This is probably the best attempt I've seen by a European zoo to create a reasonably authentic looking Australian exhibit - for at least one type of Australian habitat
This is probably the best attempt I've seen by a European zoo to create a reasonably authentic looking Australian exhibit - for at least one type of Australian habitat
seriously? For a start, swamp wallabies don't live in the Outback. Secondly, the exhibit is surrounded by German deciduous woodland! From this angle at least, it just looks ridiculously artificial.
seriously? For a start, swamp wallabies don't live in the Outback. Secondly, the exhibit is surrounded by German deciduous woodland! From this angle at least, it just looks ridiculously artificial.
I'll give you the swamp wallaby thing, but you should cut them some slack on the deciduous woodland. It takes a very specialized climate to botanically represent Australia.
I've been through outback NSW, Qld, northern South Australia and the Northern Territory, and I've never seen a habitat that is red soil, a few rocks and a dead log. There is usually some kind of ground vegetation, even on stoney ground and loose sand. Otherwise, how would the kangaroos and emus survive?
Is there another barrier outside those walls? I've seen grey kangaroos clear fences that are higher than that when they're scared and I assume red kangaroos could jump even higher.
