Map by the shop

Where are the invertebrates and the reptiles kept? I'm not seeing a reptile/insect house on the map, but maybe I missed it or it is obscured by one of the animal models?

DavidBrown said:

Where are the invertebrates and the reptiles kept? I'm not seeing a reptile/insect house on the map, but maybe I missed it or it is obscured by one of the animal models?

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They are all found in the Discovery Centre which is in the area just to the right of the Childrens Farm.

There is one of these at the London gift shop too.

Much as I admire the detail of the Schleich models, it's such a shame that they don't have any sense of scale; look at the size of the big cats compared to the elephants, rhinos and hippos.

The Britain's models - which seem no longer to be produced - were often less aesthetically pleasing, but they were produced to scale.

What's wrong with a traditional symbolic map which is easier to read? Too boring?

Pertinax said:

What's wrong with a traditional symbolic map which is easier to read? Too boring?

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These maps seem to me to be more intended to sell the Schleich animals than as useful maps - there are plenty of normal maps around both zoos.

Yes, they only have them at the shop. I agree with the scale issue, it's very annoying as I pointed out to my sister at length in the London Zoo shop. I'm sure she was fascinated by all I had to say ;-)

@IanRRobinson: I have a few of the Britain's model left and those are indeed closer to the reality in scale then the Schleich animals (I don't know if all Britain's Models fit better). (So for once in the zoo field, the British beat the Germans)

An explanation for the wrong scale could be, that some animals would be to big/heavy or to small to play with (specially for little children). But for me as a collector it is very annoying.