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West Indian Manatee at Artis 2002

This enclosure was, well, frankly dreadful. Fortunately no longer in use.

West Indian Manatee at Artis 2002
Maguari, 20 Jul 2008
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    • Maguari
      This enclosure was, well, frankly dreadful. Fortunately no longer in use.
    • kiang
      does anyone have a fuller picture of this enclosure, it sounds as though it needs to be seen to be believed!
    • Fodders
      Looks hideous
    • James27
      It doesn't look like the manatee's in water lol
      Looks like a pretty crappy exhibit though
    • UntBwe
      Artis don't have this species anymore...
    • Toddy
      I remember seeing the manatee here in 2002, and almost cried. Now, however, he lives in a very nice rainforest pool in Randers Tropical Zoo:)
    • DejaVuKatz
      I had to do a double take too... and poor things in just a couple feet of water too!!!
    • PeGe
      Impressive! Imagine it could even turn around in there! But how much of the enclosure do we see here? and is this the perspective a regular visitor had or did you see it just through the window?
    • Maguari
      This is from the above-water viewing on the other side of the pool. It's a long time ago now but I'd say this was maybe a fifth or sixth of the exhibit? Something like that. It was tiny - I'd say no more than two-thirds of the surface area of Tierpark Berlin's exhibit, and probably only half as deep.
    • dean
      I seam to recall it was a sort of W shape or at least very angular,and was always full of floating cabbages when ever I went in, I only ever recall seeing the manatee's snout hence no photos.
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