Curious Creatures at the Akron Zoo Exhibit Information Exhibit 1: Flamboyant Cuttlefish Exhibit 2: Flamboyant Cuttlefish Exhibit 3: Naked Mole Rat Exhibit 4/5/6: Leaf-Cutter Ant Exhibit 7: American Mantis Shrimp Exhibit 8: Mata Mata Turtle Exhibit 9: Electric Eel Exhibit 10: Red-Eyed Tree Frog Exhibit 11: Giant Pacific Octopus + Sea Stars Exhibit 12: South American Sea Nettle Exhibit 13: Yellow Garden Eel & Shrimpfish (Chambered Nautilus and Pot-Bellied Seahorses will most likely go here in the future) Exhibit 14: Moon Jelly Exhibit 15: Polka-Dot Batfish, Flying Gurnard, & Yellow Stingray (Former touch tank with a glass lid) Exhibit 16/17/18/19: Various Species of Butterwort, Pitcher Plant, Venus Fly Trap, and Sundew Dark Room: (Blue Light + Yellow Filter except for Ex 21) Exhibit 20: Chain Dogfish + Sea Stars and Fluorescent Coral Exhibit 21: Splitfin Flashlight Fish Exhibit 22: Fluorescent Coral + Various Reef Fish Learning Lab: Various Aquatic and Terrestrial Invertebrates
I went to the members preview. It is a wonderful exhibit. Exhibits are larger. I did not place photos in the gallery because the Fox 8 videos I posted earlier in this thread show a lot of the exhibit.
Curious Creatures Update: Exhibit 14: Moon Jelly (Chambered nautilus will go here in the future and replace the moon jellies if the zoo can acquire them.)
Ana the golden lion tamarin is having vision problems which could prevent her from ever returning to the rainforest exhibit with her brother Rio.
From the zoo's Facebook page: Video of Curious Creatures from the members preview https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10154617757745866
I'm at the zoo for the first time, completing my list of visiting every major Ohio zoo. I just visited Curious Creatures and it was spectacular. I plan on not only getting a video of it but I also plan on a near complete walkthrough of the zoo.
Just left the zoo and despite its size and lack of attraction seeking animals, I was very fond of its effort of complexity and design. I not only was able to get a full species list, but I was able to film a full walkthrough of the zoo. Probably the only time I'll ever do this. My best photos will be up in a few hours.
I am glad you liked Akron. I am proud of my home zoo. It has come a long way over the past two decades. Curious Creatures is wonderful. Tiger Valley renovation is next. Rhinos and orangutans may likely be added down the road.
Here is my full walkthrough video of the zoo and here is my review: Akron Zoo - Species List, Walkthrough, and Review of the Akron Zoo
Akron Zoo is the first Zoo in Ohio, and second zoo in the nation, to be certified as sensory inclusive - www.akronzoo.org
From Akron Zoo: Some construction (on next project), although you may not even notice, will start this fall. More details will be available then.
