Zoo Tours: Africa at the Cincinnati Zoo (2008)

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  • Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
  • Episode 79
    The Cincinnati Zoo is known for keeping its history alive and well, even in their newer projects at times - fortunately, not here! They took an eight acre parking lot, at the time it was their last bit of major undeveloped land - and piece by piece an element of Africa was added over an eight year span. Five phases representing the grasslands, drylands, lagoons and rivers all in one. It may very well be the zoo’s top attraction for decades, upon decades to come. Giraffes at your level, lions that look like they could hunt the prey right in front of them, one of the most diverse savanna’s in a park, painted dog pups wrestling in the pool, and of course we can’t leave out the world famous Princess Fiona. It’s another zoo tours epic two years in the making - and by far the most extensive episode to date. I hope you enjoy the best my hometown has to offer.
    No. of New Species to the Channel: 5
    Species Special: Fiona, the hippo!
    Full Species List:
    Masai Giraffe
    Greater Flamingo
    African Lion
    Cheetah, Red River Hog, Serval, Crested Porcupine
    Cheetah
    White-bearded Wildebeest, Impala, Lesser Kudu, Thomson's Gazelle, Pink-backed Pelican, Ostrich, Ruppell's Griffon Vulture, Lappet-faced Vulture, Saddle-billed Stork, Grey Crowned Crane, Kenyan Crested Guineafowl
    African Painted Dog
    Slender-tailed Meerkat
    Nile Hippopotamus, Nile Tilapia
    #cincinnatizoo, #cincinnati, #zootours

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  • @ZooTours
    @ZooTours  4 года назад +31

    *Maps, Facts & More!*
    Original Plan: www.zoochat.com/community/media/the-original-plans-of-africa.408693/full?d=1533417620
    Original Plan #2: travel.fandom.com/wiki/Cincinnati_Zoo_and_Botanical_Garden?file=Africa_cincinnati_zoo.png
    Final Plan: www.zoochat.com/community/media/map-labels-of-cincinnati-zoos-africa.408692/full?d=1533417620
    With so much backtracking, here’s a map that shows where we are at what times: travel.fandom.com/wiki/Cincinnati_Zoo_and_Botanical_Garden?venotify=saved&file=Africa_Where_you_are.png
    Base Camp Cafe and Plains Rendering: travel.fandom.com/wiki/Cincinnati_Zoo_and_Botanical_Garden?file=Africa_cincinnatizoo-900.jpg
    Construction Photos I took when I worked there:
    Before and After Lion Exhibit: www.zoochat.com/community/media/before-and-after-of-the-lion-exhibit-same-perspective.338231/full?d=1474655259
    Before and After of Lion/Plains Exhibit: www.zoochat.com/community/media/2012-to-2015-before-and-after-of-africa.309249/full?d=1446407033
    Before and After Plains: www.zoochat.com/community/media/before-and-after-of-the-african-plains-same-perspective.338230/full?d=1474655165
    Painted Dog Exhibit: travel.fandom.com/wiki/Cincinnati_Zoo_and_Botanical_Garden?file=DSCN3654.jpg
    Meerkat Exhibit (Opened with Bat-eared Foxes: travel.fandom.com/wiki/Cincinnati_Zoo_and_Botanical_Garden?file=DSCN3661.jpg
    Plains weeks before opening: travel.fandom.com/wiki/Cincinnati_Zoo_and_Botanical_Garden?file=DSCN3658.jpg
    Hoofstock Outdoor Pens (Temporarily had an Okapi before all the other animals showed up): travel.fandom.com/wiki/Cincinnati_Zoo_and_Botanical_Garden?file=DSCN3656.jpg
    *Other facts not in the video*
    1. Both the giraffe and flamingo exhibits had a grey crowned crane at one point.
    2. Ruddy shelducks were once in the Plains but fell in the lion exhibit several times (no accidents)
    3. The lions often successfully hunt turtles and birds.
    4. There's an interpretive station where keepers bring out smaller animals to get upclose encounters with guests. I've seen: Crested porcupine, Greater flamingo, Lesser tenrec, pygmy falcon, yellow-billed hornbill, various snakes and insects
    5. Original Plains lineup: Grant’s gazelle, Eiland, Lesser kudu, Guineafowl, Zebra, White-backed vulture, Ruppell’s vulture, Wildebeest
    6. The painted dog exhibit was set to be half the size that it ended up being.
    7. The crocodile/hippo setup was on the revised plan, the original says the hippo home would go all the way to the meerkat spot.
    8. During that mentioned volunteer orientation in 2009, the speaker mentioned hippos would be behind the giraffes in the Discovery Forest parking lot.

