Are you on the central coast in this video? It's funny, I regularly have people tell me an area is full of eastern browns and majority of time it's been misidentified and is either a marsh snake or whip snake. I have came across about 5 eastern Brown snakes out hiking and every single one of them was chilled, they behaved exactly like every other snake I've came across. Give them space and respect them, they'll want nothing to do with you and even let you take some cool pics👍
@@ECO-logy at the beginning of the video when you spotted the red bellied black snake, where abouts where you? That wasn't Katoomba or the blue mountains.
I’ve been too the zoo ever since I was a in nz child their animals were not many their and they used to not have a vet centre and they didn’t have those climbing towers I never seen the new animals that they had I saw the flamingo once but they got taken away a year later.
I remember the Polar Bear too in the 1970s...there were also some normal bears and lions, I think where the Sumatran tiger enclosure is now. Then once the lions went, they had a couple of Hyenas. I remember the ape enclosure being just a cage and they looked so sad being locked in there. At least with the newer enclosures they have a little more freedom to move around using the overheard ropes. Even though I now live in Otago, I grew up in Auckland and still enjoy visiting the zoo when I'm back up there.
I live in auckland! I haven’t been to the auckland zoo for a looong time though. I love sea life too! The penguins are probs my fav cause they’re my favourite animal❤
Hey guys, I just posted a NEW ZOO TOUR video to the channel! Make sure to go check it out and let me know in the comment section which zoo you think is better!! Thanks for watching :)
Thank you for showcasing our zoo, they have come a long way! For example, when my dad was growing up (60s/70s) there used to be polar bears but because of their enclosure they would always walk backs and forwards (exactly the same walk and everything), the elephants used to be in that cafe near the tortoise, and when I was a kid (2000s/10s) I remember the tigers were in a deep pit near the red pandas. So they've definitely done a lot to improve the zoo over the passed decade or so!
Thats a great question! We are not too sure whats going on and thats part of the reason why I am here, to better understand why some turtles in the population are exhibiting cases of extreme growth in both body size and more importantly head size! Some turtles like the one in the video are huge with massive heads and others are completely normal and we need to figure out why!
That was fun lived up the road from there when I was young now live in South Island haven’t been there for forty years it has really changed thanks again for that.
love the akl zoo i go every year! haven't been yet this year and coming across this video reminded me to plan a trip soon. awesome to see your experience and so lovely to see appreciation for the zoo :)
@@ECO-logy they are currently of an age where adult outings aren't part of our life yet. Boo at these early independence years. With rainbow kids I won't be getting grandkids either. So, I will have to wait a few years, until it is even better, and they hang out with me again.
The Auckland Zoo is amazing! I went there almost all of my childhood, it was probably some of the best experiences I ever had! Fun Fact: My Father’s coworker designed the ropes for the orangutans to walk on 🤯
im from New zealand and went to auckland zoo last year for my birthday and along the rooes i saw a mother carry her baby and the dad getting lettuce for all three of them
@@ECO-logy no worries. I liked your video. I'm a Kiwi and am planning a date with my friend to visit the auckland zoo and maybe museum soon coz of it. Chur
As a New Zealander Not my culture country but I’m really happy New Zealand is actually getting recognised like it should be from the start, Theres so many things to explore, theres Mount Maunganui located in Tauranga, Its really amazing!
I am born and raised in Auckland, with very little experience on zoos outside of Auckland, but I also haven't been to the zoo in several years it's amazing to have it claimed as one of the best zoos
Story time that nobody asked for!✨ So, I was with my older sis and our friends. We went to the Baboon exhibit and saw this little Baby Baboon. My sister made eye contact with that baby, the baby Baboon started screaming at the top of its lungs and the adults heard…. The adults looked like a tomato. There was this water barrier between the exhibit and us. So the Baboons couldn’t jump over and do anything. The adults tried to jump, but landed in the shallow end. So thankfully no one was hurt. Also they lions tried to come up to us and gave us the death stare 💀
So hyped to see NZ zoos get the attention they deserve. Most of the zoos here in Aotearoa focus more on conservation than entertainment. The Christchurch zoo, Oarana Park also talks alot about conservation and the zoologists who work there, will tell visitors of the park and the students who visit, why some of the animals are there and will actually talk about why they don't make the enclosures for entertainment (I still remember that speech from my senior year biology field trip). The zoos work with the Department of conservation and they work with the universities to help with teaching students and for making the animals as comfortable as they can. I also believe that they offer their facilities to help rescue injured wildlife and help to rehabilitate animals and release them back into the wild. Also, side note, love that you got to see the Kea, but you would have probably seen signs to not bring food into their enclosure, this is because they are known to be myschevious and will steal the food from visitors. I once saw a Kea steal an ice cream from a child while at one of the zoos. They love to cause chaos wherever they are. I also don't know if you saw them, but there is a kiwi look alike! They are called weka and tourists alwas confuse them for kiwis 😅
The kea can damage your car if you see them in the wild in the South Island so you have to shoo them away they are a like mischievous bunch of teenagers.
I live in NZ and now want to visit this zoo. I cannot believe I have never done so. We have a wildlife park in Chch but it is very sad and uncomfortable to see compared to what is offered in Auckland. I love seeing animals having plenty of foliage and enrichment.
As a Kiwi it never occurred to me that the little monkeys not being meshed in would be dangerous to them haha. We do have hawks in NZ but not in a city centre.
It was really cool to see at the Auckland Zoo. Because here in North America there are alot more species of birds of prey that would gladly take one for a snack if given the opportunity!
Wow, awesome to see people giving Auckland zoo some love! I hope you enjoyed it, and in the 12 times (not actually, maybe 5 times?) I’ve been there, I have never seen an arowana, maybe it’s new? It was awesome watching this! I just wished they still had chameleons
It might be a new exhibit, its in the building near the end of the orangutan exhibit (im forgetting but its called something like the south american building) I saw footage of the building and I really wanted to see it in person but the building was closed … no arowana for me!
You can book to stay overnight on Tiri Tiri Matangi . At least you used to be able to. Fairly basic accommodation. Or you can join the volunteer brigade to do the same. I can’t believe you didn’t see any Takahe. There were so many when I visited but I must admit it was many years ago. Great that you found the Tuatara though.
