Meerkat Enclosure - 24th April 2011

Meerkat enclosure inbetween the duck pond and the new snow leopard enclosure.

I have seen these bubbles in many enclosures on Zoochat before, mostly in meerkat and other burrowing mammal exhibits. There are none in Australia, but are these common in UK zoos?

Off the top of my head, I can only think of two in the UK, here and Chester (For Dwarf Mongoose). Although Im SURE that they're are more.

They are a nice feature. I know Blue Planet Aquarium has something similar for their Spider/Tarantula exhibit.

UrMumzAGoat said:

I have seen these bubbles in many enclosures on Zoochat before, mostly in meerkat and other burrowing mammal exhibits. There are none in Australia, but are these common in UK zoos?

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Yes they are about in quite a few zoo`s mostly found in exhibits for Meerkats or Black-tailed Praire Dog!

There's a new exhibit at Hunstanton sea life for caiman with one of these tunnels which sounds like an interesting idea. There are quite a few around and it's always nice to get this close to the animals.

Blue planets is called 'tarantula tower' which sounds horrific to me due to my arachnophobia!