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American alligator exhibit, 2020-06-28

Previously this exhibit housed spectacled caiman. It was recently renovated and that renovation included the construction of a deeper pool and minor enlargements. The Branderhorst's snapping turtles and iguanas living here previously have also returned.

American alligator exhibit, 2020-06-28
KevinB, 4 Jul 2020
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      The newly renovated crocodile exhibit housing the American alligators I actually found a little bit better than I expected, and the recent renovation seems to have improved the exhibit a bit. It is not a bad exhibit for American alligators, but not great one either. I however still think getting larger crocodiles again to be a strange decision.

      I also found the lighting of the exhibit to be substantially duskier and more unnatural that before.

      I also saw the simulated tropical thunderstorm in the alligator exhibit again (from a distance, so no pictures of it), and that too seems to have been changed into a more spectacular form again, compared to the one I saw last year. For example the exhibit now again becomes entirely dark again during the "storm", the noises were louder and more impressive again and there is a simulated falling branch/tree again (the prop just drops a meter or so down from the ceiling).
      4 Jul 2020
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