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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ค. 2024
- EPISODE 138
This episode is somewhat unique and calls for a different kind of introduction....
Picture if you will, a zoo exhibit that's lit by the stars - yet, everything around you disappears with every step. You're placed in the middle of a jungle that's alive with creatures that you can see disappear. You've crossed over into Animals of the Night.
The Memphis Zoo's Animals of the Night opened in 1995 and even to this day it remains one of the few nocturnal houses in the United States. People visit zoos to see big name species like lions, bears, elephants and what not but that's what makes nocturnal houses so special - they don't have any of that! Even though seeing animals in the dark can be a challenge it is also rewarding at the same time. Nocturnal attractions across the globe are famous for displaying some of the world's rarest animals - and Memphis's is no exception. Civets, genets, pottos, lorises, and the elusive Bear cuscus make up a small portion to an even larger list of rarities and animal oddities. Please enjoy another special episode of Zoo Tours: Lights Out Edition!
Species List as of April 2023:
1. Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo, Pygmy Slow Loris
2. Potto
3. Kinkajou
4. Three-striped Night Monkey, Linne's Two-toed Sloth, Six-banded Armadillo
5. Aardvark, Greater Bushbaby
6. Sulawesi Bear Cuscus, Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
7. Texas Blind Salamander
8. Bearcat
9. Naked Mole Rat
10. Common Vampire Bat
11. African Crested Porcupine
12. Ringtail
13. Southern Tamandua
14. Aardvark (most likely temporary)
15. Blind Cave Fish (Empty exhibit)
16. Red-rumped Agouti, Six-banded Armadillo, Linne's Two-toed Sloth, Kinkajou
17. Seba's Short-tailed Bat, Greater Bulldog Bat, Egyptian Fruit Bat
18. Red Slender Loris
19. Banded Palm Civet
20. Brazilian Porcupine
21. Large-spotted Genet
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*More random facts:*
1. Here is the zoo’s Animals of the Night page, filled with personal profiles of the animals you saw on this video (it’s slightly outdated): www.memphiszoo.org/animals-of-the-night
2. See how it compares to Cincinnati’s nocturnal house - they share 7 species but Cincy’s is more cat centric. Comment below which one you think it better: th-cam.com/video/qjRogLjNXlU/w-d-xo.html
3. Watch Derek’s take on Animals of the Night: th-cam.com/video/d59-akZxy0A/w-d-xo.html
4. The Carnivora restaurant is the oldest building at the zoo.
5. Link to the Bushbaby call (hopefully it’s real): facebook.com/watch/?v=448051772508384
6. The animals were actually much more active with the lights on and not only were most of them sleeping during the night cycle, but they were difficult to see regardless. This is the second darkest nocturnal house I’ve seen behind Omaha’s.
7. The last time I saw a Night Monkey was in 2010 before Cincinnati closed their (old) Nocturnal House.
8. I believe we’ve seen sloths three times on the channel already, but they were never as cooperative as Memphis’s.
9. Grogu was actually hand raised, so he was always in an exhibit by himself or with a keeper. At the time of this video (April 2023), he was displayed in the old Brazilian porcupine exhibit BUT he did rotate with his parents in the actual aardvark enclosure.
10. This is the rarest collection ever featured on the channel in one episode. There are at least three species that we won’t ever feature again.
11. I believe the triangle exhibit for the genet once displayed frogs, and possibley axolotls in the the connecting exhibit.
12. The Brazilian Porcupine habitat displayed another Tamandua not too long ago.
13. The last genet enclosure once displayed Cloud rats.
14. Typically we get a bit of criticism for calling Binturongs ‘Bearcats’ - though not only does Memphis refer to them as such in their signage, but every guest that walked by called them Bearcats as well.
15. Despite featuring Night Hunters successfully, I consider Animals of the Night the first true full length nocturnal house feature - as a lot of the footage was filmed with the lights off. We’ve also featured smaller nocturnal buildings/individual nocturnal exhibits in Akron, Jacksonville, Zoo Tampa, Minnesota, Cleveland, Georgia Aquarium and more.
To Clear Up The Thing About The Cape-Crested Porcupine Debacle: Dixie And Zoey Are Cape Crested Porcupines, Often Shortened To Crested Porcupine For Some Reason.
