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  1. aardvark250

    aardvark250 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Underwater viewing is cool.Is there any "strange" underwater viewing you know?I mean, except hippos,crocs,penguins,seals,and otters those "normal" one, any weird one you have known?I know that Zurich(?) have a elephant pool for underwater viewing, but are there other great one?
     
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  2. littleRedPanda

    littleRedPanda Well-Known Member

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    Pessac/Bordeaux has introduced a water tank for Jaguar feeding talks.
    Chester's Tigers have an underwater view point, but I haven't seen them in there myself
     
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    Minnesota Zoo and Brookfield Zoo have underwater viewing for Grizzly Bears.
     
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    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    Previous thread: Underwater views of Animals in Zoos
     
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    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    There is a pretty damn good underwater viewing window for the elephants at Zoo Leipzig; I recorded a few videos of the elephants bathing when I visited in 2014:

     
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    aardvark250 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    oh yes,I mean Leipzig not Zurich.
     
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    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    You were actually correct :p both Zurich *and* Leipzig have exhibits of this kind.
     
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    Australia Zoo has underwater viewing for tigers, and every platypus exhibit I know of has underwater viewing.
     
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    Capybara - Reid Park Zoo (though they are currently moved to the guanaco yard)
    Jaguar - Woodland Park Zoo, Zoo Miami (plus a couple others)
    Grizzly Bear - Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (plus those mentioned earlier)
    Tiger - San Diego Safari Park, maybe Bronx Zoo?
    Reticulated Python - Wildlife World Zoo
    White Alligator - Wildlife World Zoo
    Diving Ducks and their relatives (various species) - San Diego Zoo, Alaska Sealife Center
     
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    The more unique underwater viewing opportunities I've seen are for tigers at Hogle Zoo (and he was very active when I visited) and anaconda at Como Zoo. Henry Doorly Zoo had raccoons in a mixed enclosure with juvenile alligators that had underwater viewing, although I didn't see the raccoons swimming.
     
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    Shedd Aquarium also has it for anacondas.

    I have seen underwater viewing for various turtle species (even tortoises!)

    Shedd also has underwater viewing for Caiman Lizards.

    Lincoln Park has underwater viewing for various diving ducks.
     
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    I've took this pic in my home Saragossa Fluvial Aquarium.
    In fact, the monitor have a large underwater area but very little (and wet) emergent land to rest :-(

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