Zoo Tours: The Africa Loop | Jacksonville Zoo

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  • čas přidán 12. 02. 2022
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    EPSIODE 111
    Jacksonville's Master Plan
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    Welcome to the channel's debut of the Jacksonville Zoo! The land of 2,000 animals, over 1,000 plants, and a wave of Award Winning features. Before we dwell in the new, a true visit will first bring you to the old. The Africa Loop is a 14 acre boardwalk trek over the dry plains, forest, and savanna oasis. This week's episode is full of... well... it's best put in bullet points.
    • One of the Southeast's premeire aviaries
    • A record breaking Tortoise
    • A Crane courtship ritual
    • THREE BABY antelope
    • A Reptile House
    • An Elephant with a THRILLING backstory
    • A Lion ROAR off
    • A Giraffe Sprinting Marathon
    Full Species List:
    River Valley Aviary
    1. Abdim's Stork, Yellow-billed Duck, African Spoonbill, Spotted Dikkop, Ruddy Duck, Waldrapp Ibis, Hadada Ibis, Marbled Teal, Yellow-billed Stork, White-faced Whistling Duck, Hammerkop (Separate exhibit connected and viewable from the flight cage)
    2. Milky Eagle Owl
    3. Blue-bellied Roller, Violet Turaco, Cape Teal, Boat-billed Heron, Tawny Frogmouth, Waldrapp Ibis
    Plains of East Africa
    4. Greater Flamingo
    5. Aldabra Tortoise
    3. Warthog
    4. Wattled Crane
    5. Eastern Bongo, Yellow-backed Duiker (Wild Wood Storks are signed here)
    6. Cheetah
    7. Southern White Rhinoceros, Greater Kudu, Grey Crowned Crane, Red-necked Ostrich
    8. Blue Crane (Used to display Okapi)
    9. Grevy's Zebra
    Reptiles of the Seronera
    10. Gaboon Viper
    11. Taylor's Shield-tailed Agama, Pancake Tortoise
    12. Turquoise Dwarf Gecko
    13. Poison Dart Frogs (Empty)
    14. Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko
    15. Puff Adder
    16. Cape Cobra
    17. Meller's Chameleon, Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko
    18. West African Green Mamba
    19. African Rock Python, Western Plated Lizard
    20. Warren's Girdled Lizard, Pancake Tortoise
    Elephant Plaza & the Mahali Pa Simba
    21. African Bush Elephant (Two exhibits, one is viewable from the giraffe deck)
    22. Blue-bellied Roller, Straw-colored Fruit Bat
    23. Golden-breasted Starling, White-crowned Robin-chat, Straw-colored Fruit Bat, White-bellied Bustard
    24. Lappet-faced Vulture
    25. Siamang (Formerly colobus before they moved to the African Forest)
    26. African Lion
    27. African Spoonbill, Yellow-billed Stork, Waldrapp Ibis, Crested Screamer (Former leopard)
    Giraffe Overlook
    27. Klipspringer (not signed, appears to live in the former(?) giraffe transfer yard)
    28. Reticulated Giraffe
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Komentáře • 64

  • @ZooTours
    @ZooTours  Před 2 lety +24

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  • @saruscrane4953
    @saruscrane4953 Před 2 lety +24

    BRAVO!!!! You truly did the zoo justice!!!! This may be my favorite Zoo Tours episode of ALL TIME!!! So glad you were able to get all the animals moving around and the weather was perfect for your visit! Looking forward to the other episodes, especially Land of the Tiger! 🐘🦏🦓🦒🦁🐦

  • @liamduran1268
    @liamduran1268 Před 2 lety +7

    I love this CZcams channel

  • @lindarevere5846
    @lindarevere5846 Před měsícem +1

    YOU BOTH ARE AMAZING==HATS OFF TO JOHNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Jgimple
    @Jgimple Před 2 lety +5

    Glad to have the videos back

  • @wildandmagicalworldofflori8032

    Thanks again for the Shout Out Zach, I'm glad I was able to share the adventure with you.

  • @elanlittle3895
    @elanlittle3895 Před 2 lety +4

    WHO DEY!!!!!! Lets go Bengals!

  • @andreww1225
    @andreww1225 Před měsícem +1

    Great idea for a CZcams channel

  • @williamherring4675
    @williamherring4675 Před 2 lety +3

    WHO DEY, let’s go Bengals

  • @captain_chompers
    @captain_chompers Před 2 lety +2

    I was not expecting the local zoo here to be featured on this channel!

  • @williamgrant897
    @williamgrant897 Před 2 lety +14

    Thank you for showcasing Jacksonville zoo my home zoo! Hopefully one day it will be mentioned with the top zoos in our country

  • @noahm398
    @noahm398 Před 2 lety +4

    Great episode! Can’t wait for more!

