simulated tar pit

January 3, 2012.
The tar (really black water) periodically raises and lowers to cover or reveal the fossils. At the entrance to Elephant Odyssey.

How is Elephant Odyssey looking these days? Are there sloths again or have they been replaced with dik-diks or something else? How are the prehistoric animal statues holding up?

Sloths have been replaced with dik-diks. Everything else looks pretty much the same as when it opened (which is to say, not very good).

The aloes are in bloom in "winter", so are the jade plants. A lot of the plants seem to be coming in now, but nothing that's going to drastically improve the viewing of the exhibits. Just cool to see the landscape change for plant nerds like me.