Meerkat exhibit

This is part of the new Children's area is it not?

Ituri said:

This is part of the new Children's area is it not?

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No, this is part of an area referred to as 'happy families'. There are enclosures for groups of meerkats, short-clawed otters and ring-tail lemurs

Wow, with those three species it could be called 'zoo cliches'

To be fair, these enclosures are alongside enclosures for Aye-Aye, Aloatran Gentle Lemur and the Clore Pavillion which has lots of unusual species in it

This exhibit, called "Happy Families" as CZJimmy mentioned, was built in 2003, and originally included the exhibits for the Asian Short-Clawed Otters, Meerkats and Tamarins and Marmosets, uses the different social structures in those species as educational theme. In my opinion this educational line is not emphasized properly ...

I'll upload some photos about the otter exhibit soon ...

CZJimmy said:

To be fair, these enclosures are alongside enclosures for Aye-Aye, Aloatran Gentle Lemur and the Clore Pavillion which has lots of unusual species in it

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Fair enough I just thought it was funny to have those three particular species in an area together. There's hardly a zoo without those three species.