Zoo Tours: Memphis Zoo's Animals of the Night

[@ZooTours]

*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the zoo’s Animals of the Night page, filled with personal profiles of the animals you saw on this video (it’s slightly outdated): www.memphiszoo.org/animals-of-the-night 2.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: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5u1oJqCn7OLorc 3. Watch Derek’s take on Animals of the Night: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmacXpShj92sZqM 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.

[@YoMike91]

Nocturnal Houses are such a lost art in zoos today

[@ArtistSince05]

Agreed.

[@gecko2738]

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.

[@neilchace1858]

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.

[@davidwesley2525]

@@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.

[@gecko2738]

@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.

[@iloveautumn9682]

I’ve been to a total of 8 zoos over the past 15 years

[@waynebaker6407]

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!

[@pauloaraujo1161]

When I think I've already met all the mammal species, I watch your videos and I'm surprised. Thank you!

[@TheGamingTigerKing]

For the question for the episode, as of May of 2023 I’ve been to 20 American Zoo’s and Aquariums

[@wildandmagicalworldofflori8032]

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).

[@zylis109]

Hello

[@OfficialZooAdventures]

just to say something , the memphis zoo is abusing his giant panda, it is animal cruelty

[@ZooTours]

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.

[@phoenix0401]

@@OfficialZooAdventures you were taken in by Chinese Nationalist propaganda. Unfortunately AZA let Memphis unfairly dangle in the wind when false accusations started flying.

[@zoofreak6271]

Oh I love nocturnal houses! Nice Episode! I've been at 28 Zoos in Germany, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Italy and Belgium. Greetings from Germany!!

[@GibbonLord]

Time to visit Rotterdam zoo

[@DereksZooVideos0118]

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.

[@emoluver619]

This is my local zoo. Love seeing a high quality video on one of my favorite exhibits

[@koltenwonnacott3276]

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

[@andrewb6194]

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.

[@patricknowacki9675]

The Bear Cuscus was so cool! Definitely my favorite species in this video. I love his nose

[@kelvinoliver8053]

Thanks for highlighting our Memphis Zoo!! Animals of the Night is a cool exhibit!!

[@alexallen9640]

Nice intro and tour. 🙂👍🌃

[@markjazyk3934]

Brookfield Zoo's Nocturnal/Australia House is always worth a visit

[@hi.im_steve]

I loved this building when I visited Memphis, so many rare species! Unfortunately, most of the rarities were inactive during my visit

[@TheVirtualZoo]

I've been to 44 Zoos, Aquariums, and other animal-related facilities.

[@Zoo4U]

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.

[@dinomation]

Those marsupials are so cute!

[@MarcoAnguloistheGOAT]

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.

[@NostalgiawithJack]

When are you planning to do tours of Cat Country and Primate Canyon at the Memphis Zoo? I'm looking forward to seeing these tours someday.

[@flickcentergaming680]

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.

[@Morales-nt6vi]

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.

[@ArtistSince05]

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.)

[@dylanmckenzie3172]

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

[@Southland23]

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.

[@robbysimpson9849]

My friend was an intern in the primate canyon last summer!

[@wgmcewenOH]

Great video!

[@matthewrasero2349]

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.

[@kyleh698]

One of my favorite youtube accounts!

[@Zombie9Slayer]

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.

[@marioponce8482]

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.

[@ggrarl]

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

[@noahm398]

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

[@chasechristophermurraydola9314]

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.

[@erikm8372]

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.

[@warriorseamonkey1693]

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.

[@theimmigrant7953]

I’ve only been to 3 zoos unfortunately. Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio.

[@drandy.myanmaryoutubechannel]

Very nice 👍

[@michaelmisanik9787]

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

[@phoenix0401]

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

[@kylemccollum3996]

I know I’m late but I have been to a total of 36 zoos in my life.

[@ungartothemax20166]

When are we getting the Primate Canyon Episode?

[@loritaylor1602]

7:40, is he named after Baby Yoda from the Mandalorian?

[@zylis109]

That was so crazy 🤣

[@tarapelcher3102]

9:34 these animals are so cute

[@jonasmbk]

I have been to 105 Zoos... 2 in Switzerland 1 in France 4 in czech republic 98 in Germany

[@JCFlynnCT]

Wish they had tapirs

[@MarcoAnguloistheGOAT]

Is the other institution that has the loris the Cincinnati Zoo?

[@PhillipNeumeier]

I’ve been to 22 zoos

[@jeremiekim9593]

I LOVE RING TAILS

[@patricknowacki9675]

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"

[@angelicadeleon8517]

I've been to 6 zoos in my life

[@zylis109]

2 in Australia 3 in America 1 in new Zealand

[@MarcelloStudios09-zu8lk]

6:54 Audubon zoo should also have night monkey

[@ArjinSingh-t1s]

Do a zoo tour at Chester zoo

[@evirapo5070]

Are most of the exhbits always light on?

[@waynebaker6407]

The white daylights are on 10:30 pm till 10:30 am everyday.

[@evirapo5070]

@@waynebaker6407 That means the exhbits will be daylight for 1 hour 30 mins after Memphis zoo is opened?

[@waynebaker6407]

@@evirapo5070 correct and then dark the rest of the day until close.

[@evirapo5070]

@@waynebaker6407 Thank you! I want to visit the zoo early for this area!

[@Ben-kd7ug]

Happy mother's day

[@lesliechu8879]

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!🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼

[@goldensaurus]

Oh no. Not the TES. That place is a bad for elephants.

[@3456yuhhhjjijZiadtui]

Fun fact giraffe sleep stent up

[@dinodude9532]

I've been to 5 different zoos in total

[@ukzootours1269]

How many zoos have you been to in one year?

[@natesvideos7339]

I’ve been to 13

[@clarklandon9906]

aww grogu

[@MarcelloStudios09-zu8lk]

16:20 and 21:55 are sleeping animals

[@luissaz5617]

A total of 28 zoos/aquariums

[@mathewroth9568]

Shout out Omaha 😏

[@КарасьФортнайтер-о7з]

Hello

[@TheRandomZooVisitor]

34 and counting

[@Funked_Up78125]

1 zoo

[@Kristinkoppes686]

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

[@RainbowBoo42]

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.