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Caiman Exhibit at Long Sutton 25/04/11

Now, I'm not too averse to the odd functional rather than fancy exhibit here and there, but this is dire - the decking [i]overhangs[/i] the water, with a vertical gap of several inches on the rear and right-hand sides, and I genuinely can't see an easy way for the caiman to leave the water. The pool itself is a simple rectangular pond liner with no slope or planted covering. It's ugly, dark [i]and[/i] poorly laid out for the animal.

Caiman Exhibit at Long Sutton 25/04/11
Maguari, 1 May 2011
    • Maguari
      Now, I\'m not too averse to the odd functional rather than fancy exhibit here and there, but this is dire - the decking overhangs the water, with a vertical gap of several inches on the rear and right-hand sides, and I genuinely can\'t see an easy way for the caiman to leave the water. The pool itself is a simple rectangular pond liner with no slope or planted covering. It\'s ugly, dark and poorly laid out for the animal.
    • chizlit
      Pity there isn't an unlike tab to press here.
      No matter what angle you take the picture from it's still going to be a poor show.
      Is the caiman a fairly new addition to the park and they just plonked it here until something better could be done? (Im clutching at straws here.......).
    • Maguari
      I have been told that this is the 'new and improved' caiman exhibit, implying this actually replaced something else, but this was my first visit so I can't confirm that myself.

      As you say, if this were temporary it would excuse some of its faults (but not the absence of a ramp out of the water).
    • ZooLeopard
      They have had Caiman for quite a few years. I went back here a few weeks ago and saw this enclosure, wasn't impressed! Also they have now have created an enclosure on the left hand side of this enclosure for Iguana, very small indeed.
    • Maguari
      Iguana and Cane Toad, in fact, according to the label, but I only saw one iguana in there. Don't have any photos of that one, but it wasn't great.
    • ZooLeopard
      That was the one! I don't have any photos either as I forgot my camera! The butterfly house also looked very bare as they had a very bad winter. To top it all off, I remember reading a sign that said they lost all of their ant colony as the queen had died.
    • zoogiraffe
      @ Maguari I know i said this was the new improved exhibit to you but having seen this picture,I actually think it is worse than the old one so much for progress!!
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