Penguin Exhibits

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  JaxElephant

• 2 Mar 2010

The old otters exhibit but is now home to Magellanic Penguins.

 

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  Blackduiker

• 3 Mar 2010

Blackduiker

Very nice looking exhibit, but unless there are other birds here with flight capabilities, they could lose the canopy. Or does it serve as insulation from the elements?

 

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  mstickmanp

• 3 Mar 2010

Maybe they are planning to add Inca Terns...

 

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  reduakari

• 3 Mar 2010

Or maybe it's to exclude mosquitoes, which can carry avian malaria, West Nile fever etc.....many US zoos have lost penguins to these diseases in outdoor settings.

 

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  mstickmanp

• 3 Mar 2010

reduakari said:

Or maybe it's to exclude mosquitoes, which can carry avian malaria, West Nile fever etc.....many US zoos have lost penguins to these diseases in outdoor settings.

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Your right, I remember reading that Woodland Park Zoo lost a couple of penguins a month or two after the opening of their new penguin exhibit.

 

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  Maguari

• 3 Mar 2010

Another benefit is that it will exclude herons and gulls and so reduce food costs, as all the food offered will end up in the penguins!

 

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  JaxElephant

• 3 Mar 2010

The keeper had said they had added the mesh topping to keep out wild animals, definatly after the wild otter got in the exhibit.