Zoo Tours Ep. 43: The Award Winning Islands Exhibit | Louisville Zoo

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Travel through the village to catch a glimpse of island life around the world. Those from Southeast Asia, Madagascar, Australia and even Hawaii. An exhibit with a satisfying mix of everything you'd want to see - Penguins, tapirs, tropical birds, Komodo dragons, tigers and more. At the Indonesian cedar homes, you'll never know what you'll see and when, as the Islands became the first exhibit in the world to rotate a variety of animals through the same shared habitats. So much awaits on this Island adventure.
List of Birds in the Islands Pavilion:
1. Island Birds of the World: Nene, Papuan Mountain Pigeon, Mariana Fruit Dove, Sulawesi Ground Dove, White-throated Ground Dove, Golden White-eye, Crested Wood Partridge, Golden-breasted Starling,
2. Birds of the Tropical Pacific: White-throated Ground Dove, Bali Mynah, Papuan Mountain Pigeon, Black-necked Stilt, Jambu Fruit Dove, Sulawesi Ground Dove, Emerald Dove, Japanese White-eye, Oriental White-eye, Nicobar Pigeon, Green-naped Pheasant Pigeon
3. Birds of the Pacific Islands: Jambu Fruit Dove, Beautiful Fruit Dove, White-throated Ground Dove
4. Birds of the African Islands: Speckled Pigeon, Meller's Duck, Golden-breasted Starling, Red Fody
5. Walkthrough Forest Bird Trail: Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Inca Tern, Speckled Pigeon, Golden-created Mynah, White-throated Ground Dove, Mandarin Duck, Asian Fairy Bluebird, Blue Grey Tanager, Nicobar Pigeon, Jambu Fruit Dove, White-tailed Trogon, Mariana Fruit Dove, Green-naped Pheasant Pigeon, Sulawesi Ground Dove, Red-crested Cardinal, Pied Imperial Pigeon, Bali Mynah, Emerald Dove
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[@brianmcgauley1804]

You think someone claiming that a tapir is a bear is bad? I was at Disney's Animal Kingdom a long time ago and when we went to the Giant Anteater enclosure near The Tree of Life, someone actually said that it was "the thing that looks like a dog".

[@PassionateAboutAnimals]

They must have Been very dumb

[@minthantlin9168]

They did not 😅

[@sophisticatedtrash1843]

Yes! I've been waiting for the episode for a long time! Congratulations on 1000 subs! And I feel you for people calling animals the wrong thing. Especially when they call babirusas rhinos.

[@TheVirtualZoo]

It was funny all the thing that people called aTapir also when you opened the door you said every time. It happens a lot at every zoo and you made it very funny! Thanks!

[@andrewb6194]

Also great video!

[@alextepe4309]

Seeing the Malayan tapirs brought back memories of when the Cincinnati zoo housed them many years ago in the elephant house, which they formerly shared with the hippo, African elephant, giraffe, and Indian rhino.

[@GertieMusic]

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[@craftyfox1959]

I spread the word about your videos to all my zoo crazy chatter friends from Animal Adventure Park home of April the giraffe. I hope a lot of them subscribed.

[@ryann4769]

I feel that rant about the “Louisville bear”

[@itried3750]

I love your vids keep it up

[@calstevens76]

The last few times I had gone to the Louisville zoo, the orangs and tigers were switched. I also only seen the females of the orangs.

[@benfoust8626]

I hate it when people can tapirs anything that they are not. These are beautiful creatures that people should read the labels.

[@heisharios6077]

I've actually been to the Louisville zoo it's a great zoo

[@silverfishy7320]

I play a game called Zoo Tycoon 2, and your channel is the best way to see zoos from the globe and get amazing inspiration :-D

[@ZooTours]

I play as well too, constantly! And usually model them after zoos I visit.

[@thezoomanliam3282]

I play it too!

[@albatross4920]

2:16 lol 🤣

[@dyl-yh6mv]

I didnt know little blue penguins were very rare I just thought they were uncommon. I saw them a few days ago at the new England aquarium so crazy to think I've been to 1 of 5 facilities in the us that has them

[@AidanAJ04]

Tbh, Elephant pig is pretty accurate. 🤷‍♂️

[@PassionateAboutAnimals]

Tapirs are not pigs Not elephants Not Bears Not anteaters But very cute amazing animals

[@saruscrane4953]

When are you gonna make it to the Southeast? Lots of great zoos down there especially FL!

[@ZooTours]

This May... to the biggest attractions they have:)

[@saruscrane4953]

Zoo Tours Let me guess.... Disney's Animal Kingdom, Seaworld, Busch Gardens, Lowry Park Zoo, Jacksonville Zoo & Zoo Miami.

[@ZooTours]

@@saruscrane4953 I will be staying in Orlando, so my only goal is to cover the DAK and SeaWorld

[@saruscrane4953]

Zoo Tours Good luck! It took me nearly 2 hours to wait for the Eld's Deer and Blackbuck to appear in the Maharajah Jungle Trek. Also, you barely have time to get any decent footage on Kilimanjaro Safaris. I skipped it on my last visit. You'll like SeaWorld if you're a coaster enthusiast, but hit the lines early!

[@andrewb6194]

1:15 this may not be as true for Tortoises. Giant tortoises existed throughout the globe and a number existed on mainland. In fact, one lived quite recently here in North America. Only going extinct towards the early Holocene! HOWEVER, the isolation and lack of predators certainly helped with the size growth. And the isolation also allowed them to survive for far longer! So in a way, living on islands did play into their evolution and survival!

[@andrewb6194]

Car Mikislav Maybe...

[@ShempHoward2]

I noticed there was a sign on the glass of the former Rockhopper Penguin exhibit. What did that sign say? Was it regarding why the penguins were not there?

[@spunkymonkey5256]

Raatul Gupta We are currently renovating it👍

[@joshiepoo5399]

have u done woodland park zoo yet

[@littlesongbird1]

Didn they use to have Sumtran tiger

[@lebinhster]

I visited the zoo back in November. it was disappointing, though Islands was amazing! Also one of my favorites. A lot of the building was off limits due to renovations though :(. I saw my first Nene, Babirusa, and Cuban Crocodiles.

[@aidanstevenson9155]

It’s a Malayan Taiper

[@lebinhster]

Francois Langur

[@davidmendes9900]

I definitely don't enjoy rotating exhibits. Zoo exhibits spaces are not big enough for the animals to feel comfortable with smells of other animals. I guess it may make them get stressed. I bet it would be much better to make a mix exhibit. (Of course, with animals that are able to live together). Anyway, the zoo staff knows what they're doing.

[@ZooTours]

Animals smelling other animals' scents is probably the most natural thing that happens in a zoo...

[@thegeck5831]

1:03 casually poops

[@lesliechu8879]

Why not put aardwolves in that empty exhibit?🐺🐺🐺

[@Wet_sheen]

Leslie Chu but it’s all about south east Asia not Africa

[@simonj3413]

Leslie Chu they aren’t exactly island animals

[@sagestrat7138]

😆😆😆

[@sagestrat7138]

Tapirs are not🐘🐖

[@tomiadanez8721]

This is not award worthy ...plain typical zoo cages

[@ZooTours]

For 1996 it most certainly was, especially since it was the first of its kind