This specific enclosure was made and created for my exhibit showcase thread, and was designed to highlight many of the unique animal life that calls the Pantanal their home.
Ever since I discovered Houston Zoo's Master Plan, https://s28164.pcdn.co/files/Strat_Plan_Book_MF_3.20.20_Web.pdf I have been obsessed with looking at it and speculating what the zoo could look like in the future. So in anticipation for my visit to the Houston Zoo's Galapagos Islands, I thought...
BBC video on the plight of wildlife / biodiversity threatened by fires in Brazil's Pantanal ecosystem.
Animals 'dying of hunger and thirst' in Pantanal fires
Planned to open in 2012, an area in the central section of the zoo is being developed to house species from the Pantanal habitat of South America.
Species will include:
Giant anteater
capybara
lowland tapir
squirrel monkey
yellow breasted capuchin
Chilean flamingo
Zoo Zürich - Im...