Nocturnal Houses are such a lost art in zoos today
Agreed.
Well not really. The problem is there are alot of sick creeps who hang arround the darker areas of these exhibits and play with their private areas when looking at other people walking by. The zoo dosent want a lawsuit so they find a way to get rid of dark exhibits.
Yes and no. I can certainly see the appeal, however there are also a lot of glaring problems with nocturnal houses as a style of exhibitry:
1. Crowd control in dark exhibits tends to be very difficult.
2. As the field of animal behavior has progressed, it's been shown that there is much less rigidity in the categories of Nocturnal vs. Diurnal. Most animals fall somewhere in between the two, and there are very few species that will genuinely, consistently be easier to see/be more active in Nocturnal exhibits.
3. Nocturnal exhibits tend to be poor for photography.
4. It makes animal acquisition much more difficult when you limit the species pool to only Nocturnal species.
5. In exchange for the loss of Nocturnal houses, however, there has been an increase in standalone Nocturnal exhibits, which in my opinion is a stronger option. Have a Rainforest exhibit, for example, but then pair it with a Nocturnal exhibit for slow loris and/or bushbabies, rather than an entire building strictly for Nocturnal species that faces many of the problems described above.
@@gecko2738It's Not just nocturnal houses where " SICK Creeps " hang out. Sick creeps will hang out in Restrooms ( that's why some restaurant restrooms have Locks. Sick creeps will also hang out behind a tree.
@David Wesley well not really, most sick creeps at restaurants weee actually reported to be male servers in their 30s. This was from the hosten society annual report in 2021. The main reason why restrooms at restaurants have locks is intimidate parons from using the restroom and get them tempted to order more food. This is a tactic many restaurants use to keep guests at the table as long as possible.
For the question for the episode, as of May of 2023 I’ve been to 20 American Zoo’s and Aquariums
I’ve been to a total of 8 zoos over the past 15 years
15:03 Dixie and Zoey were both Cape Porcupines (Hystrix africaeaustralis). The species is sometimes called the Cape Crested Porcupine which is easy to confuse with the African Crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata), in addition to both species being similar in appearance. Unfortunately they have both passed away in recent years and currently a male/female pair, Piper and Tala, live in their old exhibit. Tala is the larger of the two.
The ringtail shown at 15:33 is actually the female Crockett, she and Gilbert share the habitat. All the information about Gilbert is on point, he likes to hide in the overhead tube/center triangle exhibit.
Great video, thanks for highlighting the rare and amazing animals that call The Animals of the Night home!
Got to love the Naked Mole-rat falling at 14:04😂
So far, I've visited 28 Zoological Facilities, 20 of which I consider to be Zoos.
I've been to 44 Zoos, Aquariums, and other animal-related facilities.
I have been to 8 zoos: Cincinnati (home zoo), Columbus, Indianapolis (don’t really remember it), Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Louisville, Tampa, Brookfield, and St. Louis.
I used to work a little aquarium in San Marcos, TX and I got to work with the Texas Blind Salamanders! They’re so cool
Oh WOW!!!! So many rare animals in one place, now I REALLY NEED to get to Memphis Zoo very soon!
This tour was definitely worth the wait, thanks again Zach!
As for your question, I have visited 27 facilities in the past 5 years, Aquariums, Theme Parks, and Drive Through Safari's included(16 in Florida).
Hello
just to say something , the memphis zoo is abusing his giant panda, it is animal cruelty
Yes, quite logical. They have an animal that costs millions of dollars to care for every year, and they are investing in these millions by abusing the animal that makes them millions... Sounds like a genius marketing strategy (s).
We do love the occasional troll around here, but kindly do not (purposefully) spread lies about a subject you quite literally know nothing about.
@@OfficialZooAdventures you were taken in by Chinese Nationalist propaganda. Unfortunately AZA let Memphis unfairly dangle in the wind when false accusations started flying.
I loved this building when I visited Memphis, so many rare species! Unfortunately, most of the rarities were inactive during my visit
I Have Been To A Total Of 7 Zoos: Zoo Boise, San Diego Zoo, Henry Dooley Omaha Zoo, Reid Park Zoo In Tucson Arizona, Phoenix Zoo, Great Plains Zoo In Sioux Falls South Dakota, And Watertown Zoo In Watertown South Dakota.
