Burgers. Woodland Park. Primates. World-changing great ape exhibits: who wore it better? The rules: You have three votes to award. If you think it's a tight match, award 2 votes to the stronger zoo and 1 to the weaker one. But if you think it's a wider margin than that, award all 3 votes to the winner. Your criteria for how you make your decision is entirely up to you, *except* that you must stay only within the given category. That includes ignoring the results of the other match: no strategic voting. All votes are public, and all votes can be changed. The purpose of the game is to provoke debate, so make your case for why people should vote the same way as you do. Be open to reconsidering your vote. Tags: I’ve decided to hold back the tagging unless a match is proceeding a little more slowly than I’d like. Note: I’m going to experiment with pulling matches back to 2 days, give or take a few hours. The last day of any thread is pretty slow anyway. Can always increase it again if it has a negative effect on participation.
Woodland Park species courtesy of @Anteaterman (Thread: Woodland Park Zoo - Species List 8/9/19 [Woodland Park Zoo]) Patas Monkey Golden Lion Tamarin White-Faced Saki Red-Ruffed Lemur Ring-Tailed Lemur Black-and-White Colobus Western Lowland Gorilla Siamang Francois Langur Orangutan ... only 10 species, a number that is quite low for a major American zoo. That being said, I've heard good things about Woodland Park's exhibits (especially for gorillas and orangutans) and their conservation work.
Burgers List according to Zootierliste: Spectacled Langur Golden-bellied Mangabey Ring-tailed Lemur Peruvian Squirrel Monkey Common Chimpanzee Siamang Red-cheeked Gibbon Pig-tailed Macaque Western Lowland Gorilla ... and Burgers has 9 species. That is... also low for a major European zoo, I'm guessing? What an interesting match.
I'm probably just about the only person on the planet that has visited both of these zoos in the past few weeks and I cannot for the life of me make a decision with this particular match-up. Both zoos have 10 primate species, including the fact that each zoo has two great ape species in very nice exhibits. Each zoo pioneered world-class Gorilla habitats in the 1970s, each has a Siamang exhibit that allows the apes to achieve some height, each has two lemur species in very good exhibits. Wow. I am going to have to think about this over the next day, but I can honestly say that a more evenly matched pair of zoos might be difficult to find. At the moment I'm probably leaning slightly in favour of Burgers' Zoo, as the Gorillas and Chimpanzees in Arnhem have larger exhibits than the Gorillas and Orangutans at Woodland Park, plus the Seattle zoo has its Golden Lion Tamarins and White-faced Sakis entirely indoors while all of the primates at Burgers are outside. For now I'll vote Burgers' Zoo, but this is a close one!
Just for the record, I visited Burgers' Zoo, Netherlands, on August 6th and then Woodland Park Zoo, USA, on August 17th, just a couple of days after I returned from my 95-zoo European trek. I must be a crazy Canadian!* *Once summer ends, I barely visit any zoos for an entire year
I forgot to vote on this one, because I didn't know which way to go. But I guess that doesn't matter given the resounding win by Burgers!
