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#1
Amazon and Beyond
02-12-2008
Here is an article and video of the Metrozoo's newest exhibit:
Amazon exhibit brings rain forest to Miami Metrozoo - South Florida - MiamiHerald.com |
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#2
02-12-2008
At $50 million and 100 species this better be an outstanding exhibit...and I'll be there with my wife on opening day next Saturday!!!! I'm sure that the crowds will be insane, but it was the only available time slot for us.
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#3
03-12-2008
Some facts and figures from the zoo's website:
AMAZON AND BEYOND FUN FACTS DID YOU KNOW? Construction Facts o It took about 200 workers to build Amazon and Beyond. o Out of those 200 workers, it took 250,208 man hours. That’s over 28 years for one person! o 3,500 cubic yards of concrete were poured for Amazon and Beyond’s walkways and buildings. o More than 40 companies helped construct and design the new 27-acre Amazon and Beyond exhibit at Miami Metrozoo. Landscape Facts o It took 10,000 bags of mulch to landscape Amazon and Beyond. Each bag covers two cubic yards. Do the math and that’s enough to cover three football fields! o There’s 16,000 cubic yards of dirt in the new Amazon and Beyond exhibit. Each cubic yard of dirt weighs more than 2,000 pounds. The total weight, 32,400,000 pounds, is the combined weight of over 2,000 male African elephants. o Exactly 21,573 new plants, trees, and shrubs were planted at Amazon and Beyond. Plants have the capacity to produce 5mL of oxygen an hour. With these new plants alone, over 107,000mL of oxygen is created an hour—enough to sustain 216 people for one hour! o There is also 453 tons of new rock. That’s equivalent to one million pounds or 3,224 female Bengaltigers. Exhibit Facts o The Flooded Forest tank holds 50,000 gallons of water. Asian elephants drink on average 30 gallons of water a day. If 1,667 Asian elephants drank from the Flooded Forest, the tank would be empty in only one day. o There are over 100 different species that will be exhibited in Amazon and Beyond. Marquee animal exhibits include: an indoor reptile house, jaguars, giant river otters, the Flooded Forrest, anacondas, and harpy eagles. Male giant river otters can grow to 6 feet in length and their tails can account for over two feet of their overall length. o Families will be able to enjoy an outdoor 1,000 gallon freshwater stingray touch tank. o There is an interactive fountain for children to enjoy, which will feature 4,500 gallons of water. A grid of jets will shoot out water to different heights when activated. There is also a lily pad water play area by the Orinoco River. |
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#4
03-12-2008
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 on the subject of features in this exhibit, does anyone else dislike stingray touch tanks? How do the stingrays feel about being touched all day long? But more importantly, I'm assuming the stings are removed from the animals for the visitors' safety and in that case -- from a moral standpoint -- how is that different from the reprehensible practice of removing claws and teeth from tigers (for example) so they are safe for visitors to get photographed with? |
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#5
04-12-2008
stingray barbs grow back like fingernails, so it would be more akin to trimming a tigers nails than removing them
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04-12-2008
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04-12-2008
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#8
16-05-2009
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#9
16-05-2009
Now that is what all zoos should have on their websites! It is of particular interest for those ZooChatters who wish to know the exact list of species in the various exhibits. Cheers okapikpr!
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