What the fake!

[Benosaurus]

What is it: Fake giraffe
Where is it: Wilderness Tails Zoo, USA
Which enclosure: N/A
What year: 2018
Score: 2.5 out of 5

Life-Sized Giraffe Statue - ZooChat

 

[Benosaurus]

What is it: Fake giraffe
Where is it: Zoo Montana, USA
Which enclosure: N/A
What year: 2015
Score: 2 out of 5

Giraffe Statue - ZooChat

 

[Benosaurus]

What is it: Fake giraffe
Where is it: Africa Safari Park, Egypt
Which enclosure: N/A
What year: 2008
Score: 3.75 out of 5

Giraffe model outside park - ZooChat

 

[Benosaurus]

What is it: Fake giraffe
Where is it: Hillcrest Park Zoo, USA
Which enclosure: In front of Rothschild's giraffe exhibit
What year: 2015
Score: 2.5 out of 5

Rothschild's Giraffe Exhibit + Giraffe Statue - ZooChat

 

[Benosaurus]

What is it: Fake giraffe
Where is it: Tierpark Hagenbeck, Germany
Which enclosure: Zoo entrance
What year: 2018
Score: 4 out of 5

Giraffe statue at entrance - ZooChat

Additional comments: Looks like it's inspired by Giacometti, but there still appears to be the intent of realism.

 

[Benosaurus]

What is it: Fake giraffes
Where is it: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, USA
Which enclosure: African Rift Valley
What year: 2014
Score: 3.5 out of 5

African Rift Valley - Giraffe Statues - ZooChat

Additional comments: They shouldn't really be on this thread as they are obviously intended to be more cartoon-like in appearance, so I can't score them very highly, but I thought I'd include them anyway as I quite like them.

 

[Yi Qi]

What is it: Fake elephant skekton
Where is it: Granby Zoo, Quebec
Which enclosure: Elephant Enclosure
What year: 2019
Score: 2 out of 5

 

[ThylacineAlive]

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What is it: Fake elephant skekton
Where is it: Granby Zoo, Quebec
Which enclosure: Elephant Enclosure
What year: 2019
Score: 2 out of 5

At first I thought "this is better than a 2/5", then I saw the ribs!

~Thylo

 

[ChaffeeZooFan]

What is it: Baobab tree replica
Where is it: Fresno Chaffee Zoo
Which enclosure: African Elephant Enclosure (African Adventuure)
What year: 2019
Score: 4.9 out of 5

 

[Yi Qi]

What is it: Koala Statuette
Where is it: Granby Zoo
Which enclosure: Australian Walkthrough
What year: 2019
Score: 2.9 out of 5

 

[Benosaurus]

What is it: Fake zebra carcass
Where is it: Zoo Atlanta, USA
Which enclosure: Lappet-faced vulture enclosure
What year: 2019
Score: 3.5 out of 5

Fake Zebra Carcass - ZooChat

 

[Benosaurus]

What is it: Fake elephant
Where is it: Mondo Verde, Netherlands
Which enclosure: Pony and donkey paddock
What year: 2018
Score: 3 out of 5

Fake African elephant - Just why? (Aug 28th, 2018) - ZooChat

 

[Benosaurus]

What is it: Fake elephants
Where is it: Abenteuer Dschungelland, Germany
Which enclosure: Near entrance
What year: 2016
Score: 3.5 out of 5

Elephant-replica's near entrance - ZooChat

Additional comments: Would have scored higher if it was just the smaller one by itself.

 

[Benosaurus]

What is it: Fake fire salamanders
Where is it: GaiaZOO Kerkrade, Netherlands
Which enclosure: ?
What year: 2019
Score: 4.5 out of 5

Fire salamander replicas, 2019-03-30 - ZooChat

 

[Benosaurus]

What is it: Fake Aldabra giant tortoise
Where is it: Avonturia De Vogelkelder, Netherlands
Which enclosure: ?
What year: 2017
Score: 5 out of 5

Aldabra giant tortoise-replica - ZooChat

 

[Benosaurus]

What is it: Fake wolf
Where is it: Western North Carolina Nature Centre, USA
Which enclosure: ?
What year: 2014
Score: 4 out of 5

Red Wolf Den Model - ZooChat

 

[Benosaurus]

What is it: Fake wolves
Where is it: Zoo Wroclaw, Poland
Which enclosure: Wolf enclosure
What year: 2019
Score: 1 out of 5

At new wolf enclosure - ZooChat

 

[Ebirah766]

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What is it: Koala Statuette
Where is it: Granby Zoo
Which enclosure: Australian Walkthrough
What year: 2019
Score: 2.9 out of 5

YOU GOTTA WATCH OUT FOR THE DROP BEARS MATE!

 

[Yi Qi]

• What is it: Fake Oysters
• Where is it: Lincoln Park Zoo - Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Which enclosure: Robert and Mayari Pritzker Penguin Cove
• What year: 2019
• Score: 2.4/5

 

[Kakapo]

Fake mussels rather than oysters (they belong even to different Orders)