I would assume it would look the way it is. Kudu21 will give you the correct answer on that. I don't see how guests will be able to get to this anyways. This used to be the area called the Oriental Garden and the Go Green Garden where there were interactive play areas for children regarding the subject of plants. Since then, Africa and specifically the Cheetah exhibit took over and blocked the entrance to this pond. Now the only way to access this is through the Treetops building, which is a conference building and is only accessible to staff.
I'm sorry that I am just now seeing this, but this is intended to, indeed, be an outdoor exhibit for a pair of Japanese giant salamanders. It is hoped that an outdoor, stream-like enclosure will help stimulate the salamanders to breed, something which has apparently never been done outside of Japan.
It is hoped that an outdoor, stream-like enclosure will help stimulate the salamanders to breed, something which has apparently never been done outside of Japan.
As a matter of fact, the world first captive breeding of the species occurred in 1903 at Natura Artis Magistra in Amsterdam - the last of the resulting captive-bred individuals died in 1955, so it was most certainly a successful breeding.
As a matter of fact, the world first captive breeding of the species occurred in 1903 at Natura Artis Magistra in Amsterdam - the last of the resulting captive-bred individuals died in 1955, so it was most certainly a successful breeding.
I'm glad to be proven wrong on the matter! That tidbit I had heard through the grapevine, so it is very likely that the person I heard it from misunderstood what the herp keeper had told them.. Have there been many successful breedings since then? Could the misunderstanding have arose from an overall lack of breeding success versus a complete lack of breeding success as was falsely suggested to me?
Not sure - but I don't think either Andrias species has bred very often in captivity full stop, so your theory regarding the source of the misunderstanding is feasible.
