Another great video. Having watched from the early days, it is amazing to see the small and massive transformations taken place... you guys are a credit to the animal kingdom, doing your bit for conservation as well 🎉🎉🎉
IM COMING FOR THE LEAF CUTTERS ALONE 😂😂😂 What species of leaf cutter ants do you have on display here? I have acro’s here at home iv been growing them since a very young founding colony, their doing great! What temps do you keep them at? I have mine at 24.5c - 26c tops, supposedly a queen can die or turn infertile if shes exposed to 30c+ just asking as i was at butterfly world in stockton on tees last week and they have acros also but their temps were 32c which i was super surprised about! Anyways excited to come see the zoo with my family, me and the mrs is gonna bring our daughters 👍🏻 Its an excuse for me to see the ants hahahahha
It's crazy that it's been a year since you did the last zoo tour! Where does the time go?! I love seeing the behind the scenes bits that we wouldn't usually see! Its great to hear the crayfish conservation is moving forward I was just thinking today when I visited I wondered how it was going. I also dropped the young trees off today Maxine, they said you weren't around so Keith took them over for Jeff 😊
They have a whole underground burrow that is private. They are particularly challenging and spooky to work with, so a back stage area would unlikely work for these individuals as they prefer their burrows 😎
Great video as always, knowing that you guys are a smaller zoo, they tend to have smaller and lesser interesting enclosures, but that was definitely not the case. It really looked cool and i was really surprised by some of the species you peeps care for. Excited for part two - Also a bit of weird question, but does the zoo offer paper versions of the map?
Thank you 🙏🏻 we haven’t actually had a paper map since 2019… which is mad! We’ve got the app now with the digital map. But, we are thinking about a zoo guide - what do you reckon?
@@NorthumberlandZoo I'm a huge zoo fan, and the way i like to collect souvenirs, is the zoo map/brochure of the zoo/from the zoo! So i would love to have paper maps (from sustainable sources ofc.) I also recently visited Barcelona Zoo, and they did not have a physical map, which made me a bit sad... So that's why i liked paper maps!
Honeybees are agricultural animals and don't need conservation.. There's not much research done on it yet but some studies even show that honeybees displace wild bee species that actually struggle.
100% totally agree - however, honeybees are an easy one for visitors to understand as its a species everyone knows, they can get local products from them and they represent the pollinators in general. UK native Bumblebees are struggling as are other pollinators. Would be interesting to understand if beekeeping is definitely having a negative effect on native pollinators - that is such a shame as well as I doubt anything would be done about that as it is a huge business. It would also be interesting to compare the effects of the Native Black Honeybee to the European Honeybee which most keepers keep. 🤔
Loved your zoo! That is what a zoo is supose to be, keep the excellent work! "this is the way"
I like big bats and I cannot lie. 😊❤🦇🦇
Luv this!
What fun, thanks for the tour, on a nice sunny day.
Thank you for another interesting video. I can't believe it's been a year since the last tour!!
Great to hear the Crayfish project is kicking off now! Best of luck with it! 👍🏻
Thank you 🤞🏻
Another great video. Having watched from the early days, it is amazing to see the small and massive transformations taken place... you guys are a credit to the animal kingdom, doing your bit for conservation as well 🎉🎉🎉
My and my boyfriend went here for the first time earlier this year.
IM COMING FOR THE LEAF CUTTERS ALONE 😂😂😂
What species of leaf cutter ants do you have on display here? I have acro’s here at home iv been growing them since a very young founding colony, their doing great!
What temps do you keep them at? I have mine at 24.5c - 26c tops, supposedly a queen can die or turn infertile if shes exposed to 30c+ just asking as i was at butterfly world in stockton on tees last week and they have acros also but their temps were 32c which i was super surprised about!
Anyways excited to come see the zoo with my family, me and the mrs is gonna bring our daughters 👍🏻
Its an excuse for me to see the ants hahahahha
It's crazy that it's been a year since you did the last zoo tour! Where does the time go?!
I love seeing the behind the scenes bits that we wouldn't usually see!
Its great to hear the crayfish conservation is moving forward I was just thinking today when I visited I wondered how it was going.
I also dropped the young trees off today Maxine, they said you weren't around so Keith took them over for Jeff 😊
I don’t know where the time goes.. it’s mad. Thank you so much for the trees, and all of our fingers are crossed for the crayfish 😁
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Fab video, looking forward to the rest. Do the Prairie Dogs have names? ❤
Sadly no!
We were a little worried about the lynx as it looked really skinny and it's coat didn't look to be in the best condition
Do the Prairie dogs not need a backstage area?
They have a whole underground burrow that is private. They are particularly challenging and spooky to work with, so a back stage area would unlikely work for these individuals as they prefer their burrows 😎
@@NorthumberlandZoo Can you access the burrow?
Great video as always, knowing that you guys are a smaller zoo, they tend to have smaller and lesser interesting enclosures, but that was definitely not the case. It really looked cool and i was really surprised by some of the species you peeps care for. Excited for part two - Also a bit of weird question, but does the zoo offer paper versions of the map?
Thank you 🙏🏻 we haven’t actually had a paper map since 2019… which is mad! We’ve got the app now with the digital map. But, we are thinking about a zoo guide - what do you reckon?
@@NorthumberlandZoo I'm a huge zoo fan, and the way i like to collect souvenirs, is the zoo map/brochure of the zoo/from the zoo! So i would love to have paper maps (from sustainable sources ofc.) I also recently visited Barcelona Zoo, and they did not have a physical map, which made me a bit sad... So that's why i liked paper maps!
Northumberland zoo could add chimps to one of the enclosures
Nice hoodies but why no hats, and yes I do have a Bass Pro Hat,
Honeybees are agricultural animals and don't need conservation.. There's not much research done on it yet but some studies even show that honeybees displace wild bee species that actually struggle.
100% totally agree - however, honeybees are an easy one for visitors to understand as its a species everyone knows, they can get local products from them and they represent the pollinators in general. UK native Bumblebees are struggling as are other pollinators. Would be interesting to understand if beekeeping is definitely having a negative effect on native pollinators - that is such a shame as well as I doubt anything would be done about that as it is a huge business. It would also be interesting to compare the effects of the Native Black Honeybee to the European Honeybee which most keepers keep. 🤔
HMMMMM LET'S TAKE A TOOR OF OUR ZOO WHERE WE EXPLAIN WHAT ANIMALS WE HAVE AND DON'T SHOW ANY😂😂😂