10 zoos, 4 Aquariums, and 2 Safari Parks
Most on the east coast. With the exception of Sacramento. Hope for more
Also, I like this night house! It’s a shame there’s so few.
1. Woodland Park Zoo
2. Point Defiance Zoo
3. Oregon Zoo
4 Honolulu Zoo
5. Living Desert Zoo
6. Seattle Aquarium
7. Maui Ocean Center
I've been to 4 different zoos: Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines (home zoo, have been more times than I can count and look forward to every visit), Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, and Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls.
Oh I love nocturnal houses! Nice Episode! I've been at 28 Zoos in Germany, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Italy and Belgium. Greetings from Germany!!
Time to visit Rotterdam zoo
Brookfield Zoo's Nocturnal/Australia House is always worth a visit
This is my local zoo. Love seeing a high quality video on one of my favorite exhibits
When I think I've already met all the mammal species, I watch your videos and I'm surprised. Thank you!
I feel that Philadelphias small mammal house deserves to be featured but you can’t go in anymore however it has other creatures of the night like Echidnas, Elephant shrews, Harvest mice, Hedgehogs, Meerkats, Vampire bats, Agoti, Hoffmans two toed sloth, aardvark, tree shrews, chinchilla, degu, Jirids, damarland mole rat, Madagascar giant jumping rat, African striped weasel, Sugar glider and Pygmy Loris along with Pygmy marmoset But you can only see the meerkats around the house but the sloth is in the rare animal conservation center and they also still have vampire bats but that’s what I know as of now but like for me the best part was seeing aardvark and meerkats coexisting together from what I understand and my favorite animals of the night have to be all of them except for the vampire bats.
That was so crazy 🤣
Thanks for highlighting our Memphis Zoo!! Animals of the Night is a cool exhibit!!
Thank you very much for the detailed videos from so many different zoos. I really like that your videos are now longer. The current presentation of the Memphis Zoo's night house has become fantastic. So many rare animals and you got them all on video. I've visited a lot of zoos, I'm from Germany, so unfortunately not many in America. This makes watching your videos even more fun. By the way, the Sulawesi Bear Cuscus (Ailurops ursinus) is found in European zoos in 3 different attitudes. Unfortunately too few here. I look forward to many more of your videos and hope you keep length as the new standard.
Very nice 👍
Great video!
Back in the day The Bronx Zoo had its World of Darkness exhibit full of bats other nocturnal mammals as well as some creepy inverts. Also some amphibians and possible reptiles. It was closed down in the mid 90s due to budget cuts. Many fund memories at the Bronx Zoo.
To think I never had the chance to visit the now closed down World of Darkness is a huge understatement.
But alas, I’m glad the Bronx Zoo still has some nocturnal exhibits sprinkled around JungleWorld, Mouse House, The Kiwis in the Aquatic Bird House, and the Aardvark Exhibit in the Carter Giraffe Building.
(Also to correct on when WoD was closed, it was in 2009 just to be sure.)
My friend was an intern in the primate canyon last summer!
Been to 5 zoos, 1 aquarium with plans to hit more. North Carolina Zoo, Columbia Zoo, Lowry Park Zoo, Greenville Zoo, Nashville Zoo and the Florida Aquarium.
Nice intro and tour. 🙂👍🌃
Those marsupials are so cute!
The Bear Cuscus was so cool! Definitely my favorite species in this video. I love his nose
I visited ZSL London Zoo this Monday for my 4th trip of the year. As I'm a member I absolutely visiting and it's my favourite zoo in the UK but sadly the zoo lost their 2 female Common Warthogs last week which is a shame because I loved visiting and photographing them. Common Warthogs are quite rare in UK collections with (now) only 4 UK zoos housing them.
I really hope ZSL London Zoo acquire Warthogs again soon because their enclosure in "Into Africa" is currently empty. I mean the Zoo could move their Red River Hogs into the exhibit but then the Cassons will have one empty exhibit as well. I am still hoping for a antelope species to return to London. I would love to see Gemsbok return or even Anoa.
