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General Discussion => Birthdays and Events => Topic started by: CLKD on September 19, 2014, 08:12:17 PM

Title: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: CLKD on September 19, 2014, 08:12:17 PM

born on Tuesday - an elephant  :-*

Title: Re: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: Dyan on September 20, 2014, 08:15:43 AM

Awwww that's lovely news.
I love ele's

Title: Re: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: CLKD on September 20, 2014, 03:33:21 PM

There was a photo on the main news sites yesterday  :-*

Title: Re: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: Dyan on September 20, 2014, 05:14:08 PM

 :thankyou: just googled it and saw the video.........so cute!

Title: Re: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: Taz2 on September 20, 2014, 06:25:52 PM

http://www.zsl.org/zsl-whipsnade-zoo/news/whipsnade-trumpets-baby-elephant-birth

Taz x  :)

Title: Re: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: honeybun on September 20, 2014, 07:34:55 PM

Just lovely.

I think elephants are wonderful.


Honeyb
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Title: Re: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: CLKD on September 20, 2014, 08:09:38 PM

 :thankyou:  Taz - do you know that elephant hair, although it looks soft, is very very spiky  >:( ……. I had bruises for days after stroking an ellies head  :-\

Title: Re: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: Taz2 on September 21, 2014, 10:22:54 AM

It's like pig and warthog bristles.

Taz x

Title: Re: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: Joyce on September 21, 2014, 10:47:43 AM

Ahhh.   Pity we're not going to see any baby pandas at Edinburgh zoo.

Title: Re: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: CLKD on September 21, 2014, 12:33:04 PM

 :o ..........

Title: Re: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: Taz2 on September 21, 2014, 02:43:26 PM

It's not going to happen CLKD http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/news/2014/09/giant-panda-update/

Taz x

Title: Re: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: CLKD on September 21, 2014, 04:14:41 PM

 :thankyou:  ………… I love pandas too - missed Clare Balding's recent programme when she visited China.

Title: Re: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: Joyce on September 21, 2014, 05:44:04 PM

Shame about the pandas, gather it's cost £600000 to rent them. That and cost of food etc.

Title: Re: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: honeybun on September 21, 2014, 06:54:09 PM

I think they should just give up to be honest.

It costs far too much. The entrance fee into Edinburgh zoo does not even cover the cost of seeing a panda. You have to pay extra which is too much for some families.


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Title: Re: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: Joyce on September 21, 2014, 07:02:15 PM

My daughter refused to pay the extra for the pandas. Makes it very expensive trip to a zoo for a family.

Title: Re: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: honeybun on September 21, 2014, 07:40:23 PM

My niece did exactly the same. Lots of families find paying to get into the zoo expensive enough without any extras.


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Title: Re: Whipsnade Zoo has a new baby
Post by: CLKD on September 21, 2014, 08:11:51 PM

Many places now charge a 'full' rate to enter, unless 1 asks for this and that to be removed until 1 gets to the gate price it can be very expensive.  Trouble is by the time the this and that have been explained there's usually a queue - me, I turn to those in the queue and say 'listen up guys, so that the girl/lad doesn't have to repeat themselves or they will be sick of saying the same thing by t-time'  ;).  Whipsande has a huge gate price because it includes the cheetahs etc., once all that is taken off it is quite reasonable.  However, 'they' now charge for parking which was free until 2 years ago  >:(