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#16
10-12-2008
Maybe the Grzimek House has changed since I was there in 1984, but back then only a part of it was nocturnal. The first (which was laso the last) exhibit was a well lit representation of the S.American rainforest with Acoushi and Goeldi Monkeys. Other daylight exhibits I remember included Bushdogs and S.African Cape Clawless Otter. The middle of the house was nocturnal exhibits (kiwi, galago, springhares etc.) but certainly not all.
As I said, maybe it has changed since then.  Hix |
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#17
10-12-2008
@Gibbon. The new house will be smaller just for a few species,w hich be are hold now in the Grizmekhouse. The Gibbonhous ehas nothing to do with that, the zoo ha sno fault with the problems of the construction of this tiny glasshouse.
The Grizmekhouse will be teher for the next couple of years....Next big projekts, which will be started hopefully in 2010, are the new entrance and new exhibits for the bears. The old monkeyhouse will be desroyed in maybe two or three years, and maybe then the constrution of the new nocturnalhouse will start. But it is not sure at this time, the new house will be build at this place, but I think, it is the only place, or maybe they destroy the Exotarium also.... |
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#18
11-12-2008
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Incidentally, what is the story with the gibbon house, aluded to above? Is the zoo going downhill under its newish director? It is such a wonderful place (or at least it was); it would be a huge loss to the zoo world if it was just reduced to being just another European zoo. |
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#19
12-12-2008
@sooty mangabey. I wish, it would be a joke, but it is reality, but don't worry, the Exotarium and the Birdhouse will not be destroyed, that was really a Joke.
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#20
15-12-2008
Well, I'm probably going there next year so I'm looking forward to see the Grzimek House...
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#21
15-12-2008
You will defintely see the Grzimek-House next year.
The way I know Frankfurt, the demolition or rehabilitation of the House will happen soonest in 2014-2015. The new building of the entrance and the tropic bear exhibit is going to start in 2010.... |
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#22
08-01-2009
All the plans have been developed before the global financial crisis really started. Frankfurt, as the finance capital of Germany, will be suffering more than any other city in the country. I really do believe, that the future of the Grzimek-house is secured for the next couple of years.
Beside of this, its strange that a new entrance is one priority and leaving the terrible hippo exhibit untouched... |
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#23
08-01-2009
I bet, the hippos will leave the zoo in the next years, because there is no space in the zoo for a large and modern hippo house and Kronberg will build a new hippo house in the next years.
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#24
08-01-2009
That would be better than keeping them in an enclosure like this !
The whole rhino house ( former elephant house) needs to be renovated - much more important than a new entrance area....just my 2 cents. |
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#25
08-01-2009
Does the Frankfurt Zoological Society still own the land in Niddatal? Many years ago there were plans for an out-of-town open zoo a bit like London's Whipsnade, but as far as I know it never got very far.
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#26
08-01-2009
No, FZS was forced to sell it to the city.
The plans for one second zoo have been totally cancelled years ago- 
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