*Question of the Episode - Who is your favorite individual elephant and why?* Mine is without a doubt Jati at the Cincinnati Zoo. She's the only elephant in the zoo's history to have a calf, her big personality makes up for her tiny size, and she has a full head of hair! *Dallas Zoo Map:* www.dallaszoo.com/plan-your-visit/map-of-the-zoo/#gref *Rating Every Exhibit at the Dallas Zoo:* ruclips.net/video/esj7P9Jt3io/видео.html *Dallas Zoo's Wilds of Africa & the Gorilla Trail:* ruclips.net/video/JxB3dehehEI/видео.html Species List as of October 2023 1. African Savannah Elephant (Two primary exhibits, technically could be three) 2. African Lion 3. African Painted Dog 4. Common Warthog (two exhibits) 5. Common Ostrich, Somali Ostrich (apparently), Hartmann's Mountain Zebra, Helmeted Guineafowl, Greater Kudu, Vulturine Guineafowl 6. Reticulated Giraffe (could have access to the North Habitat) More in depth info on the Giants of the Savanna: zoolex.org/gallery/show/1595/ Giants of the Savanna Map: www.zoochat.com/community/media/giants-of-the-savanna-map.132872/full?d=1293583412 If you're wondering why that particular giraffe had a limp tongue... www.wfaa.com/article/life/animals/dallas-zoo-announces-the-passing-of-one-of-its-beloved-giraffes-ferrell/287-81d645ee-39d3-4a93-a200-2a4fb3d90bed
technically they have both ostriches not just the somali ostrich, they should have three: 2 female common and 1 female somali which was transferred from Los Angeles Zoo, where to my knowledge they also have a single somali female left
Do you think you can check out the Toronto zoo. it is my home zoo in Canada and the largest too it even has many rare species that aren't commonly found in zoos I've seen almost all of your videos and most species that are checked in your video aren't the species in the Toronto zoo. trust me it's worth checking
This exhibit should be held as an example of how to care for elephants in zoos. My favorite individual elephant is one from Zoo Atlanta named Kelly. Great Video as always, Zach.
I have 3, Hank the Tank from Columbus zoo, Spike at Smithsonian and Mabu all these bulls are just so impressive and so gentle made me fall in love with elephants from day 1 !
My favorite individual elephant is Msholo, who lives at my home zoo at Zoo Atlanta. Why is he my favorite? That’s a good question. Probably because he has such a big appetite to match his larger than life personality. I always am happy to talk about him whenever I’m at work, especially during the Elephant Care Demo on the weekends. Awesome tour, Zach! When I was there in September 2020, I went to the Serengeti Grill and sat next to the window to have lunch with the lions.
My favourite Elephant is sutton the african Elephant. I grew up seeing him at West midlands safari park before he transferred to noahs ark zoo farm in May 2023
Sabu from the Cincinnati zoo is my favorite elephant. What makes him special is that he is a member of the Sumatran subspecies of the Asian elephant. I can’t wait until the summer to see him in his new expanded habitat.
My parents used to have a membership to the Dallas Zoo, so I have seen Jenny there since I was a little girl. I have a soft spot for her. That said, I am also a sucker for babies. I have the cutest video of Okubili. I was at the Dallas Zoo back in October, and the weather shifted so it was raining all day when initially it wasn't supposed to. Annoying for many of the animals including us bipedal apes, but Okubili was clearly having a blast with the weather, lol.
Another great tour, and easily one of the best Savanna exhibits in North America, if not the best! I also saw you mentioned the Somali Ostrich in the description, which is funny because I've been to the zoo countless times and have never seen it. I've been told by people in this community that it's there but have only ever seen Common Ostrich. If the animal exists it may as well be a ghost 😂
Dallas has 2 female common ostrich and 1 female somali ostrich, as they are all females its really hard to tell and basically impossible if you don't see them standing together, the somali is the darkest of the three but once again nearly impossible to differentiate if she isn't standing by the two common ostriches.
@@samuelb66 that i do not know, other than that she came from the Los Angeles Zoo. I don't know why some species get signage and others do not, according to a post on Zoochat, she was moved from the LA Zoo as she wasn't getting along with the other animals there, so they kept the one that was behaving and transfered this one to Dallas where she seems to be doing fine.
