Most beautiful sculptures at zoos ?

These are great @Dianamonkey , thanks for sharing !

Artis seems to be particularly good with their sculptures , I really like the bat eared fox and sealion sculpture.

 

This is a great sculpture @Tim May , thanks for sharing !

Looks like the artist studied the photographs of musk oxen forming defensive walls against predators.

 

Please do Dave , that would be great to see them here in this thread as I know that Tierpark has some very ornate and elegant looking sculptures and many of them very historic too.

 

Dudley zoo

 

Thanks for sharing @Hipporex !

I've never really personally been a fan of statues of prehistoric megafauna or dinosaurs in zoos but these do look pretty good in terms of educational value for the visitors.

I did see these shot in the gallery the other day of a bronze sculpture of a Columbian mammoth at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo which I think is very striking and incredibly well done:



Photo credits to @Milwaukee Man

 

Thanks for sharing @Julio C Castro !

That tiger sculpture sort of reminds me of a Mexican Alebrije , don't you think ?

 

That is a very anxious looking baby elephant portrayed in that sculpture @Dianamonkey.

What do you personally like about this sculpture ?

 

Menagerie Jardin des Plantes Paris

 

Some more great ape sculptures from zoos around the world:

Chimp sculptures at Chattanooga zoo, USA:


Chimp sculpture at Sedgwick county zoo, USA:

Orangutang sculpture at Riverbanks zoo, USA:

Orangutang sculpture at Sedgwick county zoo, USA:

Orangutang sculpture at Ouwehands zoo , the Netherlands:

Orangutang sculpture at Cleveland Metro parks zoo, USA:

Orangutang sculpture at Chester zoo, UK:


Photo credits to @snowleopard , @geomorph , @vogelcommando, @fkalltheway and @MagpieGoose.

 

Thanks for sharing @Dianamonkey !

I do think the sculptures and art at Menagerie Jardin des Plantes is among the most elegant and beautiful of any at zoos.

 

Beautiful sculpture of a freshwater turtle at Colchester zoo, UK :



Does anyone know what the story behind this is ?

Photo credit to @eggshelluk.

 

Poor guy.

 

This lion in San Diego looks like something out of some crazy theme park in China!
A hippo from Wrocław and a giraffe from Amsterdam:

 

Thanks for sharing @Jurek7 !

These are quite eccentric statues, do you know what the story behind them is ?

 

Not exactly "beautiful" or realistic but this interesting and rather gothic / Goya-esque statue of a bat was once at the now closed Valencia zoo apparently :



Photo credit to @Susanhumphries.

 

More sculptures from zoos across the world:

Amur tiger sculpture at Antwerp zoo, Belgium:

Hippo sculptures at Marwell zoo, UK:

Macaque wooden sculptures at Tiergarten Schonbrunn, Austria:

Lion hunting gazelle sculpture at the Houston zoo, USA:

Axolotl alebrije sculpture at Chapultepec zoo, Mexico:

Sealion and pup sculpture at Mystic aquarium, USA:

Gorilla sculptures at Maryland zoo, USA:

Cheetah sculptures at ZSL London zoo:

Hippo sculpture at Longleat safari park, UK:

Cheetah sculpture at Cougar Mountain zoo, USA:

Grizzly bear sculpture at San Francisco zoo, USA:

Cheetah sculptures at Artis Royal zoo, the Netherlands:

Ostrich sculptures at Maryland zoo, USA:

Mountain gorilla bust sculpture at the LA zoo, USA:

Bearded dragon sculpture at Healesville sanctuary, Australia:

Rocky mountain goat sculpture at Cheyenne Mountain zoo, USA:

Prezewalski's horse sculptures at Prague zoo:

Ring tailed lemur sculptures at the Dallas zoo, USA:

Dik-dik sculpture at Saint Louis zoo, USA:



Photo credits to @bongowwf , @blospz , @Chlidonias , @eggshelluk , @geomorph , @DavidBrown ,@Maisie , @mhale , @snowleopard , @vogelcommando , @carlos55 ,

 

Racoon sculpture at the Minnesota zoo, USA:

Armadillo sculpture at the Philadelphia zoo, USA:

Arapaima sculpture at Mesker park zoo, USA:

Kangaroo sculpture at Cougar Mountain zoo, USA:

Otter sculpture at Dierenpark Amersfoot, the Netherlands:

Otters chasing salmon sculpture at North Carolina zoo:

Giant anteater sculpture at National zoo, USA:



Photo credits to @snowleopard, @blospz , @vogelcommando and @Giant Eland .

 

You know what? It kind of does remind me of that too especially the assortment of colors and it being an animal too, I forgot that name for the art style but yes it does have a similar profile to Albrije art!

 

It definitely looks a bit psychedelic / alebrije like to me.

Can you think of any other sculptures at zoos that you have seen and liked ?

 

They do have other statues around but are more bronze styled metal statues. I do think they are very aesthetically pleasing but don’t carry the same weight or message as this statue. This statue to me engrosses the visitor into their environment and shows off aspects of Southwest Asian culture throughout. It stands out on top of the rest and is an immersive experience in my opinion. But the other statues are allocated near their Nairobi Village area and it show cases smaller mammals, reptiles, etc.