The exhibit for black caimans (Melanosuchus niger) inside the Tropical House in Aalborg Zoo. Several species of tropical fish also live in here. Aalborg Zoo is one of only 7 zoos in Europe keeping black caimans.
The black caimans arrived in 2011 replacing the American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) that used to inhabit this exhibit, originally built for slender-snouted crocodiles (Mecistops cataphractus).
The Tropical House is a good example of 1980es zoo architecture and features mostly reptiles but also a few small mammals, birds, amphibians and fish.
July 2012
