tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121675297610102084.post7011377529760831520..comments2023-08-16T07:37:02.612-07:00Comments on i am NOT an anteater!: Homes of the Hornbillsleo811 (twitter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11236794393308282027noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121675297610102084.post-64504594078803429292013-09-04T09:49:47.470-07:002013-09-04T09:49:47.470-07:00@ellicruu - Thank you for your comment. I hope yo...@ellicruu - Thank you for your comment. I hope you still got notification of some sort and have returned to see this reply. Not sure what happened, but I always appreciate your comments. ... Thank you for your calculations. I can only estimate from Visitor perspective, but like you said, even at your calculations this is awful. He is 11 and has lived in this space for at least five years, so may very well have been living there most of his life. Sad. AND I don't buy that there is no money. They sure as hell found money to build that damn tiki hut above the Mandrils! ... I keep forgetting for posts like this to add in the Director contact info, so will do and please send an email and be Hercules voice :)leo811 (twitter)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11236794393308282027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121675297610102084.post-20307864843883774012013-09-04T09:44:28.637-07:002013-09-04T09:44:28.637-07:00@Lee- Thank you for your comment. ... He is ve...@Lee- Thank you for your comment. ... He is very personable and appears to be imprinted on Humans as he is the only Hornbill I see interact with the Keepers. I watched him again for extended time on Monday while a Keeper was in with him and he is just a lovey guy :) leo811 (twitter)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11236794393308282027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121675297610102084.post-17479751147656464172013-09-04T09:40:37.388-07:002013-09-04T09:40:37.388-07:00Author Add: This comment posted by user ellicruu...Author Add: This comment posted by user ellicruu would not publish for some reason, so I'm adding it in myself.<br /><br />ellicruu - What a pitiful enclosure for such a majestic bird, Hercules doesn't deserve this...I used my area calculator again as well as utilized your photos and I was horrified with the results. By the looks of it, the Great Hornbill enclosure is 22(length:some-what longer than your estimation)x16(depth)x12(height) feet. This ends with a volume of 4224 square feet. While the Southern Ground Hornbill enclosure is 50(length)x38(depth)x15(height) feet. Which is 28500 square feet. In comparison, the Ground Hornbills have an enclosure almost 7 times larger in volume than Hercules! As birds, both hornbills are approximately the same size so there is no reason why Hercules has to live in such conditions. leo811 (twitter)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11236794393308282027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121675297610102084.post-26810464431746351712013-09-01T21:39:28.482-07:002013-09-01T21:39:28.482-07:00Hercules is quite a character. He is a gorgeous bi...Hercules is quite a character. He is a gorgeous bird that loves interacting with keepers and visitors. I think for a bird his size it's pitiful that he only has room to hop around and the only flight he has is to fly up to a perch to hop around again. It doesnt even give him enough flight to fully spread his wings. He is adorable and I just love visiting him..... ZOO, get some FLIGHT room for Hercules!!!Lee (a tiger's best friend)noreply@blogger.com