  • @michaelquaglia4626
    @michaelquaglia4626 Před 2 lety +4

    Trivia Answer:
    Thandi, the African elephant, is originally from the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. She arrived there in January 1983.
    Thandi was later transferred to Disney's Animal Kingdom in June 1997, then to the National Elephant Center in Fellsmere, Florida in May 2013, and finally to the Jacksonville Zoo in November 2015.

  • @Zoove1
    @Zoove1 Před 2 lety +7

    I love this! Great episode Zak! And I'm definitely gonna check out Fahlo. Also, Who Dey! For Cincinnatians this is a once ever 30 years weekend 😂

  • @robertbakerii5469
    @robertbakerii5469 Před rokem

    WE LOVE JACKSONVILLE!

  • @ratbones620
    @ratbones620 Před 2 lety +4

    Jacksonville seems like a really nice zoo! I loved hearing the Lion roars. It’s one of my favorite sounds in the animal kingdom.

  • @DarthKain
    @DarthKain Před 2 lety +2

    Out of all the Zoological Park I've been to, Jacksonville Zoo was probably the best out of them. 10 out 10

  • @Garryzilla
    @Garryzilla Před 2 lety +3

    I’ve been there before I gone there like twice

  • @junglejonah5806
    @junglejonah5806 Před 2 lety +4

    An absolutely fantastic tour of an amazing zoo!! Can't wait to see the other sections!

  • @chaseglackman5795
    @chaseglackman5795 Před 2 lety +6

    I love Jacksonville Zoo! They are also planning an orangutan reserve exhibition, which it was hinted the apes will be able to showcase and climb great heights, maybe similar to Indianapolis' IOC.

    • @Dylan-Hooton
      @Dylan-Hooton Před 2 lety +4

      Hopefully they'll have more natural-looking climbing structures in case the ones in Indianapolis Zoo aren't happy with their unnatural-looking climbing structures.

  • @elephantlover8365
    @elephantlover8365 Před 2 lety +2

    Who Dey! Another great video!

  • @graphite2786
    @graphite2786 Před 2 lety +6

    What a great zoo, great video too.
    A lot of new species I've never seen before in a zoo ( lappet vultures, the cranes, those weird agamas)
    Speaking of never seen before critters, Monterey Bay Aquarium is opening it's new deep sea exhibit some time this year. They had a deep sea exhibit years and years ago but they've gained a LOT more information on how to keep, display and even breed creatures from the abyss. Included will be snail fish, giant blood comb jellies, dumbo octopus, vampire squid, zombie worms, yeti crabs, fangtooth fish and a bunch of strange crinoids, corals, molluscs, worms and sea jellies. I don't want to be one of those folk who keep telling you to go to certain zoos but...Ya gotta cover this one! You may have to invest in a low light camera ( rental?) as I know for a fact most of these exhibits will be very dark and even some in red light ( which a lot of deep sea animals can't see).
    Also I reckon you will get a lot of views if you do cover it: plenty of people from overseas won't be able to see it because of COVID restrictions in their country ( return flights will be problematic) and by the time travel restrictions are lifted internationally the exhibition may be over.

  • @kylemccollum3996
    @kylemccollum3996 Před rokem +1

    I love the Jacksonville Zoo. This video only further solidified how much I do. Keep up the awesome work @ZooTours. B.T.W those lions were amazing.

  • @katherinederrico2296
    @katherinederrico2296 Před 2 lety +3

    My bracelet came in yesterday! My polar bear’s name is Barbara 🐻‍❄️

  • @Dylan-Hooton
    @Dylan-Hooton Před 2 lety +1

    "I'm looking at you North American ruddy duck." LOL XD

  • @fatheranthony4pope
    @fatheranthony4pope Před rokem +1

    That's a young Aldhabra Tortoise. Melbourne's is well over 100 years old!

  • @rbblades9511
    @rbblades9511 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for showing us this zoo, stay safe and have a nice day Zak peace out. ✌️

  • @sonjajohnson915
    @sonjajohnson915 Před 2 lety

    I loveee animals

  • @PhillipNeumeier
    @PhillipNeumeier Před 2 lety +3

    Awesome video, Zach! I loved Ali’s story and I always love a good lion’s roar. Plus, Johnny is a great guy. I haven’t met him in person yet, but I hope to one day

  • @matteoricci1449
    @matteoricci1449 Před 2 lety +1

    amazing video

  • @carlolago14
    @carlolago14 Před 2 lety

    i love animals

  • @Alexxxfly14
    @Alexxxfly14 Před 2 lety +3

    I work with Johnny! He’s super knowledgeable when it comes to animals! Also yet again adding another zoo I need to check out thankfully this one is closer than most of the others. I would love if you could do Sedgwick county zoo in Wichita KS that’s the zoo I grew up going to and miss it greatly and haven’t been able to go back in years. And as always love your videos!

