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Gorilla Exhibit - World-Famous Tunnel

Aug. 7th, 2012.

Gorilla Exhibit - World-Famous Tunnel
snowleopard, 9 Sep 2012
    • snowleopard
      Aug. 7th, 2012.
    • Arizona Docent
      Interesting. So the gorillas can climb over the top?
    • snowleopard
      Yes, and on opening day (May 12th, 1985) the zoo had a record-setting crowd of 22,000 and the gorillas climbed all over the two glass tunnels. I'm not sure how often the apes do that these days, but seeing 3 photos of the gorillas on the tunnels in a Topeka Zoo history book was pretty cool.
    • uszoo
      The bronx has a simalar feature to this but it is more naturalistic and easier for gorillas to climb over.
    • snowleopard
    • DavidBrown
      Does anybody know what is being done with this exhibit now? Is it still for sun bears?
    • snowleopard
      @DavidBrown There is still a solitary sun bear there, but the animal is 31 years old and near the end of its life. It will be interesting to see what becomes of the exhibit in the future.
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