Burgers Bush Interior at Burgers Zoo Arnhem, 29/08/10

Inside the enormous tropical house.

Notable species include:

Aardvark
Asian Short-clawed Otter
Capybara
Caribbean Manatee
Rodrigues Fruit Bat
African Darter
Blue-throated Piping-Guan
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Broad-fronted Caiman

There are many more birds and a few reptiles that escape my memory for the moment!

th species list also includes:

screaming piha
Lyles fruit bat
Pinon imperial pigeon
white eye
fairy bluebird

and about 25 other bird species.

A manatee in an indoor rainforest? That is a pretty cool idea.

You can see the manatee pool here:

http://www.zoochat.com/162/manatee-exhibit-burgers-zoo-arnhem-29-a-175458/
http://www.zoochat.com/162/manatee-exhibit-burgers-zoo-arnhem-29-a-175460/


Not a bad enclosure (and they have bred in it) but there's no underwater viewing so the view's a little limited.

Maguari said:

You can see the manatee pool here:

http://www.zoochat.com/162/manatee-exhibit-burgers-zoo-arnhem-29-a-175458/
http://www.zoochat.com/162/manatee-exhibit-burgers-zoo-arnhem-29-a-175460/


Not a bad enclosure (and they have bred in it) but there's no underwater viewing so the view's a little limited.

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But underwater viewing is a huge expense (the window and the filtration) so would you consider it worth it?

Zooplantman said:

But underwater viewing is a huge expense (the window and the filtration) so would you consider it worth it?

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Not necessarily, but with fully aquatic animals it's always nice to have. It's still a perfectly fine manatee pool without.

And it also looks more natural.

Zooplantman said:

But underwater viewing is a huge expense (the window and the filtration) so would you consider it worth it?

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I'd say definitely for a fully aquatic species. But that said, I agree with the rest that this is a wonderfully-naturalistic manatee pool.

Burgers Bush and Masoala Hall are amongst the finest indoor rainforests anywhere in the world. Their lushness is incredible. And this is coming from someone who lives on the equator

Zooish said:

Burgers Bush and Masoala Hall are amongst the finest indoor rainforests anywhere in the world.

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I'll be seeing Burgers Bush for the first time in a couple weeks. It'll be interesting to see how it compares to America's best indoor rainforest, Omaha's Lied Jungle.

Really best? But for who? Everyone has its own opinion, what I have seen in the gallery, Omaha's rain forest is really fantastic, but a lot of large animals do not have access to the outdoor exhibits and their indoor exhibts are often too small. In Arnhem, with the exception of capybaras, aardavks and manatees, there are no large animals in Burger's Bush. To compare it with Lied Jungle, I find Arnhem's rainforest better (only my opinion,I know Burger's Bush in person).
It does not contain almost any large animals (the exhibits in Lied do not provide enough space for some animals) and by the entry you really feel to enter the rainforest (might be the same feeling in Omaha).
But I have to support Europe (irony). . Enjoy your visit ANyhuis, you will be excited by your visit in Arnhem.