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Jul. 2014 - Jungle Trails - Potto Exhibit (Reversed Lighting Off)

For some reason random nocturnal exhibits around the zoo lately have had their day lights on. Through these three weeks I've seen the Fennec Fox, Fishing Cat, Potto, Eurasian Eagle Owl, and Feather-tail Glider exhibit lights on.

Jul. 2014 - Jungle Trails - Potto Exhibit (Reversed Lighting Off)
Moebelle, 20 Jul 2014
    • Moebelle
      For some reason random nocturnal exhibits around the zoo lately have had their day lights on. Through these three weeks I\'ve seen the Fennec Fox, Fishing Cat, Potto, Eurasian Eagle Owl, and Feather-tail Glider exhibit lights on.
    • Malayan Tiger
      Nice exhibit, but it could use more greenery
    • Malayan Tiger
      Not many branches for arboreal Pottos either.....but still a good exhibet
    • snowleopard
      How is this even remotely an adequate exhibit for an arboreal species like a potto? I believe that a potto spends practically its entire life in the rainforest canopy and based strictly on that piece of information I'd ascertain that this enclosure is an absolute disaster for the species.
    • Chlidonias
      if this is the potto cage then it is absolutely terrible. Two sticks with another stick strung between them? Seriously?
    • Moebelle
      And the potto here is constantly active in those branches and when Gabriel isn't, he rests in that box. Yes, it is a perfectly adequate exhibit for him.
    • snowleopard
      It is horrendous if utilized by a potto, and the exhibit would be better suited to something like a ground-dwelling skink than its current inhabitant.
    • Moebelle
      Snowleopard... seriously, it isn't. Why the unnecessary negativity, again? How many times have you seen this potto active and how he responds to the exhibit?

      And it held a Weasel for one summer.
    • PAT
      Nocturnal species always get the short end of the bargain. The fact that the inhabitant is very active (as you've mentioned) should be reason enough for providing more space and climbing structures. Imagine if a saki monkey (or other similar sized primate) were to be kept in an exhibit like this.
    • Moebelle
      Except they are two completely different sizes.

      http://www.zoochat.com/556/jungle-trails-tropical-african-animals-potto-251363/
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