If I didn't know this was a zoo, I would have thought this was an elephant in the wild. That is how good NC Zoo seems. I have never visited, but hope to someday.
If I didn't know this was a zoo, I would have thought this was an elephant in the wild. That is how good NC Zoo seems. I have never visited, but hope to someday.
Are you looking at the same picture,as me as this picture is very clearly in a zoo,as in the foreground the edge of the concrete ditch can be clearly seen,and the waterhole is to pristine for it to be the wild as there is no mud areas around!!!
The TREES do not look like African trees, but it does look like Africa. I guess I should have said it is a nice, semi-naturalistic exhibit. You may share your opinions, but please respect other people's opinions.
The TREES do not look like African trees, but it does look like Africa. I guess I should have said it is a nice, semi-naturalistic exhibit. You may share your opinions, but please respect other people's opinions.
What? No they aren't. Deciduous forests are the ones like in Europe or Eastern North America where the leaves fall off in autumn and grow back in spring.
@Laughing dove. African savannah also features many deciduous trees that lose their leaves during part of the year. The difference with Europe - North America is that the loss of leaves is not due to temperature, but due to the lack of rain. In Southern Africa trees have no leaves during our boreal summer.
@Laughing dove. African savannah also features many deciduous trees that lose their leaves during part of the year. The difference with Europe - North America is that the loss of leaves is not due to temperature, but due to the lack of rain. In Southern Africa trees have no leaves during our boreal summer.
English teacher jbn is tired of looking at bad writing.
To do your homework for you (which again, English teacher jbn shouldn't do - because how will you ever learn), what we're asking is for you to give exact criteria to say why exactly you say something is the best. These criteria need to be measurable and unbiased. They must not be based on opinion. You are only allowed to make judgements of opinion in the cases that you have personally inspected the site, have detailed knowledge of elephant/animal care, have extensively studied zoo design, conducted surveys of visitor reactions, looked into the ethology of how the animals use the exhibits, etc.
Are you qualified to pass judgement?
Judging by the fact that you've told several untruths in this thread, which are easily answerable by your friend Google, I would say no.
Im not trying to continue the argument, but I would like to attempt to answer your question.
1 Size is obviously measurable.
2 Enrichment I conclude by the number of available opportunities to do things they would do in the wild., such as mud wallows, foraging, scratching posts, and pools to swim in. Size could be considered part of this one, since elephants traverse long distances in Africa.
3 Naturalness I would measure by the number of artificial-looking objects found in the exhibit that are in plain view of the viewing points.