@dororexgaming4205 interesting. Because Los Angeles Zoo doesn't acknowledge the existence of their Somali Ostrich either. Do we know if it's even a legit Somali Ostrich? The image I found of the Los Angeles individual looks extremely similar to their female Common Ostrich. Also it came from an unnamed private collection, which makes me a little suspicious that it could possibly be a hybrid
My favourite elephant is Tembo, the bull African elephant at Colchester Zoo. He's absolutely colossal and a real gentle giant, despite his unpleasant beginnings (he was brought to the zoo as a rescue from the Chipperfield Circus, where he had been abused - when he first arrived in the late 90s, he still had scars on his back from when he had been beaten).
Wow. Linking three habitats together like that and integrating elephants is very unique. It mixes up the usual formula we see in African Savannah sections. I'll definitely make Dallas Zoo a priority if I ever make it to Texas.
My favourite elephant was an Asian elephant I met when I was volunteering in Thailand Elephant nature sanctuary. Her name was jokia and her friend Mai perm. Jokia was blind in both of her eyes from being abused by human and when she came to the sanctuary, Mai perm took jokia under her wing as a kind of seeing eye elephant and the two go everywhere together.
My favorite individual elephants are almost certainly the late Lisa and Cita from the Virginia Zoo (by the way I'd love it if you did just one more tour from there), who both passed away in Zoo Miami (rest in peace).
My favorite individual elephants are Donna, Lisa, and Osh because they were part of the Oakland Zoo until Lisa passed away at age 46 and Donna was sent to TES in Tennessee. I also like Ning Nong because she rescued a girl from a tsunami in Thailand.
My favorite individual elephant? For that question, I'd actually have to go with three (though that doesn't mean I have anything against any other elephants I've seen before). The first one is Kimba from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, since I got to take part in a training session with her as a thank you for all the donations I gave to the zoo whenever I visited the place in 2020, how cooperative she was during this session, and how that experience left a big impact on me. My second choice is Tombi from the Indianapolis Zoo, since I got to meet her in 2022, but also knowing about her beforehand when first learning about the Indianapolis Zoo, and seeing how calm and cooperative she was during her training sessions, and how she allowed me to walk up and pet her after her training session was done. My third choice is Groucho from the Denver Zoo, since he's the largest land animal in Colorado, I've had the privilege of seeing him many times, and how he's been a big role model for the other elephants in the zoo. I always love watching Groucho take part in his training sessions, and see him interact with the other elephants. He definitely holds a special place in my heart.
Favorite individual elephant? I love all elephants in general, but I’d say Jabulani from the Living with Elephants Foundation in Botswana. Jabu for short. He was a gentle giant, and he was magnificent! Had a leg injury that required extensive care. He sadly passed away a couple years ago.. There’s also Satao from Tsavo East National Park in Kenya. Great majestic tusker. Killed by poachers in 2014..
I maybe visiting San Diego in a couple days, this just got me even more excited for April 2025! I can't wait to see this beautiful habitat and all it's amazing animals for myself. While I maybe a big time species list hunter, elephants have this way of winning me over to give some attention. Thanks for the tour bro, and see ya in the next one! Can't wait to see where it takes us next.
My favorite individual elephant is Packy. First Asian elephant born in the Western Hemisphere for some decades when he was born, and the grand old man of the Oregon Zoo for so many years.
Congratulations, Dallas Zoo!🐘🦓🦒🦏🦁Visit the Sacramento Zoo, San Francisco Zoo, & San Diego Zoo Safari Park sooner or later, Zak! Also, here are 8 zoo trivia questions for you & your girlfriend... 1) What is the next of the female tiger cub that was brought to the Oakland Zoo after being rescued from a private facility? 2) Which Galapagos Tortoise at the Nehru Zoological Park passed away from the age of 125 this year? 3) When did the Lincoln Park Zoo's 16-year-old female polar bear, Kobe, passed away from illness? 4) Which month last year did the San Francisco Zoo's male fishing cat, Kiet, passed away from old age? 5) What date did Larry the new male gray fox move into the San Francisco Zoo as his new home? 6) What year did the San Francisco Zoo originally house a green iguana at the Children's Zoo's Koret Animal Resource Center? 7) How many years ago did the San Francisco Zoo originally house 2 white-nosed coatimundis at the Children's Zoo? 8) Which date did the San Diego Zoo Safari Park celebrate the hatching arrival of a North Island Brown Kiwi? Heaving Nigersaurus!🐘🦓🦒🦏🦁
My name is Gerson My favorite individual is my elephant is Billy the Asian Elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens. He is my favorite elephant because since I was little and started to go to the LA Zoo, he has always been my animal idol since elephants are my favorite animal. Everytime when I go to the zoo he is the first animal I would want to see and another reason is because he has always been my favorite specific elephant since my childhood, now, and always. This is God’s beautiful creation.
