It looks from the video and pictures like they have much nicer exhibits for the animals than Lied Jungle. They have the advantage of seeing problems with indoor rain forests past, like building too-small exhibits for tapirs, etc.
Looking at the map I can't see the tunnel of living fossils, can anyone tell me where it is please? And also what the exhibits are like in it?
I am yet to see any photo's and am unaware of species held in there. Thanks in advance!
Looking at the map I can't see the tunnel of living fossils, can anyone tell me where it is please? And also what the exhibits are like in it?
I am yet to see any photo's and am unaware of species held in there. Thanks in advance!
The Living Fossils area is the first part of the tunnel labelled on the map with a Slow Loris.
From memory, the whole tunnel has:
A series of fish tanks - main species being:
Spotted Gar
Australian Lungfish
South American Lungfish
African (annectans) Lungfish
Indopacific Horseshoe Crabs
Plus various barbs/rainbowfish/cichlids
Elegant Crested Tinamous
Eastern Quolls
Pygmy Slow Lorises
Kowaris
Virginia Opossums
Don't think I've forgotten anything (I'm sure someone will add it if so!)
The Living Fossils area is the first part of the tunnel labelled on the map with a Slow Loris.
From memory, the whole tunnel has:
A series of fish tanks - main species being:
Spotted Gar
Australian Lungfish
South American Lungfish
African (annectans) Lungfish
Indopacific Horseshoe Crabs
Plus various barbs/rainbowfish/cichlids
Elegant Crested Tinamous
Eastern Quolls
Pygmy Slow Lorises
Kowaris
Virginia Opossums
Don't think I've forgotten anything (I'm sure someone will add it if so!)
Thanks for the species list, impressive selection with the 3 species of lungfish and the Eastern quolls. Am I right in guessing that it's also home to the cross-eyed opossum, or am I thinking of somewhere else entirely?
Thanks for the species list, impressive selection with the 3 species of lungfish and the Eastern quolls. Am I right in guessing that it's also home to the cross-eyed opossum, or am I thinking of somewhere else entirely?
No, you're right - one of the opossums is the famous Heidi (and there's a whole heap of merchandise with her on I can tell you!).
The lungfish are a really nice choice for this exhibit, as they illustrate a Gondwanan distribution very well - same group found across three continents. One of the things I liked about Gondwanaland (the exhibit) is they've properly followed through on the Gondwanaland theme - not just used it as an excuse for different jungles to be in one house! The boat ride in particular has big graphics about this, illustrated by another classic example, the ratites.
The lungfish are a really nice choice for this exhibit, as they illustrate a Gondwanan distribution very well - same group found across three continents. One of the things I liked about Gondwanaland (the exhibit) is they've properly followed through on the Gondwanaland theme - not just used it as an excuse for different jungles to be in one house! The boat ride in particular has big graphics about this, illustrated by another classic example, the ratites.
The ratites are a great example as other than the kiwi they all look amazingly similar and it's very easy to compare and contrast. Leipzig seem to have got the education bang on in this exhibit. Thank God for the lack of Creationists in Europe! (Pun intended!)
