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Dallas Zoo 2010 - Front of the Bird and Reptile Building

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September 2010

Front of the Bird and Reptile Building. It would have housed birds in 1966 when it opened but now it is only reptiles. While Dallas is just outstanding when comes to mammal exhibits, they come nowhere close to the nearby Fort Worth in terms of reptiles.
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September 2010

Front of the Bird and Reptile Building. It would have housed birds in 1966 when it opened but now it is only reptiles.
 
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I should note that when I used the adjective 'just outstanding' I meant it in the same way as 'simply outstanding', i.e. I think they do it great, and not just that.

I have decided to remove my last statement out of respect to Dallas Zoo, which has a reptile house far from the worst I've seen. Still, even if I think Fort Worth has a better reptile house, Dallas Zoo is still far ahead in more or less everything else.
 
jbnbsn99
FW definitely has the prettier packaging, but in all other regards I'd take Dallas any day.
 
team tapir
Having been to both zoos recently we must say that MOLA is the best reptile house in the country,but that Dallas should have nothing to be ashamed of as there's is also one of the best we have been to


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snowleopard
It is interesting that the two authors of "America's Best Zoos" failed to include Dallas Zoo in their list of the top 10 zoos for reptiles and amphibians. Since that book was published in early 2008 the Dallas Zoo shifted all of the birds out of its "Bird, Reptile, and Amphibian Building" and even renovated many of the enclosures, thus improving its chances of making any future top 10 list. Here is my own personal list of the 10 best American zoos with reptiles/amphibians:

1) San Diego Zoo
2) Fort Worth Zoo
3) Detroit Zoo
4) Saint Louis Zoo
5) Audubon Zoo
6) Nashville Zoo
7) Dallas Zoo
8) Riverbanks Zoo
9) Houston Zoo
10) Knoxville Zoo
 
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snowleopard said:
It is interesting that the two authors of "America's Best Zoos" failed to include Dallas Zoo in their list of the top 10 zoos for reptiles and amphibians. Since that book was published in early 2008 the Dallas Zoo shifted all of the birds out of its "Bird, Reptile, and Amphibian Building" and even renovated many of the enclosures, thus improving its chances of making any future top 10 list. Here is my own personal list of the 10 best American zoos with reptiles/amphibians:

1) San Diego Zoo
2) Fort Worth Zoo
3) Detroit Zoo
4) Saint Louis Zoo
5) Audubon Zoo
6) Nashville Zoo
7) Dallas Zoo
8) Riverbanks Zoo
9) Houston Zoo
10) Knoxville Zoo
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Fort Worth made it on this list with the old historic Herpetarium, which I wish I had been able to see as well as the new one. One wonders what will happen in the next book. I recall San Diego's as a pleasant one from my visit 7 years ago but possibly they get it for the varied collection rather than how it is kept (don't remember much of the details)?
 
snowleopard
San Diego has a seemingly endless collection that is kept open-air, in that the visitors circle around terrariums in the building but remain technically outside as there are no enclosed walls. There are also smaller areas with many tanks, but the real pride and joy is the large Reptile Mesa zone with its Galapagos tortoises, gharials and huge, open-topped lizard exhibits.
 

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