For all of their multiple problems, San Francisco does have the best patas and mandrill exhibits that I've seen. Several years back during a storm a large tree fell down into the patas monkey and they escaped. One was on the loose for several days, but then was found back in the exhibit!
For all of their multiple problems, San Francisco does have the best patas and mandrill exhibits that I've seen. Several years back during a storm a large tree fell down into the patas monkey and they escaped. One was on the loose for several days, but then was found back in the exhibit!
I'm a fan of the Patas Monkey and Mandrill exhibits at San Francisco Zoo, except for the truly awful cement walls in the background. The 1-acre Lowland Gorilla yard is also top-notch, except for the ugly walls.
I'm a fan of the Patas Monkey and Mandrill exhibits at San Francisco Zoo, except for the truly awful cement walls in the background. The 1-acre Lowland Gorilla yard is also top-notch, except for the ugly walls.
The San Francisco mandrill exhibit is actually a major renovation of the zoo's original gorilla exhibit, a concrete moated circular enclosure similar to the still-existing chimp "islands." It was incorporated into the design of the Primate Discovery Center when that complex opened in 1984. The gorillas had already moved to "Gorilla World" to the southwest of this site. As a mandrill exhibit, it is pretty good, although the looming concrete and steel backdrop of the PDC is unfortunate.
Yes guys, Woodland Park does have a great patas exhibit and Congo Gorilla Forest has a spectacular mandrill exhibit, but I have to root for the home team.
Both of those exhibits have the misfortune of not being in California.
Never seen the SF exhibit but Congo at the Bronx was definatly our favorite not only a great exhibit but also there was a very crazy baby mandrill driving the troop nuts we spent around an hour at the mandrill exhibit (no wonder we realized we needed to stay an extra day in NY and do a 2nd day at the zoo).
I'm a fan of the Patas Monkey and Mandrill exhibits at San Francisco Zoo, except for the truly awful cement walls in the background. The 1-acre Lowland Gorilla yard is also top-notch, except for the ugly walls.
