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Cincinnati Zoo - Gorilla Exhibit
Old 25-08-2008

July 2008. Disappointing habitat that looks nice from this photo but is actually much smaller than it appears. The long, rectangular-shaped enclosure holds at least 6-7 gorillas.
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Old 03-11-2008

It sort of looks like a Gorilla grotto. Yikes!
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Old 03-11-2008

I found more than half of the enclosures at the Cincinnati Zoo disappointing, even though that zoo has a fabulous animal collection.
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Old 11-01-2009

Gorilla World was one of the best gorilla exhibits when it was built (late 70's, methinks). There were plans to renovate it but I'm not sure where that is on the list of priorities.

If you think this is bad, you should have seen the old ape house. It was absolutely brutal. It's a little gift shop down the hill from Rhino Reserve right now. They used to keep Orangs, Gorlillas and Bonobos in there along with some marmosets and even a couple of Doucs at one point in the 80's. Terrible, trust me.
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Old 12-01-2009

Keep in mind how small the zoo is.
If Cincinnati were to build a gorilla exhibit the size of the one at the Bronx Zoo, that one exhibit would eat up 10% of the Cincinnati Zoo's land.
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Old 13-01-2009

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Originally Posted by Zooplantman View Post
Keep in mind how small the zoo is.
If Cincinnati were to build a gorilla exhibit the size of the one at the Bronx Zoo, that one exhibit would eat up 10% of the Cincinnati Zoo's land.
Very true.

Also keep in mind that before Congo, the Bronx didn't exactly have the prettiest of gorilla exhibits either.
 


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