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Description One of my favorite exhibits is the Lorikeet exhibit. Unfortunately Indianapolis removed theirs. I had a great time in here! I find these birds so colorful, of course and engaging....of course, they think I have food, which I don't. Still....others did and it was quite fun!

August 31, 2009
Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio
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Comments: 12

DeeOtter [2009-11-28 02:00:48 +0000 UTC]

Aww. How come the zoo decided to remove the exhibit?
I'd cry if the Oregon Zoo removed theirs. I love these birds, Unless they're trying to groom my eyebrow.. that beak gets a bit close to my eye sometimes.

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Guard-of-the-Citadel In reply to DeeOtter [2009-11-28 17:02:53 +0000 UTC]

They removed this exhibit along with several others to bring in a cheetah exhibit. Now, don't get me wrong...I'm excited about getting cheetahs, but not at the expense of losing so many other exhibits, especially the lorikeets!

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DeeOtter In reply to Guard-of-the-Citadel [2009-11-29 01:49:45 +0000 UTC]

Aw. Yeah that's a constant thing with zoos. We had to demolish our Alaska Tundra that had grizzly bears, musk ox, wolves, and a few bird species to turn it in to predators of the Serengeti. Our last grizzly died a few years back, musk ox were moved to another zoo, and we moved the wolves closer to the north America exhibit.
I'm hoping we keep our lorikeets. They're in an area where not really anything else can move into it.

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Guard-of-the-Citadel In reply to DeeOtter [2009-11-29 04:32:48 +0000 UTC]

At least you didn't lose your wolves! I know it's "progress" but I hate to lose good exhibits, ya know?

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DeeOtter In reply to Guard-of-the-Citadel [2009-11-29 04:39:15 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. Our wolf pack that was originally in the Tundra passed away due to old age. But we kept the wolf exhibit and did acquire, now three new wolves.

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Guard-of-the-Citadel In reply to DeeOtter [2009-11-29 04:44:04 +0000 UTC]

Ah, so all of these 3 are new then? And the one was recently introduced to the 2 girls? Is that right?

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DeeOtter In reply to Guard-of-the-Citadel [2009-11-29 04:46:37 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. Yazhi and Cheyenne came to the zoo in 2008, and Kenai arrived a few months ago.

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Guard-of-the-Citadel In reply to DeeOtter [2009-11-29 04:56:37 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I fear peaceful days for Yazhi and Cheyenne are over then.....

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DeeOtter In reply to Guard-of-the-Citadel [2009-11-29 05:07:20 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. Yazhi doesn't seem to be letting up any. I almost thought this would happen with them being separated for a period of time, and Yazhi's behavior switch.

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Sooper-Deviant [2009-09-03 04:38:18 +0000 UTC]

Nice focus on the eyes!

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Guard-of-the-Citadel In reply to Sooper-Deviant [2009-09-03 09:59:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'm glad someone noticed! (I should know YOU would!)

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Sooper-Deviant In reply to Guard-of-the-Citadel [2009-09-03 14:12:51 +0000 UTC]

It's not easy getting the right focus from this angle.

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