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#1
Fav. Exhibit
09-09-2007
What is your favourite exhibit? There are two catagories: Houses ( Like The elephant house at Chester or the Nocturnal bird house at Jurong that house many different species, maybe on a theme of country, culture or habitat); and single species or mixed exhibits ( this is just one enclosure or aviary. It can have lots of species or just one. Examples Shoebills at Frankfurt or Speke's gazelle, lesser Kudu, Soemerring gazelle and gerenuk at San Diego)
I'll post mine when I've had a think...... |
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#2
09-09-2007
my favourite mixed exhibit is the walk through aviary at lowry park zoo, florida, i thought yet another mixed aviary but this is what i love an exhibit you go into with no idea what is in the exhibit, you know what you are going to get in an elephant house or a major exhibit like realm of the red ape. The aviary at lowry park was a densely planted slice of rain forest with great indian hornbill, toco toucan, red birds of paradise, open billed stork (african i think), victoria crowned pigeon, boat billed heron all species at the time new to me. what an experience i spent about an hour in there just sitting and watching a fantastic experience and i am not a bird person hoofstock my favourite.
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#3
09-09-2007
choosing one is very difficult.
heres the short list. Realm Of The Red Ape Bear Mountain Twilight Zone Bat Cave Miniture Monkeys Monkey Islands Tropical Realm African Plains at Dublin Spirit Of The Jaguar Lemur Islands at Chester Snowdon Aviary Moonlight World at Bristol Europe On The Edge Elephants Of The Asian Forests Gorilla Kindgom Spectacled Bears at Jersey Bears Of The Cloud Forests Monkey Islands at Dublin i'll try and pick a favourite out of them. |
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#4
09-09-2007
The open bills would have been African as no U.S zoo has kept asian open bill since San Diego W.A.P a few years ago.
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#5
09-09-2007
I'd vote for 'Europe on the Edge' from the ones I've seen... |
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#6
10-09-2007
I'd nominate 'Palace of the Apes' at Port Lympne which is a single species, multi-enclosure house, and the penguin pool at Edinburgh which is a double enclosure for three species.
I think they fit into your second and first categories respectively, but I can't help feeling it should be the other way around  Alan
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#7
10-09-2007
Yes that works.
My favourite house is islands in danger and I'm going to have to have a think about my favourite individual exhibit. |
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#8
10-09-2007
i've managed to cut down my list to just 10
Realm Of The Red Ape Twilight Zone Bat Cave Miniture Monkeys Monkey Islands Tropical Realm African Plains at Dublin Spirit Of The Jaguar Snowdon Aviary Europe On The Edge Monkey Islands at Dublin |
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#9
10-09-2007
I agree with Grant.
My favourite exhibit is Europe on the Edge at Chester. I can stand and watch the birds going about their business for ages. |
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#10
10-09-2007
I really like scripps aviary, Prker aviary and owen's rainforest aviary at San Diego zoo. they have so many species.
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#11
10-09-2007
Some of my favorites:
Emmen Zoo: The savannah, a large exhibit with mixed animals like zebras, giraffes, rhinos, wildebeests, gazelles, cranes, etc. Apenheul: This zoo with almost only apes and monkeys has a lot of large, green exhibits with much trees and bushes. Burgers Zoo: The Bush, a very large building with a piece of rainforest. Amsterdam Zoo: The small mammals house. Rotterdam Zoo: Tamman Indah (Asian elephants, Indian rhinos, tapirs, etc.) |
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#12
10-09-2007
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#13
Most unfavourite new exhibit
10-09-2007
I don't want to be too negative but I'd like to nominate one newish exhibit I wasn't too impressed with.
That's the 'Monkey Heights' building at Paignton Zoo. It replaces the original Monkey House and the new 'complex' in the central part of the zoo cost a great deal of money. It houses various species but seems to have failed to give its principal residents, the monkeys (two groups of Colobus, Sulawesi macaques, Diana monkeys) any real climbing opportunity... Three of the four outdoor enclosures have a very large existing Plane tree as the central feature, but they are electrified to prevent the monkeys climbing them- obviously to prevent damage to the foliage. The monkeys have climbing structures beneath the trees. It seems strange to see them limited to using these instead of leaping about in the trees- especially the very arboreal species like the Colobus and Guenons. There is a great deal of fencing in evidence too and the raised public walkways mean the monkeys tend to be below you rather than above. I feel they would have been better sighting this exhibit in the undeveloped wooded hillside area of the zoo, where groves of trees could have been incorporated in the design and the monkeys allowed to use them. This is how Howletts and Port Lympne are designing their new primate enclosures and its very effective. I think 'Monkey Heights' is 'Monkey Low' really.  Any opinions?
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#14
11-09-2007
I was very impressed by the penguins at Edinburgh Zoo. It's the only real world-class exhibit they have.
My favourite mixed exhibit is Prague Zoo's Indonesian Jungle which looks like a miniature Eden Project and houses orangs, gibbons and binturong amongst others. The planting and theming of the indoor enclosures is just brilliant, miles better than Realm of the Red Ape. |
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#15
11-09-2007
Chesters "Cloud forest" exhibit i think is the best asethically. "Realm of the red ape" is really good, its really approved the quality of the exhibit for the orangutan and encourages their natural behaviour more. My only problem is it gets too crowded.
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