The back wall is full of climbing ledges, and there is some variety in the terrain. Not a spectacular exhibit like Woodland Park or Jacksonville, but still better than many others.
The back wall is full of climbing ledges, and there is some variety in the terrain. Not a spectacular exhibit like Woodland Park or Jacksonville, but still better than many others.
What Jaguar exhibit has full trees for them to climb? Obviously plenty of exhibits have logs that cross over streams and logs that lead up to ledges, but trees? I have yet to see that in a U.S. zoo. In the wild Jaguars spend most of their time on the forest floor anyways. Yes they climb, but not as much as leopards which are clearly more adapted to a more arboreal environment by being much more slender and light-weight.
I don't know what if any jaguar exhibits have trees to climb, was just asking a question. And I do think that would be a nice feature of a jaguar exhibit. I also am not aware of mountain lions having trees to climb in any zoos, but they should.
I don't know what if any jaguar exhibits have trees to climb, was just asking a question. And I do think that would be a nice feature of a jaguar exhibit. I also am not aware of mountain lions having trees to climb in any zoos, but they should.
St Louis Zoo has a fully open jaguar exhibit with trees to climb. (Although they didn't climb when I was there, there was a postcard in the gift shop with one in a tree).
I'll be visiting Big Cat Falls shortly, so I'll hold off on looking at the pic, but thanks for the info, sounds good, and the link to the mountain lion exhibit is fantastic, thanks!