  • @JAGzilla-ur3lh
    @JAGzilla-ur3lh Před 2 lety +4

    Oh, man, I didn't even know Jacksonville had a zoo! I was just a few miles away from there, too, last summer. I might've tried to go, if I'd known. Oh, well.
    Looks pretty great, though! Nice, spacious exhibits and plans to improve. That blue gecko was amazing, hopefully it'll still be there whenever I get around to visiting. And you were lucky the lions and giraffes were putting on a show while you were there! They added a lot to this video.

  • @robertschulze7867
    @robertschulze7867 Před 2 lety +1

    great channel and i love the videos. I also would love you to visit some european zoos in the future!

  • @NathanSpies
    @NathanSpies Před 2 lety +4

    I heard the Jacksonville Zoo director now works for Louisville. So I’m wondering if Louisville’s African section will be remodeled similar to this

  • @quintenarnold97
    @quintenarnold97 Před 2 lety +1

    Yey Ploy Planet Zoo Is Game Help you

  • @3456yuhhhjjijZia
    @3456yuhhhjjijZia Před 2 lety

    Bro looking forward I love animal video

  • @maximus0g933
    @maximus0g933 Před 2 lety +3

    Will you ever tour zoos in England?

  • @mr.ivoryiniguez4675
    @mr.ivoryiniguez4675 Před 2 lety +1

    Thandi came from the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium and lived their with Moyo, Moja, George and Rama, she in moved to Disney's animal kingdom in 1997 with Moyo, Moja moved to the Pittsburgh zoo where she gave birth two times and had two daughters Victoria born 1999, and Zuri in 2008, George moved to Winston Wildlife Safari and and sadly died in 2020, and Rama he was the son of famous Pachy at the Oregon zoo, and moved back to his birth Zoo until his death in 2015

  • @SomethingAboutSashimi
    @SomethingAboutSashimi Před 2 lety +1

    So the tortoise is *as old as* or *1 year older than* Godzilla,
    Interesting

    • @JAGzilla-ur3lh
      @JAGzilla-ur3lh Před 2 lety +2

      You know you're a G-Fan when you immediately associate years with the Godzilla movies that came out in them.

  • @josephdahlberg3466
    @josephdahlberg3466 Před 2 lety

    Loved the Jacksonville football joke!🤣🤣🤣 sorry jag fans

  • @thepatrioticbrothersdivegr4743

    Hamerkop is also called Umbrette or Anvil head

  • @Lord_of_Proboscidea
    @Lord_of_Proboscidea Před rokem

    Lol you can hear some lady in the background being all disgusted and annoying saying “ew is that real? is that the noise they really make” 13:26

  • @acgames1880
    @acgames1880 Před 2 lety +1

    What happened to the crocodile that used to be at the African Loop? I used to live in Jacksonville and frequented the zoo, but left in the early 2010s

  • @Andrew-wq3me
    @Andrew-wq3me Před 2 lety +1

    WHO DEY

  • @lesliechu8879
    @lesliechu8879 Před 2 lety +3

    Cowabunga!!! Which zoo are you going next for Episode 113 sooner or later? In fact, visit the San Diego Zoo Safari Park soon! Also, here are 4 zoo trivia questions for you, Zak...
    1) What are the names of the 2 newborn elephant calves at the Omaha Zoo?
    2) How many female Mexican Gray Wolves are welcomed at the San Francisco Zoo when Bowie is at his own exhibit, since Prince & Garcia passed away so far?
    3) Who is the name of the black bear that passed away from the Los Angeles Zoo?
    4) Which animals did the Oakland Zoo usually house many years ago?

  • @fishtaco4170
    @fishtaco4170 Před 2 lety

    Do you have any information on when the discord server you mentioned a while ago might be active?

  • @dylanmckenzie3172
    @dylanmckenzie3172 Před 2 lety

    Are many vultures in NA zoos still pinioned? Is it modern or historic pinioning?

  • @thefrogbert6295
    @thefrogbert6295 Před 2 lety +1

    13:29
    Is that really the noise their making right now?
    No Rose the zoo pays the maintenance crew extra to record themselves passing kidney stones and play them back on loud speakers when the lions have a sore throat
    RIP Betty White

  • @tschandler2
    @tschandler2 Před 2 lety

    I went in 2013, some of it definitely looks different. No Leopard or Okapi.

  • @YourFellowOrthopedic
    @YourFellowOrthopedic Před rokem

    57th

  • @dinodex8396
    @dinodex8396 Před 2 lety

    fifth

  • @jonasmeijer6177
    @jonasmeijer6177 Před rokem

    Why arent the Zebras living togheter with the Rhinos Kudus & Ostrich?

    • @ZooTours
      @ZooTours  Před rokem +1

      Certain zebra species can be very aggressive and prefer to live in solitary. Especially Grevy's.

  • @kristinkoppes686
    @kristinkoppes686 Před rokem

    E

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    You looking at the birthmark ant's have go to Africa China my elephant Chinese have Moglee and my my other animals Africa I want you to bring home now

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