I noticed that in most of the shots of the giraffe it had its tongue flailing around outside of its mouth? Was that just the one individual? It’s a stereotypic behaviour in captive giraffes so it always bums me out a little to see 😢
Of the hundreds of giraffes I've seen, not one has ever had a limp tongue besides Ferrell - nor have I ever heard of such thing. I forgot to post the link, but he suffered a jaw injury over a decade ago (and on an unrelated note, recently passed away): www.wfaa.com/article/life/animals/dallas-zoo-announces-the-passing-of-one-of-its-beloved-giraffes-ferrell/287-81d645ee-39d3-4a93-a200-2a4fb3d90bed
@@ZooTours aww that’s a shame :( Yeah now that you say that it does look more like it’s just hanging there rather than actively twirling around! (Did a project on my local zoo’s giraffes and saw a lot of it 😔)
Thumbnails are not composited with AI, that would be impossible to get a computer to create what I have in mind. In fact, this thumbnail was made with more photos I took myself than any of the others.
*Question of the Episode - Who is your favorite individual elephant and why?*
Mine is without a doubt Jati at the Cincinnati Zoo. She's the only elephant in the zoo's history to have a calf, her big personality makes up for her tiny size, and she has a full head of hair!
*Dallas Zoo Map:* www.dallaszoo.com/plan-your-visit/map-of-the-zoo/#gref
*Rating Every Exhibit at the Dallas Zoo:* ruclips.net/video/esj7P9Jt3io/видео.html
*Dallas Zoo's Wilds of Africa & the Gorilla Trail:* ruclips.net/video/JxB3dehehEI/видео.html
Species List as of October 2023
1. African Savannah Elephant (Two primary exhibits, technically could be three)
2. African Lion
3. African Painted Dog
4. Common Warthog (two exhibits)
5. Common Ostrich, Somali Ostrich (apparently), Hartmann's Mountain Zebra, Helmeted Guineafowl, Greater Kudu, Vulturine Guineafowl
6. Reticulated Giraffe (could have access to the North Habitat)
More in depth info on the Giants of the Savanna: zoolex.org/gallery/show/1595/
Giants of the Savanna Map: www.zoochat.com/community/media/giants-of-the-savanna-map.132872/full?d=1293583412
If you're wondering why that particular giraffe had a limp tongue... www.wfaa.com/article/life/animals/dallas-zoo-announces-the-passing-of-one-of-its-beloved-giraffes-ferrell/287-81d645ee-39d3-4a93-a200-2a4fb3d90bed
🐘 Every one of them just because i love all elephants 🐘
Mine is Tembo from the Elephant Oddesey, because of her half absent ear
technically they have both ostriches not just the somali ostrich, they should have three: 2 female common and 1 female somali which was transferred from Los Angeles Zoo, where to my knowledge they also have a single somali female left
Osh at the Oakland Zoo because M'Dunda & Lisa passed away so far & Donna moved away to the Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary!🐘🐘🐘🐘
Do you think you can check out the Toronto zoo. it is my home zoo in Canada and the largest too it even has many rare species that aren't commonly found in zoos I've seen almost all of your videos and most species that are checked in your video aren't the species in the Toronto zoo. trust me it's worth checking
This exhibit should be held as an example of how to care for elephants in zoos. My favorite individual elephant is one from Zoo Atlanta named Kelly. Great Video as always, Zach.
This and McNair’s in houston are great elephant exhibits
I have 3, Hank the Tank from Columbus zoo, Spike at Smithsonian and Mabu all these bulls are just so impressive and so gentle made me fall in love with elephants from day 1 !
This is probably one of the best African theme and Elephants exhibit out there and also my favorite Elephant species is the African savanna ones.
My favorite individual elephant is Msholo, who lives at my home zoo at Zoo Atlanta. Why is he my favorite? That’s a good question. Probably because he has such a big appetite to match his larger than life personality. I always am happy to talk about him whenever I’m at work, especially during the Elephant Care Demo on the weekends.
Awesome tour, Zach! When I was there in September 2020, I went to the Serengeti Grill and sat next to the window to have lunch with the lions.
My favourite Elephant is sutton the african Elephant. I grew up seeing him at West midlands safari park before he transferred to noahs ark zoo farm in May 2023
Sabu from the Cincinnati zoo is my favorite elephant. What makes him special is that he is a member of the Sumatran subspecies of the Asian elephant. I can’t wait until the summer to see him in his new expanded habitat.
My parents used to have a membership to the Dallas Zoo, so I have seen Jenny there since I was a little girl. I have a soft spot for her.
