Former sealion pool under redevelopment at Koeln 12/05/09

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  Toddy

• 23 May 2009

Looks interesting! Better than the old pool anyway. What is going to live here? Some kind of bear or small carnivore perhaps?

 

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  Maguari

• 23 May 2009

Not sure but bears was my first though. The zoo has Grizzlies, Asian Black and Malayan - I think the Malayans could look very good here.

 

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  Toddy

• 23 May 2009

My thoughts exactly even though I think that the Asian black is the one that needs improvements the most. The Malayans actaully have decent exhibits even though they are a bit old.

Perhaps a whole new species? Anybody knows?

 

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  Animal

• 29 May 2009

Just the raptor-show takes place now in that.

 

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  Paradoxurus

• 5 Jun 2009

Wasn't this enclosure originally for Polar Bears? There were common Seals in it last time I was in Cologne. The Sealions have a separate pool from this complex of enclosures that has an old artificial rockwork 'spire' in the centre.

 

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  Maguari

• 5 Jun 2009

The other sealion pool is still there. There are historical displays for this pool that show seals and sealion together going through some pretty weird training.

 

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  Animal

• 5 Jun 2009

The weird training was research of scientists with the animals. For the animals it was just fun.

In this exhibit original lived polarbears.

 

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  James27

• 5 Jun 2009

It's only used for raptor shows? Seems like the sun bears might have used the space a bit better

 

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  Animal

• 5 Jun 2009

After the deat of the asian black bear the sunbears have now 3 enclosures next to each other. So why bring one or two of them into a enclosure what don't have a indoors, cause it was broken down for a quarantaine long ago?!