Penguin and Pelican Exhibit at Hannover, 23/03/13

Maguari · 13 Apr 2013

The infamous \'Northernmost Penguin Zoo in the World\' - built as part of Yukon Bay for practical (water treatment) reasons but clearly not fitting zoogeographically, meaning a backstory involving a crashed ship with a cargo of Black-footed Penguins has been created to make the point that they don\'t come from Canada! The Eastern Brown Pelicans are closer to fitting, but still a little out!

Maguari · 15 Apr 2013

They're actually Peruvian Brown Pelicans, so the get-out-clause is needed for these as well!

Ituri · 15 Apr 2013

I get what they are trying to do here, but for me the more effective solution would be to build it as a separate exhibit that was adjacent to the polar bear complex, but was accessed separately with a different (and appropriate) theme. A zoo themed as a zoo built in a wrecked container ship in Alaska is too far fetched even for me.

Maguari · 15 Apr 2013

It wouldn't seem to have been impossible, certainly. Hannover does tend to like its new exhibits to be in big 'Theme Worlds' though - and with the African section shifting its attention more to Northern Africa they couldn't even fit the penguins in there. I liked it more than I expected to, actually.

Chlidonias · 15 Apr 2013

...and there's that dog again!

Maguari · 16 Apr 2013

She does get about!

Animal · 16 Apr 2013

Chlidonias said:
...and there's that dog again!

'That' dog has a name

Penguin and Pelican Exhibit at Hannover, 23/03/13

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