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Elephant Odyssey - Kirk's Dik-Dik Exhibit

July 26th, 2011.
Wait, no more sloths in this exhibit?

I was very puzzled by the absence of a two-toed sloth as there is evidence of it being a perfect outdoor sloth habitat and the zoo used to have them in the enclosure. The giant sloth statue, multiple branches along with a nesting box make it seem as if a sloth would be present, but on my visit there was no sloth sign whatsoever and no sloth!
 
I wonder why? That's a shame since it seemed to be a good sloth exhibit.
 
I would guess a total lack of shade would have made this a very uncomfortable exhibit for a shy, canopy-dwelling sloth.

There was shade, but they cut down half the tree. It was rather nice to look up and see a sloth in the tree. Maybe the staff thought the sloth would get grabbed by a hawk? Or maybe that it was better to look down on a dik-dik instead of having the viewer look up at a sloth in the trees like they would in a wild sighting?
 

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