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Lied Jungle - Malayan Tapir/Francois Langur Exhibit

July 6th, 2012.
This exhibit is horrible the primates have small areas and the tapir which spends a majority of its life on land can barely walk 2 feet without hitting the water. At jungleworld even though the exhibit is on the smaller side they have ten times the land area to live on.
 
This exhibit is horrible the primates have small areas and the tapir which spends a majority of its life on land can barely walk 2 feet without hitting the water. At jungleworld even though the exhibit is on the smaller side they have ten times the land area to live on.

Note the "rock" trapdoor in the photo that opens to the underground concrete holding stalls where the tapirs spend most of the hours when they aren't on this tiny beach. "waterfall from nowhere"; tiny fake tree primate island; cross views of visitors looming over animals in a hole--nothing very immersive, authentic or attractive about this corner of Lied Jungle (there are some very nice ideas and areas in the complex--just not here).
 
These tapirs did have access to the top of their habitat when I just visited.
 

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