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Munich Zoo - Penguin exhibit
29-11-2008
The indoor artcic exhibit for king penguins and gentoo penguins in Munich Zoo.
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#2
29-11-2008
Definately not as good as the penguin exhibits in Berlin, Odense and Rotterdam.
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#3
29-11-2008
It is what those exhibits would look like if they were built 25 years ago
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#4
29-11-2008
This is an atrocious penguin cage...dull, boring, depressing, etc.
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#5
29-11-2008
Pretty sterile exhibit. Horrible use of concrete - i wish more penguin exhibits were outside and had grass like the one at burger's zoo as it's so much better for the animals and more natural.
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#6
29-11-2008
I hope Melbourne aquariums $28 million dollar creation is a hell of a lot better than this.
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#7
01-12-2008
@redpanda: Try to keep (sub)antarctic penguins like King's or Gentoos outdoors in this part of the world-you'll end up with a lot of dead penguins...
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#8
01-12-2008
This enclosure doesn't look pretty, but it has a pool and a cooling system, all the penguins need really.
And there aren't many penguin exhibits that aren't made of concrete. |
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#9
07-12-2008
Sun Wukong - these are not the only types of penguins. Black-Footed, Humboldt and several other species would be fine. If they really wanted to maintain their current collecton, it would be so simple to cover the concrete in turf (the water level would have to be lowered a little to stop it drowning). It would be much better for the penguins and look far nicer too.
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#10
07-12-2008
Uh, "cover the concrete with turf"....I don't think so. This exhibit is INDOORS, and last I checked turf needs soil and sunlight to survive. Admittedly an ugly exhibit, but as noted for sub-antarctic species water, controlled temperature and air quality are far more critical.
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#11
07-12-2008
This exhibit was originally build in 1977, so its more than 30 years old. A few years ago, they renovated it and made the best out of the former concrete, bathroom-like exhibt what was possible.In the next years, the complete Polarium with the Penguin exhibits will be renovated and I'm sure, the new exhibits for the polar bears, penguins and the sealions will be much better than the present enclosures.And by the Way,the King and Gentoo penguins have bred very sucessfully in this old exhibit.
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#12
19-12-2008
@redpanda: reduakri is absolutely right-it's an indoor exhibit; turf's out of question.
On cold winter days in Munich, the King Penguins are allowed to walk through the zoo-similar to "Penguin Walks" in other zoos, like Edinburgh. And besides, the zoo also keeps Humbolt penguins closeby, which, btw. just as Black-Footed and "several other" penguin species are also susceptive and vulnerable to f.e. avian malaria, aspergillosis, avian influenca and, as in an recent German example, feral foxes... @Zebraduiker: well, "very sucessfully" is a bit of an exaggeration; especially in terms of King Penguin females, their current ressources are more than limited... |
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#13
22-12-2008
I've seen Melbourne Aquariums exhibit and it is so much better. The manufactured snow gives it a nicer feel then concrete like this.
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#14
23-12-2008
At least Munich's exhibit didn't cost $28 million AUS dollars.
And let's see how Melbourne will look like in 30 years...
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