A great collection. Nocturnal Houses are so underrated. I have visited 21 zoos, 10 bird parks (incl. falconries), 2 aquariums and a reptile park since 2017
I LOVE RING TAILS
I know I’m late but I have been to a total of 36 zoos in my life.
I've been to 47 AZA zoos. I'd love to share with you what I've learned about them over the years. Thank you for creating this channel.
Fort Worth, Dallas, Waco, Abilene, San Antonio, Houston, Oklahoma City, Sedgwick County, San Diego, Columbus, plus Fossil Rim, and the aquariums in Dallas, Houston, Galveston, and Corpus Christi
True, genets aren’t actual ‘cats’, at least not as most would think of them. Obviously they aren’t classified as ‘true’ cats’ (animals under _Felis_ or _Panthera_ for example), but they are part of the Feliformes & Felidae, as a whole. Maybe y’all know this, lol, but so are hyenas/aardwolves,, meerkats, mongooses, civets, binturongs, the linsang, fossa, cacomixtle (aka ringtail), and I don’t even remember what else. All of these are relatives to cats, lions, tigers, leopards, pumas, cheetahs, servals, etc.
One of my favorite youtube accounts!
I’ve been to the Memphis Zoo, the Little Rock Zoo in central Arkansas, Utah’s Hogle Zoo, Los Angeles Zoo, Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, the Gulf Coast Zoo in Gulf Shores, Alabama (wasn’t too impressed by it until I learned that the fencing was temporary because of the hurricane that hit it. I also watched Tom’s Road Trippin’ take a tour of it, and was even more impressed by it), Disney’s Animal Kingdom, as well as the Brandywine Park Zoo in Delaware. If you want to count aquariums, I’ve also been to the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper, Utah, as well as the Gulfarium in Fort Walton Beach, FL
Another great episode!
I’ve been to a total 8 zoos and 3 aquariums so far.
Indianapolis (Home Zoo)
Columbus
Cincinnati
Louisville
Fort Wayne
St. Louis
Tampa
D.C.
Florida Aquarium
Clearwater Aquarium
Newport Aquarium
9:34 these animals are so cute
There’s a cuscus (maybe 2??????) backstage at Busch Gardens Tampa. I saw him at camp. I forget their names but one of them was blind.
I've been to 6 zoos in my life
I’ve been to 22 zoos
I have been to 6 facilities.
- Brookfield Zoo
- Lincoln Park Zoo
- Shedd Aquarium
- Disney's Animal Kingdom
- Seaworld Orlando
- Forth Worth Zoo
Around 2005, there were plans for my family and I to visit the San Diego Zoo, but then it was switched to Disneyland instead. I really want to visit San Diego Zoo and other zoos/aquariums someday.
I have been to 105 Zoos...
2 in Switzerland
1 in France
4 in czech republic
98 in Germany
I’ve only been to 3 zoos unfortunately. Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio.
When are we getting the Primate Canyon Episode?
Happy mother's day
Wish they had tapirs
1) San Diego Zoo
2) San Diego Safari Park
3) Monterey Bay Aquarium
4) Los Angeles Zoo
5) Fresno Chaffee Zoo
6) Sacramento Zoo
7) San Francisco Zoo
8) Oakland Zoo
9) Oregon Zoo
10) Oregon Coast Aquarium
11) Hogle Zoo
12)Phoenix Zoo
13) Lovelanding Living Planet Aquarium
14) Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
15) Downtown Aquarium (Denver)
16) Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
17)ABQ Zoo
18) ABQ Aquarium
19) Denver Zoo
20) Henry Doorly Zoo
21) Kansas City Zoo
22) Sedgwick County Zoo
23)Minnesota Zoo
24)Milwaukee County Zoo
25)Brookfield Zoo
26) Shedd Aquarium
27) Lincoln Park Zoo
28) Cleveland Metropark Zoo
29) Pittsburgh Zoo
30) Wildlife Safari (Nebraska)
31) Bear Country
32) Bearizona
Is the other institution that has the loris the Cincinnati Zoo?
7:40, is he named after Baby Yoda from the Mandalorian?
