Animal Collection
| Species | Individuals |
|---|---|
| 44 mammals | 150 |
| 58 birds | 219 |
| 42 reptiles | 80 |
| 11 amphibians | 26 |
| 35 fish | 318 |
| 48 invertebrates | 391 |
| 238 total species | 1184 total animals |
Most animals at John Ball Zoo were born in another zoo. Few of the animals are taken from the wild. Almost all the wild animals are at the zoo because they sustained injuries and can no longer live in their natural habitat.
The zoo added to it animal collection in 2004 a Komodo Dragon named Precious. He is 7 feet (2.1 m) long, is a fierce carnivore with razor sharp teeth and killer saliva. Precious is on exhibit outside the Treasure of the Tropics building during summer, and inside during the fall, winter, and spring.
During 2005 the zoo created an Australian walk though exhibit that featured Wallabies and Budgies. The wallabies, if they want to, can come out in the walk way to be petted.
On May 9, 2007 the Otters had a baby boy. It first went out in the exhibit mid July.
In early September the female Black-footed cat had two kittens.
The ring-tailed lemur exhibit was started in March 2009 came out in May
In 2010, the zoo brought in a troop of guinea baboons, the largest alligator outside of Florida, moved their flamingos to another pond, and alterd the old tiger exhibit to hold a rock hyrax and a group of colobus monkeys.
List of animals- Mammals
- African Lion
- Black-footed Cat
- Eastern Bongo
- Capybara
- Chimpanzee
- Colobus Monkey
- Cottontop Tamarin
- Cougar
- Duiker
- Goeldi's Monkey
- Grizzly Bear
- Guinea Baboon
- Howler Monkey
- Kinkajou
- Maned Wolf
- North American River Otter
- Ring-Tailed Lemur
- Sloth
- Snow Leopard
- Tapir
- Warthog
- Wolverine
- Birds
- African Gray Parrot
- Bald Eagle
- Barn Owl
- Budgie
- Chilean Flamingo
- Great Horned Owl
- Hornbill
- Magellanic Penguin
- Reptiles
- American Alligator
- Anaconda
- Caiman
- Komodo Dragon
- Fish
- Cownose Ray
- Koi
- Leopard Shark
- Nurse Shark
- Wolf Eel
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