That said, I am also a sucker for babies. I have the cutest video of Okubili. I was at the Dallas Zoo back in October, and the weather shifted so it was raining all day when initially it wasn't supposed to. Annoying for many of the animals including us bipedal apes, but Okubili was clearly having a blast with the weather, lol.
Another great tour, and easily one of the best Savanna exhibits in North America, if not the best! I also saw you mentioned the Somali Ostrich in the description, which is funny because I've been to the zoo countless times and have never seen it. I've been told by people in this community that it's there but have only ever seen Common Ostrich. If the animal exists it may as well be a ghost 😂
Dallas has 2 female common ostrich and 1 female somali ostrich, as they are all females its really hard to tell and basically impossible if you don't see them standing together, the somali is the darkest of the three but once again nearly impossible to differentiate if she isn't standing by the two common ostriches.
@@dororexgaming4205 do you know why they don't sign her? Do they have any sort of official documentation that says where she came from?
@@samuelb66 that i do not know, other than that she came from the Los Angeles Zoo. I don't know why some species get signage and others do not, according to a post on Zoochat, she was moved from the LA Zoo as she wasn't getting along with the other animals there, so they kept the one that was behaving and transfered this one to Dallas where she seems to be doing fine.
@dororexgaming4205 interesting. Because Los Angeles Zoo doesn't acknowledge the existence of their Somali Ostrich either. Do we know if it's even a legit Somali Ostrich? The image I found of the Los Angeles individual looks extremely similar to their female Common Ostrich. Also it came from an unnamed private collection, which makes me a little suspicious that it could possibly be a hybrid
@@samuelb66 afaik they are pure, but there is only two females so not much can be done with them so they are a phase-out species.
*Keep up the amazingly fabulous work!*
My favourite elephant is Tembo, the bull African elephant at Colchester Zoo. He's absolutely colossal and a real gentle giant, despite his unpleasant beginnings (he was brought to the zoo as a rescue from the Chipperfield Circus, where he had been abused - when he first arrived in the late 90s, he still had scars on his back from when he had been beaten).
Zoo's in northern part of America would love for an exhibit like this.
Wow. Linking three habitats together like that and integrating elephants is very unique. It mixes up the usual formula we see in African Savannah sections. I'll definitely make Dallas Zoo a priority if I ever make it to Texas.
My favourite elephant was an Asian elephant I met when I was volunteering in Thailand Elephant nature sanctuary. Her name was jokia and her friend Mai perm. Jokia was blind in both of her eyes from being abused by human and when she came to the sanctuary, Mai perm took jokia under her wing as a kind of seeing eye elephant and the two go everywhere together.
Jumbo because he has so much history and was the 1st animal superstar the world has ever seen.
My favorite individual elephants are almost certainly the late Lisa and Cita from the Virginia Zoo (by the way I'd love it if you did just one more tour from there), who both passed away in Zoo Miami (rest in peace).
I love zoo tours n tom roads Trippin
I like the dallas zoo it deserves alot of more respect :)
I love Tonga from NCZ. Shes such a great model for photos.
My favorite individual elephants are Donna, Lisa, and Osh because they were part of the Oakland Zoo until Lisa passed away at age 46 and Donna was sent to TES in Tennessee. I also like Ning Nong because she rescued a girl from a tsunami in Thailand.
*Keep up the amazingly lovely work!* 🐘
Omg i ❤ your new logo ! Featured an elephant ! My favorite animals. Wish you can visit to Zoo in Overseas too.. especially Asia , europe and Australia
I love this channel 🤘🏾☮️💜🦍🦧🐅🐘🦏🐬🦜
I love zoos with elephants with them
Leaving the US again for the next episode, exciting!
My favorite individual elephant? For that question, I'd actually have to go with three (though that doesn't mean I have anything against any other elephants I've seen before). The first one is Kimba from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, since I got to take part in a training session with her as a thank you for all the donations I gave to the zoo whenever I visited the place in 2020, how cooperative she was during this session, and how that experience left a big impact on me. My second choice is Tombi from the Indianapolis Zoo, since I got to meet her in 2022, but also knowing about her beforehand when first learning about the Indianapolis Zoo, and seeing how calm and cooperative she was during her training sessions, and how she allowed me to walk up and pet her after her training session was done. My third choice is Groucho from the Denver Zoo, since he's the largest land animal in Colorado, I've had the privilege of seeing him many times, and how he's been a big role model for the other elephants in the zoo. I always love watching Groucho take part in his training sessions, and see him interact with the other elephants. He definitely holds a special place in my heart.
