Cincinnati Zoo 2003 - Beautiful Sumatran Rhinoceros

Baldur · 5 May 2011

Or, now that I think of it (my appologies, but it was 8 years ago, memory's playing tricks on me) the keepers may actually have said that the sun was too strong, rather than it was too hot, to the extend that the existing structure was not sufficient to shield the precious animals.

Tarsius · 5 May 2011

It's the male Ipuh.

Kudu21 · 5 May 2011

Baldur said:
So it is this structure you're talking about! Sorry, I have not been back so I was not sure if there had been another (and more permenant looking) structure built since. But in any case, that is the reason I was told by the keepers, that it was too hot outside (it was mid-May) so that is the only explaination I can provide.

That isn't the current shade structure. They updated the enclosures a few years ago with larger, more adequate shade structures that block out more sunlight so the rhinos can be out even more than before. Here is the new shade structure in a picture from snowleopard's 2008 trip.

http://www.zoochat.com/556/cincinnati-zoo-sumatran-rhino-paddock-41565/

Cincinnati Zoo 2003 - Beautiful Sumatran Rhinoceros

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