    • @nickp2271
      @nickp2271 4 года назад +1

      Thanks for showing that clip of John and Imani with their cubs!

    • @thebrockguy
      @thebrockguy 4 года назад +1

      Zoo tours plz do more vid on Tennessee aquarium

    • @TheGamingTigerKing
      @TheGamingTigerKing 4 года назад +1

      Hey Zoo Tours, you should do the brand new Adventure Cove at the Columbus Zoo cause every time when I go there as a guest or as a worker cause I work at the Columbus Zoo I love going to see adventure cove with all the seals and sea lions and the other animals to

    • @marcopocai199
      @marcopocai199 4 года назад +1

      Gdgghd

  • @alextepe4309
    @alextepe4309 4 года назад +24

    Africa is definitely my favorite part of the Cincinnati zoo, and you certainly did it justice Zach. Hard to believe it was a parking lot at one point.

  • @hyenapodcast6953
    @hyenapodcast6953 4 года назад +11

    You put so much into this. More people should watch

  • @jonathonlewis69
    @jonathonlewis69 4 года назад +19

    I got to see Winnie at the Memphis Zoo yesterday. I hope one day I can see Fiona.

  • @stacybearss2606
    @stacybearss2606 4 года назад +6

    Been waiting for this zoo tour of Africa forever thanks for uploading

  • @ZooTours
    @ZooTours  4 года назад +15

    *Phase I: **1:44*
    *Phase II: **3:03*
    *Phase III: **4:05*
    *Phase IV: **5:00*
    *Phase V: **10:28*
    *Phase III: **12:53*

  • @0807jacob
    @0807jacob 4 года назад +13

    Trivia Answer:
    1. Elephant House
    2. Reptile and Monkey House
    3. Passenger Pigeon Memorial (They had the last passenger pigeon)

  • @nicchauvin1096
    @nicchauvin1096 3 года назад +5

    It's sad they cut the aviary. Africa has some incredibly beautiful birds.

  • @georgemartin6814
    @georgemartin6814 4 года назад +4

    Love this channel

  • @noahm398
    @noahm398 4 года назад +7

    Loving the tours! Stay safe! Btw I was formerly Grizzly Hound but that changed.
    Trivia Answer: Elephant House, Reptile House, and Passenger Pigeon Memorial.

  • @CallmeSpokes-w
    @CallmeSpokes-w 4 года назад +5

    In the wild
    Lion *Roars
    Other animals:oh shite run
    In zoo
    Lions *roas
    Other animals: whatever

  • @DMAD_Bio_Depts
    @DMAD_Bio_Depts 4 года назад +13

    Hey man, I just wanted to thank you for inspiring me to start working on my own zoo and nature themed RUclips channel.

  • @NathanSpies
    @NathanSpies 4 года назад +3

    I remember when I went to the Cincinnati zoo and I saw the impalas grunting at the Lions!

  • @juliocastro9563
    @juliocastro9563 4 года назад +7

    One of the exhibits I have on my list to see! I don’t know if I missed it in your video but another tidbit of a fact was that Africa won the AZA Exhibit Award for Significant Achievement as well :) Always look forward to your hard work!

  • @thecutieandpandafam1650
    @thecutieandpandafam1650 4 года назад +6

    Imagine if they will make u wake up from a lion in your tent lol

  • @semvcuijk6704
    @semvcuijk6704 4 года назад +4

    I live in the netherlands and there is a very nice zoo its very natural, you should check it out on yt! It has an amazing jungle with capibaras, otters, birds, caiman and much more. It also has the biggest reef in whole europe. And a very nice mangrove with all kinds of fish, butterfly, crabs and manatee! Its called Burger's zoo

    • @semvcuijk6704
      @semvcuijk6704 4 года назад +1

      @@TheRandomZooVisitor very funny🤦‍♂️

  • @wgmcewenOH
    @wgmcewenOH 4 года назад +2

    Great video. Keep up the good work. Fiona is Ohio’s little diva.

