My main concern here is the absence of any mature canopy covering. A hotbox during our 95 degree LA summers. The lack of mature trees being planted throughout the entire "rain forest" totally puzzles me.
My main concern here is the absence of any mature canopy covering. A hotbox during our 95 degree LA summers. The lack of mature trees being planted throughout the entire "rain forest" totally puzzles me.
really? It looks average at best to me (i.e. not small, but certainly not large). It may be larger than it appears in the photo but I think the combination of sign at the front and curassow at the back give a good sense of the actual size.
really? It looks average at best to me (i.e. not small, but certainly not large). It may be larger than it appears in the photo but I think the combination of sign at the front and curassow at the back give a good sense of the actual size.
I understand the exhibit size just fine. From the photo I can see a lot of vertical space which would be under-utilized with just curassow. While curassow can and do perch, they also spend a lot of time on the ground. I see many areas in which a curassow cannot perch, but something like a tamarin or an aracari could. I'm not saying they should pack this exhibit to the brim with sloth, saki, tamarin, and birds, I just think the addition of one smaller, more arboreal species could add something to an under-utilized area of this exhibit.
I understand the exhibit size just fine. From the photo I can see a lot of vertical space which would be under-utilized with just curassow. While curassow can and do perch, they also spend a lot of time on the ground. I see many areas in which a curassow cannot perch, but something like a tamarin or an aracari could. I'm not saying they should pack this exhibit to the brim with sloth, saki, tamarin, and birds, I just think the addition of one smaller, more arboreal species could add something to an under-utilized area of this exhibit.
