Tropiquaria is a small tropical house and zoo in
West Somerset, sixteen miles from Taunton and nine miles
from Minehead. We are based in a 1930’s art-
transmitter hall, which is now a grade 2 listed bulding. A zoo has
been run from this site since the early 1990’s and the current
owners took over in 2007. Since then, efforts have
been made to develop a slightly more African
theme to the tropical hall and aquarium. As
well as the animal displays, we have a number
of other attractions based here. Including a Radio
Museum, the Shadowstring Puppet Theatre, and a range
of indoor and outdoor children’s play areas.
Tropiquaria is pleased to announce the arrival
of Blondie, a female Lar Gibbon who has come
to us from Paignton Zoo as a companion for
Odo our male gibbon.
We sadly lost Odo's older female companion
Jude some time ago with an aneurysm and we
have been looking for a new companion for Odo
ever since.
Chris Moiser, the Zoological Director said, "Odo
was hand-
and Jude was a much older gibbon who had
been brought in to teach him to be a real gibbon. Obviously we
were very upset when we lost Jude, but were comforted to find out that she was one of the oldest gibbons in the UK, and that she probably was unaware that she was ill until just before she died. Blondie, is just a little younger than Odo, and will hopefully be more of a companion to him. As ever with these things we were extremely concerned with the initial introduction, but it seems to have gone well so far. Blondie is a much bigger gibbon than Odo, and he actually fell off his perch when he first saw her, but he has started to spend time grooming her and seems already to be fond of his new friend."
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