Favorite individual elephant? I love all elephants in general, but I’d say Jabulani from the Living with Elephants Foundation in Botswana. Jabu for short. He was a gentle giant, and he was magnificent! Had a leg injury that required extensive care. He sadly passed away a couple years ago..
There’s also Satao from Tsavo East National Park in Kenya. Great majestic tusker. Killed by poachers in 2014..
I maybe visiting San Diego in a couple days, this just got me even more excited for April 2025! I can't wait to see this beautiful habitat and all it's amazing animals for myself. While I maybe a big time species list hunter, elephants have this way of winning me over to give some attention.
Thanks for the tour bro, and see ya in the next one! Can't wait to see where it takes us next.
My favorite individual elephant is Packy. First Asian elephant born in the Western Hemisphere for some decades when he was born, and the grand old man of the Oregon Zoo for so many years.
MAN IVE BEEN WAITING
You should really visit Pairi Daiza in Belgium, the most amazing zoo!
Easily Raja at the St. Louis Zoo. I've literally grown up with him. I'm going to really miss him when he moves next year.
Omaha just had their 5th baby elephant in 2 years so I guess my favorites the 5 of them
The Cincinnati Zoo Exhibit will be the best Elephant Exhibit once it’s done
Congratulations, Dallas Zoo!🐘🦓🦒🦏🦁Visit the Sacramento Zoo, San Francisco Zoo, & San Diego Zoo Safari Park sooner or later, Zak! Also, here are 8 zoo trivia questions for you & your girlfriend...
1) What is the next of the female tiger cub that was brought to the Oakland Zoo after being rescued from a private facility?
2) Which Galapagos Tortoise at the Nehru Zoological Park passed away from the age of 125 this year?
3) When did the Lincoln Park Zoo's 16-year-old female polar bear, Kobe, passed away from illness?
4) Which month last year did the San Francisco Zoo's male fishing cat, Kiet, passed away from old age?
5) What date did Larry the new male gray fox move into the San Francisco Zoo as his new home?
6) What year did the San Francisco Zoo originally house a green iguana at the Children's Zoo's Koret Animal Resource Center?
7) How many years ago did the San Francisco Zoo originally house 2 white-nosed coatimundis at the Children's Zoo?
8) Which date did the San Diego Zoo Safari Park celebrate the hatching arrival of a North Island Brown Kiwi?
Heaving Nigersaurus!🐘🦓🦒🦏🦁
My favorite individual elephant has to be Indali from Chester Zoo. Why is because of her battle against EEHV
Great episode, one question unrelated - do you think the Hippo area in Cincy needs to be expanded? Personally, I do think it needs to be made larger.
One day when i can own my very own zoo you will visit it
Have you considered checking out the shedd aquarium or the Wilds which is about an hour or two from the Columbus zoo and is also owned by them?
ruclips.net/p/PLfEeUwcoEhrm1VYeEGBb3rZucywg4npfK&si=fWfgx6rx-jdz1ohJ, ruclips.net/p/PLfEeUwcoEhrn8_Wj5fGXNX5FWmWLuzdCv&si=Ad8f59DWQ02cqIXr
Spike from National Zoo
My name is Gerson
My favorite individual is my elephant is Billy the Asian Elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens.
He is my favorite elephant because since I was little and started to go to the LA Zoo, he has always been my animal idol since elephants are my favorite animal.
Everytime when I go to the zoo he is the first animal I would want to see and another reason is because he has always been my favorite specific elephant since my childhood, now, and always.
This is God’s beautiful creation.
Review the Omaha Zoos Asian Highlands
I noticed that in most of the shots of the giraffe it had its tongue flailing around outside of its mouth? Was that just the one individual? It’s a stereotypic behaviour in captive giraffes so it always bums me out a little to see 😢
Of the hundreds of giraffes I've seen, not one has ever had a limp tongue besides Ferrell - nor have I ever heard of such thing. I forgot to post the link, but he suffered a jaw injury over a decade ago (and on an unrelated note, recently passed away): www.wfaa.com/article/life/animals/dallas-zoo-announces-the-passing-of-one-of-its-beloved-giraffes-ferrell/287-81d645ee-39d3-4a93-a200-2a4fb3d90bed
@@ZooTours aww that’s a shame :( Yeah now that you say that it does look more like it’s just hanging there rather than actively twirling around! (Did a project on my local zoo’s giraffes and saw a lot of it 😔)
🦁🐘🦒 + 🤩😉👍
I wish wildebeest were in zoos more often……..
I love the channel… but is AI art necessary?
Thumbnails are not composited with AI, that would be impossible to get a computer to create what I have in mind. In fact, this thumbnail was made with more photos I took myself than any of the others.