  • @denisestahley4342
    @denisestahley4342 4 года назад +2

    You did awesome you got the king and queen of my heart you all ready know that your the best

  • @nickp2271
    @nickp2271 4 года назад +3

    I knew Fiona would be in this!

  • @CorrectFossa
    @CorrectFossa 4 года назад +5

    Fiona, the Reds, and Skyline Chili: Cincinnati All-Time Hall of Fame

  • @kevinmiller4457
    @kevinmiller4457 4 года назад +2

    Let’s go you hit as millions views

  • @rory5780
    @rory5780 3 года назад +1

    I think this is your best video yet.

  • @lesliechu8879
    @lesliechu8879 4 года назад +5

    Safe zoo travels, Zach! Try visiting the San Diego Zoo Safari Park soon!🦒

  • @Nicholas-xe5rl
    @Nicholas-xe5rl 4 года назад +3

    Thanks for keeping to upload amidst the pandemic.Love your stuff.

  • @Gagaloopony
    @Gagaloopony 3 года назад

    The lions are a really cool exhibit. Last time I was there they were just laying right in front of the glass, I got a really close look at them.

  • @kyleh698
    @kyleh698 3 года назад +1

    I just found this YT! wowo I love these videos!

  • @asatvedi
    @asatvedi 4 года назад +1

    Nice. Looking forward to visiting soon.

  • @ArtistSince05
    @ArtistSince05 4 года назад +6

    Zoo Tours Trivia Answer
    Cincinnati Zoo's National Registered Landmarks are...
    The Elephant House
    The Reptile House
    and The Passenger Pigeon Memorial

  • @ultimateparkmasters4735
    @ultimateparkmasters4735 4 года назад +2

    Very cool video! I love this channel, and thats an interesting exhibit

  • @MarcoAnguloistheGOAT
    @MarcoAnguloistheGOAT 2 года назад

    Being my local zoo, I feel like I take it for granted

  • @PhillipNeumeier
    @PhillipNeumeier 4 года назад +1

    I really wish I could have seen John in person when I was in Cincinnati two years ago. But on the bright side, I saw Imani and then when I was in DC last October, I saw John’s father Luke. You guys have a great royal couple in John and Imani!

    • @denisestahley4342
      @denisestahley4342 4 года назад +1

      Phillip Neumier John is what I call sometime a diva he hates the hot weather but I do love John and Imani there the king and queen of my heart I wish I could go to the DC zoo

  • @travelplanet4556
    @travelplanet4556 4 года назад +3

    You have to do the Mesker Park Zoo's Amazonia Forest of Riches in Evansville Indiana

  • @TheGamingTigerKing
    @TheGamingTigerKing 4 года назад +3

    My Favorite animals in the Africa section is the Giraffes, Bibi and Fiona the Hippos and Obviously Imani and John the Lions 🦁

  • @paigelanciana8760
    @paigelanciana8760 3 года назад +1

    I really like da hippos

  • @averyfischer9847
    @averyfischer9847 4 месяца назад

    I’m wondering if Cincinnati and St Louis have a close connection. They swap a lot of animals under the SSP and the hippo enclosures are very similar

  • @frederikminten2898
    @frederikminten2898 4 года назад +3

    Fun fact:hobbes the Lesser kudu has a Friend named calvin whos another Lesser kudu

    • @ZooTours
      @ZooTours  4 года назад +1

      Haven't seen him in about a year

  • @NostalgiawithJack
    @NostalgiawithJack Год назад

    I'm guessing this is your most popular video because of the hippos, mainly Fiona.

  • @ultimatebrickmasters6067
    @ultimatebrickmasters6067 4 года назад +1

    Awesome video, love this channel. Very interesting exhibits

  • @fishtaco4170
    @fishtaco4170 4 года назад +1

    I know a while ago you played zoo tycoon for your channel. I was wondering if you ever thought of playing planet zoo as well

  • @anilkumarlal803
    @anilkumarlal803 4 года назад +1

    Wow 👌

  • @spenceblankenship113
    @spenceblankenship113 4 года назад +1

    I love the wildebeest

  • @kevinmiller4457
    @kevinmiller4457 4 года назад +3

    Do you know where the lion cubs went

    • @denisestahley4342
      @denisestahley4342 4 года назад

      Two of the girls got moves to Colorado the 3rd one she passed away last year from a undiagnosed neurological condition it broke my heart

  • @jonathan_luck
    @jonathan_luck 4 года назад +6

    Answers to Trivia:
    Elephant House
    Reptile House
    Monkey House??

