
Rodrigues Flying Fox
Rotational Dayroom: Sumatran Tiger, Malayan Tapir, Siamang, Babirusa, Orangutan.
Bird Trail: Green-naped Pheasant Pigeon, Nicobar Pigeon, Beautiful Fruit Dove, Socorro Dove, Pied Imperial Pigeon, Pink Pigeon, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Grey-capped Emerald Dove, Sulawesi Ground Dove, Mariana Fruit Dove, Papuan Mountain Pigeon, Blue-Gray Tanager, Red-capped Cardinal, Red-crested Cardinal, Golden White-Eye, Hyacinth Macaw, White-crested Laughing Thrush, Bali Myna, Golden-breasted Starling, Mandarin Duck.
Prehensile-tailed Porcupine
African Penguin, Inca Tern
Cuban Crocodile
Komodo Dragon
Music from Pixabay.com, and audiojungle.net:
African Logo
Jungle Drums | OSmusic
Upbeat Uplifting Motivational Corporate
Jungle People | 23117649
Battle Percussion Jungle Powerful Show Heavy Music | REDproductions
Magnificent Indonesia | canaloftstudio
Jungle
Fancy Dancy Salsa Bar | Lobo Loco
Happy Day | Stockaudios
African | SergePavkinMusic
Upbeat Uplifting Happy Pop Corporate Long | Daddy’s Music
Africa | Fishermann
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:21 Entry Trail + Penguin Cove
02:27 Waiting out the rain
03:35 Kebyar House, Sumatran Tiger
04:39 Malayan Tapir
05:34 Banjar House, Siamang
06:05 Babirusa + Why Rotation?
07:23 Islands Pavilion, Survival Station
08:52 Dayroom, Orangutans
09:39 Bird Trail
10:49 Penguin Cliffs
11:29 Island Reptiles
11:52 Outro + Question of the Day
12:36 Preview of Next Tour
Пікірлер: 21
These keep getting better and better.
@DereksZooVideos0118
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Thank you!
You might want to check out Indian Creek Zoo Lambertville Michigan
Definitely one of my favorite exhibits at the Louisville Zoo
I really like the question and the answer is I do like rotational habitats because like it’s a surprise to find a different in the habitats that you usually see a different animal in.
@DereksZooVideos0118
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
@chasechristophermurraydola9314
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@@DereksZooVideos0118 your very welcome.
I love your videos, Derek. And to answer your question, I love rotational habitats. And speaking of which, The Birmingham Zoo just added a second habitat for their De Brazza’s monkeys.
@DereksZooVideos0118
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Thanks Jacob!
@JacobFiveash
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@@DereksZooVideos0118 You’re welcome, my friend.
Gibbons are a small great ape species
I guess it depends for me on the species if rotation makes sense. Tigers and siamangs for example have such different demands on enclosure design that an enclosure, which both species can use, will always be a compromise that fits neither of them really well.
@DereksZooVideos0118
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That's a good point. The first habitat where I saw the Tiger and Tapir, for example, is very rocky on the right side. Good for the Tiger, but I doubt the Tapir ever climbs up there.
My opinion on rotational exhibits are that they are fine BUT only if there are enough outdoor spaces to accomodate all animals in the rotation
@DereksZooVideos0118
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Good point! The Louisville Zoo's page of Rotational Exhibits does mention that they try to have BTS spaces that are comparable in size to the public exhibits for their rotational animals, but whether these spaces are inside or outside I don't know.
Nobody does zoo like you
9:30 did you say HYBRID ORANGUTAINS! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN??!!!!!!!
@DereksZooVideos0118
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Great question, according to the Louisville Zoo's website, Teak and Amber were both born in 1987, which is 9 years before Orangutans were first split into subspecies in 1996. So, at the time they were born all Orangutans were just considered Orangutans. I assume genetic testing was done later, and it was discovered they are part Bornean and part Sumatran. The Milwaukee Zoo is another zoo I am aware of that labels their Orangutans as hybrids.
@aaaydenwetsell
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@@DereksZooVideos0118 oh, i did not know that.
@dororexgaming4205
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@@DereksZooVideos0118 even more receently, some of Zoo Atlanta's orangutans(some which where thought to be pure bornean) ended up being bornean x tapanuli orangutan hybrids and they even found some tribrids (bornean x sumatran x tapanuli). Unfortunate but you can't blame the AZA when the Tapanuli Oranguatan was only named as a third species in 2017.
@DereksZooVideos0118
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@@dororexgaming4205 Fascinating! I wasn't aware of that, thanks for sharing!