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Artis - Gorilla indoor exhibit

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The indoor exhibit for lowland gorillas inside the Gorilla House in Artis Amsterdam. The gorillas share this exhibit with white-throated guenons and slender-tailed meerkats. Quite a nice exhibit actually: decent-sized, light, some climbing structures, soft wood-ship substrate (good for foraging) and some live plants.
My only suggestion for an easy improvement would be to span a net over the exhibit making it possible to have more extensive climbing frames (which especially the guenons would benefit from).
July 2008
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Toddy
The indoor exhibit for lowland gorillas inside the Gorilla House in Artis Amsterdam. The gorillas share this exhibit with white-throated guenons and slender-tailed meerkats. Quite a nice exhibit actually: decent-sized, light, some climbing structures, soft wood-ship substrate (good for foraging) and some live plants.
My only suggestion for an easy improvement would be to span a net over the exhibit making it possible to have more extensive climbing frames (which especially the guenons would benefit from).
July 2008
 
snowleopard
Gorillas, guenons and meerkats makes for an intriguing combination, and it is nice to see an indoor ape enclosure with real substrate.
 
P
This enclosure has changed a lot since I visited there(about ten years ago) its the same enclosure & building but almost unrecognisable with added soft substrate, climbing equipment and plants. Previously it was bare floored with just a few platforms and ropes. So it shows what can be done even with a fairly old enclosure. And finally after two 'dud' males(Kumba & Ivo) Artis now have a small successful group again with Akili as the breeding male.
 
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Toddy said:
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My only suggestion for an easy improvement would be to span a net over the exhibit making it possible to have more extensive climbing frames (which especially the guenons would benefit from).
July 2008
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Such a simple and realitvely cost efective way to dramatically increase the useable space of this indoor exhibit. That l actually think is to small, given the amount of time spent in here.
 
Toddy
Yes, the gorillas and guenos share a fairly good outdoor exhibit. For the gorillas it is decent and for the guenons it is fantastic :)
 

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