  • @hyenapodcast6953
    @hyenapodcast6953 4 года назад +1

    Could you PLEASE come to omaha

  • @kevinmiller4457
    @kevinmiller4457 Год назад

    Where was the hippos displayed in the 90”s

  • @josedejesusduran4084
    @josedejesusduran4084 4 года назад

    Excelente contenido, me gustaría que hicieras un video del zoológico de Pretoria en Sudafrica

  • @shashi0361
    @shashi0361 4 года назад +1

    Trivia answer elephant house,monkey house,reptile house

  • @darrenrobinson2949
    @darrenrobinson2949 4 года назад

    Glad your back

  • @tyrannosaurusrex.6401
    @tyrannosaurusrex.6401 3 года назад +1

    fiona is even smaller than Anne the Asian elephant from longleat safari park.

  • @Jgimple
    @Jgimple 4 года назад +2

    First bro and it’s my 19 birthday

  • @deraldwise6914
    @deraldwise6914 3 года назад +1

    🦁

  • @thebrockguy
    @thebrockguy 4 года назад +4

    hope you stay safe and your familys

  • @MrWilliams3798
    @MrWilliams3798 Год назад

    Cincinnati zoo (Home of Mighty Mike the alligator and Ruby Gillman)

    • @ZooTours
      @ZooTours  Год назад

      The zoo never had Mighty Mike

  • @josephcalter
    @josephcalter 4 года назад +1

    this vid is blowing up

  • @spenceblankenship113
    @spenceblankenship113 4 года назад +1

    Mike looks cute

  • @fabiandallgauer5283
    @fabiandallgauer5283 3 года назад +1

    ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @denisehollen7973
    @denisehollen7973 3 года назад +1

    I think it is ridiculous and very cruel to have giraffe ride, theses are animals!

  • @sofiagameromg7779
    @sofiagameromg7779 4 года назад

    Podéis hacer de nuevo el vídeo y poner el elefante .

  • @jenajoblankenship2541
    @jenajoblankenship2541 3 месяца назад

    I miss mike

  • @lovrobelak
    @lovrobelak Год назад

    what's the name of the song that stats playing on 8:57

  • @sebaginting6172
    @sebaginting6172 4 года назад +1

    In what country is the zoo?

  • @khemarasum1341
    @khemarasum1341 Год назад

    Zebras Move To The Rhino Reserve A
    RAIN FOREST

  • @tylerjamal7697
    @tylerjamal7697 2 года назад

    Hi I live in Africa it's a nice place You should check out Cape town Michelle plan

  • @btybty1819
    @btybty1819 4 года назад +1

    I like you

  • @kevinmiller4457
    @kevinmiller4457 4 года назад +2

    200k

  • @maggiecosgrove6935
    @maggiecosgrove6935 4 года назад +1

    Does the zoo plan on getting another warthog to replace Walter

    • @denisestahley4342
      @denisestahley4342 4 года назад

      Good question I can find out if Zak wants me to and I let him know

  • @deraldwise6914
    @deraldwise6914 3 года назад +1

    You a lion

  • @ajwwtsl3848
    @ajwwtsl3848 4 года назад

    the elephant house, reptile house, and the entrance plaza i think

  • @athaya.athiyaseptiadi5365
    @athaya.athiyaseptiadi5365 4 года назад +1

    Wher is hyena

    • @ZooTours
      @ZooTours  4 года назад +1

      Don't have any

  • @leebicker5051
    @leebicker5051 4 года назад +1

    Jealous!

  • @shashi0361
    @shashi0361 4 года назад +1

    3rd

  • @carloscorreia6864
    @carloscorreia6864 4 года назад

    You forgot bongo

    • @ZooTours
      @ZooTours  4 года назад +1

      They don't have bongos in 'Africa'

  • @navalspoop6908
    @navalspoop6908 4 года назад +2

    I had no idea henry passed. Bro that just ruined my day

  • @jesusdiedforyouproofjohn3.16
    @jesusdiedforyouproofjohn3.16 Год назад

    Praise the LORD for creating lions!