Has anybody heard anything recently about whether this building will ever re-open? Periodically the zoo newsletter says "something cool is coming soon in the old koala house", but nothing ever seems to actually happen.
The spider exhibit that they had in there a few years back was cool. I wish that they would use it for special exhibits like that more often.
Has anybody heard anything recently about whether this building will ever re-open? Periodically the zoo newsletter says "something cool is coming soon in the old koala house", but nothing ever seems to actually happen.
The spider exhibit that they had in there a few years back was cool. I wish that they would use it for special exhibits like that more often.
It was really unique in being a nocturnal koala display. Didn't do much for making the koalas more active, but it was fun to watch the echidnas shuffle around while the bettongs hopped all over the place.
Hopefully there is plans to reopen the house after the opening of Rainforest of the Americas. I believe it currently has Brush-tailed Bettongs and Short-beaked Echidnas, but I'm not sure if the zoo has anything else in there.
And one stipulation for them receiving more Koalas from Australia, was a promise of exhibiting them outdoors to receive natural sunlight. That's the main reason for its current closure.
And one stipulation for them receiving more Koalas from Australia, was a promise of exhibiting them outdoors to receive natural sunlight. That's the main reason for its current closure.
The koalas seem to be thriving outside so as you state the original purpose of the building is obsolete, but it made a great venue for the spider exhibit.
There is much cool stuff they could do with it, but as mstickmanp notes we probably will just see it sitting there as a closed building for the next several years until the rainforest and LAIR are completed.
Honestly, an "Australia After Dark" exhibit without koalas would still be something pretty neat to see. Bettongs, echidnas, frogmouths, gliders, bats, etc...