I've been to 5 different zoos in total
Poa!! In fact, I've been to 9 Zoos, 4 aquariums, & 4 animal parks way back!
1) San Francisco Zoo
2) Oakland Zoo
3) California Academy Of Sciences
4) San Diego Zoo
5) San Diego Zoo Safari Park
6) SeaWorld San Diego
7) Disney's Animal Kingdom
8) Bearizona
9) Guangzhou Safari Park
10) Monterey Bay Aquarium
11) Aquarium Of The Bay
12) Woodland Park Zoo
13) Lincoln Park Zoo
14) Curiodyssey
15) SixFlags Discovery Kingdom
16) Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
17) Petting Zoo At OSH County Fair
Say, Zak, you & your girlfriend should try visiting the San Diego Zoo Safari Park very soon! Plus, 2 zoo trivia questions for you & your girlfriend....
1) Which sanctuary in Tennessee will the Oakland Zoo's female African Elephant, Donna, be moving to?
2) What new cat species is welcomed to the SF Zoo this month, since he came from the Sacramento Zoo?
Blinkin' Nipponosaurus!🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼
Oh no. Not the TES. That place is a bad for elephants.
1) Lincoln Park Zoo
2) Brookfield Zoo
3) Phillips Park Zoo
4) Milwaukee Zoo
5) Disney Orlando's Animal Kingdom
6) St. Louis Zoo
I've been to a few wildlife sanctuaries and conservation parks but i wouldnt really consider those "zoos"
1) Columbus
2) Cincinnati
3) Toledo
4) Cleveland
5) Akron
6) Indianapolis
7) Fort Wayne
8) Pittsburgh
9) Detroit
10) Louisville
11) Peoria
12) Des Moines
13) Omaha
14) Topeka
15) Kansas City
16) OKC
17) Tulsa
18) Knoxville
19) Nashville
20) Memphis
21) Evansville, IN
22) Wheeling, WV
23) San Diego
Animal Parks:
24) The Wilds
25) SD Safari Park
I’ve been to 13
A total of 28 zoos/aquariums
Fun fact giraffe sleep stent up
How many zoos have you been to in one year?
Are most of the exhbits always light on?
The white daylights are on 10:30 pm till 10:30 am everyday.
@@waynebaker6407 That means the exhbits will be daylight for 1 hour 30 mins after Memphis zoo is opened?
@@evirapo5070 correct and then dark the rest of the day until close.
@@waynebaker6407 Thank you! I want to visit the zoo early for this area!
2 in Australia 3 in America 1 in new Zealand
Hello
Shout out Omaha 😏
aww grogu
34 and counting
Blank park zoo iowa
Niabi zoo Illinois
Zootampa Florida
Animal kingdom Florida
Florida aquarium Florida
Sealife moa Minnesota
Como park zoo
Denver zoo Colorado
National Mississippi River museum and aquarium iowa
Sea world Florida
Long island aquarium Long Island
Dallas world aquarium Dallas
Dallas zoo Texas
Downtown aquarium Colorado
Mote marine aquarium Florida
Minnesota zoo
Milwaukee county zoo Wisconsin
Henry vilas zoo Wisconsin
South Carolina aquarium
South Carolina zoo
San Diego zoo california
San Diego zoo safari park
Toledo zoo
Monterey bay aquarium
Aubudon zoo
Aubudon aquarium of the americas
Busch gardens Tampa
Saint Louis zoo
Brookfield zoo
Newport aquarium
Memphis zoo
Cincinnati zoo
Fort Wayne’s childrens zoo
Omaha zoo
Ppotawamini zoo
Potter park zoo
Shedd aquarium
The seas with Nemo and friends
Georgia aquarium
Atlantis Bahamas
Wonders of wildlife bass pros shops
National zoo
National aquarium Baltimore
Virginia zoo
St. Louis aquarium
Tennessee aquarium
Gatorland
In total
25 zoos 19 aquariums 3 theme parks
It's ironic how some of the most right wing anti science states have the best zoo exhibits in the US.
Let's hope we can vote in more people that will continue to fund places like the Memphis Zoo instead of defunding libraries and schools I wouldn't be surprised if zoos will be on the chopping block next for trying to educate the public about climate change and the natural world.