Amazon and Beyond

Dec 2008. The grounds are lushly planted in this Amazon section of the zoo.

snowleopard said:

Dec 2008. The grounds are lushly planted in this Amazon section of the zoo.

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Although, the plants are a bit sporadic for a rainforest exhibit. Hopefully, it will mature with time.

I was there on opening day for this $50 million set of habitats, and it was plainly obvious that many of the trees had just recently been planted. There were even piles of dirt around some of them as if they had been tossed in overnight!

I heard that when it was under construction, DAK gave its plants two seasons to grow in order to give the park a mature quality. Amazon and beyond looks more like some neatly planted flowerbeds than the amazon, still, give it a year or so.

When Plants get a chance to grow, they'll probably be stronger and animals won't destroy them as easy as newly planted ones.