Kinsmen Discovery Centre

The Kinsmen Discovery Centre is a place where children and adults can get in touch with nature! Since it’s opening in 1990, the Kinsmen Discovery Centre has delighted people of all ages.

Animals

Fish, Crustaceans, and Insects

  • Bubble-tip Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) 
  • Pink-tipped Anemone (Condylactis) 
  • Tricolor Hermit Crab (Clibanarius tricolor) 
  • Peppermint Shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni) 
  • Crowned Astrea Snail (Astraea) 
  • Nassarius Snail (Nassarius) 
  • Zebra Nerite Snail (Neritina natalensis) 
  • Blue Regal (Hippo) Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) 
  • Purple (Yellow-tailed) Tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum) 
  • Banded Archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix) 
  • Leopard Bush Fish (Ctenopoma acutirostre) 
  • Saddled Bichir (Polypterus endlicheri) 
  • Featherfin Squeaker Catfish (Synodontis eupterus) 
  • Blotched Upside-down Catfish (Synodontis nigriventris) 
  • Mexican Blind Cave Fish (Astyanax jordani) 
  • Goldtail Damselfish (Chrysiptera parasema)
  • Tomato Clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus)
  • Peacock Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
  • Pink Skunk Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
  • Madagascar Rainbowfish (Bedotia geayi)
  • Corydoras Catfish (Corydoras)
  • Orange Dottyback (Pseudochromis aldabraensis)
  • Striated Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus striatus)

Reptiles and Amphibians

  • Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans)
  • New Caledonia Bumpy (Gargoyle) Gecko (Rhacodactylus auriculatus)
  • Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
  • South American Yellow-footed Tortoise (Geochelone denticulata)

Birds 

  • Black-naped Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus) 
  • Common Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica) 
  • Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)
  • Superb Starlings (Lamprotornis superbus superbus)

Mammals

  • Prehensile-tailed Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis)
  • Slender-tailed Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) 
  • Woylie (Bettongia penicillata)
  • Naked Mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber)

*currently off display

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Taveta Golden Weaver

Tawny Frogmouth

Meerkat

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