Gorilla

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  snowleopard

• 2 Dec 2009

Do you know how large this impressive-looking enclosure is?

 

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  jbnbsn99

• 2 Dec 2009

Right at one acre. I can't remember the exact specs, but the original design is at ZooLex.

 

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  Buckeye092

• 2 Dec 2009

Combined both exhibits are 26,000 sq. ft.

 

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  jbnbsn99

• 2 Dec 2009

The whole exhibit was extensively redone in 2004/2005, but I don't think the size was changed. The view you are looking at in this photo did not exist before this renovation.

 

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  Arizona Docent

• 2 Dec 2009

One of the best I've seen. There is an African style interpretive hut with skulls and artifacts and (I think) additional viewing windows that really adds to the experience.

 

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  jbnbsn99

• 2 Dec 2009

Here's the Gorilla Research Station

http://www.zoochat.com/560/gorilla-habitat-71360/
http://www.zoochat.com/560/gorilla-habitat-71363/
http://www.zoochat.com/560/gorilla-habitat-71359/

It is one of my favorite places in the whole zoo. The comfy couches greatly help this viewpoint.

 

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  Arizona Docent

• 2 Dec 2009

Whoa - I don't remember the big glass windows and couches when I went in 2001. Did they redo this since it first opened? That is awesome looking!

 

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  jbnbsn99

• 2 Dec 2009

Yes a major redo was done in 2004/2005. This whole building was redone.

 

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  Arizona Docent

• 3 Dec 2009

Well, that is even more reason for me to make a return visit this coming summer. I am toying with the idea of putting together a docent trip in June to see the new Giants of the Savanna as well as Fort Worth's MOLA.

 

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  BlackRhino

• 3 Dec 2009

On zoolex it says the enclosures are around 1000 and 1300 square meters, which is around 10000 and 13000 square feet, very large for a gorilla enclosure but not quite as big as Congo.