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Gibbon Forest (exhibit progress) : Twycross : 06 Sep 2015

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A panoramic shot taken from midway along the west side of the new gibbon complex, with enlarged views of the main housing area, External Enclosure 01 (showing work in progress on a Sunday afternoon installing the webbing straps) and External Enclosure 04.
 
Wow, looks good.

Not sure with size, are the islands much bigger than the current gibbon house runs?

This is progress people.
 
Wow, looks good.

Not sure with size, are the islands much bigger than the current gibbon house runs?

This is progress people.
Gauging roughly from the planning docs, I would say that the islands themselves are about 50% longer than the previous runs (and about the same width). If you factor in the over-water stretch from housing to island, then you're probably looking at double the previous length.

Edit: after looking at some additional planning docs, the islands are each in the region of 27-32m in length, and vary between 5m and 8m in width. The interior enclosures (not including night quarters) are each 6.5m x 9m approx.
 

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