Rotterdam Zoo - River exhibit

The exhibit for Bornean river turtles inside the Riviérahall in Rotterdam Zoo.
July 2008

This appears to be quite an impressive exhibit, and there certainly are a lot of turtles in the exhibit!

This exhibit called "the palludarium" was updated last year. I believe there are 2 species in there.

The story goed that a female Carettochelys insculpta climbed out one night and "walked" all the way to the toilets (thats also down a flight of stairs!) to lay her eggs. (the exhibit has a beach though...)

Too bad this doesn't seem to be existing anymore,...We went there also because of this. Riviera hall is now a playground.

Interesting to see the exhibit where this species once bred in, an all too rare occasion it seems. Indeed a shame it's gone, though I understand why the upkeep became to high in such an old building.