Edinburgh Zoo Rainbow Landings

Tigerlemurguy said:
well i suppose from our point of view its seems good but to a normal zoo visitor they make think its a waste of time to visit the exhibit as it has no signifcant purpose to them
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I haven't seen the new aviary, but I would be surprised if it 'didn't work'. Lorikeets are extremely pugnacious and noisy birds that work very well with visitors. As has already been mentioned Currumbin Sanctuary in Queensland has wild birds coming in as their chief attraction (yes they do get fed). I don't see that the public not being able to feed the birds should lessen the attraction. Walk-through aviaries are far more popular than viewing from the outside.
 
Tiger, that's not the point.

It is a walk-through aviary, which means that most of the general public will appreciate being able to walk so close to such bright, attractive birds without a fence in the way. Taking away the public feeding the birds means nothing towards the walk-through (London Zoo doesn't allow visitors to feed the squirrel monkeys... ). The feeding was a bonus that the zoo probably had in mind to take away if the birds were agressive.
 
well at least squirrel monkeys are entertaining, if the walkthrough was to sat y i would prefer the zoo to keep more rarer animals there
 
Tigerlemurguy said:
well at least squirrel monkeys are entertaining, if the walkthrough was to sat y i would prefer the zoo to keep more rarer animals there
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But the zoo wouldn't risk rare animals in close contact to humans. The aviary seems fine as it is and they are popular with guests (there wouldn't be so many walk-through lory exhibits around the world if this wasn't the case).

Also some people would argue that birds can be more entertaining than squirrel monkeys (especially ones as brightly coloured as lories)...
 
Tigerlemurguy said:
i suppose but this aviary isnt that varied
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What with an exhibit for Long-nosed Potaroos and a seperate aviary with Blue-faced Honeyeaters and Crowned Pigeons in there on top of the large flock of Lorikeets and you say its not varied,crikey you must be one hard to please zoo visitor.
 
zoogiraffe said:
Its not failed it works great as a large indoor walk-thru exhibit for Lorikeets,i thought it was great to see them not decending on to the first human with a pot of nectar they don`t do that in the wild so why should they do it in a zoo?????????
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THey do it in teh wild here, wild Rainbow Lorikeets become tame quite easily in the presence of food
 
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