As I have promised I have officially started my fictional zoo project referred to as Crystelia City Zoo, it is a tropical animal based zoo located on the fictional island of Crystelia, a tropical island close to Hawaii. The zoo itself is in the largest city on the island Crystal City. The zoo is...
I may be posting a bit many threads the last time, but this one I wanted to post for a long time, even before this thread: Mixed wolf and bear enclosures
Anyway, what zoos in tropical environments do you know about? By this I mean zoos in tropical forests, not in, say, tropical grasslands. It...
This is a Cuvier's dwarf caiman in its very beautiful and tropical enclosure in Planet Zoo. The tunnel you see in the background leads to the land area and partly goes over the visitors' path. The tunnel is also the indoor enclosure, although, in the future, there comes a roof over the exhibit.
As many zoochatters do not know or have not seen most of the fauna found in tropical countries like Panama,I will make a photographic guide of all the wildlife you could see in Panama.
I will be using Zoochat photos and here I will have a little index:
We will start with mammals.
Mammalia...
View of the enclosures that link the African Village and the savannah in Aalborg Zoo, Denmark. On this picture you can see the central building to the left, an observation-hut for visitors on the right and the tropical house for pygmy hippopotamus in the background.
September 2006
A pygmy hippopotamus in the African Village in Aalborg Zoo, Denmark. The African Village is one of the best themes in any zoo I have seen. The hippoes can be viewed both above and under water.
September 2006
The tropical house in the African Village in Aalborg Zoo, Denmark. The African Village is one of the best themes in any zoo I have seen. The tropical house is used as an indoor enclosure for pygmy hippopotamus and spurred tortoise. The hippoes can be viewed both above and under water.
September...
Part of the tree-top walking in the South America Dome in Randers Tropical Zoo, Denmark. From here you get a fantastic birds-eye view of the dome and life in the treetops.
February 2008
The enclosure for South American tapirs in the South America Dome in Randers Tropical Zoo, Denmark. This enclosure is not that big, but not bad for the tapirs. They have a nice big waterhole. In the tree above them live the sloths.
February 2008
The Monkey Path in the South America Dome in Randers Tropical Zoo, Denmark. Here visitors can often see most of the free-ranging monkeys. There are 7 species: Pygmy marmoset, common marmoset, cotton-top tamarin, goldie's monkey, golden-headed lion tamarin, douroucouli and white-faced saki...
The large enclosure for collared peccaries in the South America Dome in Randers Tropical Zoo, Denmark. These can also be viewed from above.
Feburary 2008
A view of the South America Dome in Randers Tropical Zoo, Denmark. Among the free-ranging animals are macaws, turkey vultures, two-toed sloths, green iguanas, golden-rumped agoutis, douroucoulis and 5 different species of marmoset and tamarins.
Feburary 2008
The large pool for manatees in the South America Dome in Randers Tropical Zoo, Denmark. This is ,without a doubt, one of the best in Europe.
Feburary 2008
A picture of one of the tanks in the tropical saltwater aquarium in Randers Tropical Zoo, Denmark. Here live various fish from the caribbean sea. The aquarium is built like an old sunken ship.
August 2008
A baby aardvark just 2 weeks old in Randers Tropical Zoo, Denmark. The mother is Maxima from Burgers Zoo and this baby is the first aardvark ever born in Scandinavia.
September 2006
The exhibit for rock pythons in Randers Tropical Zoo, Denmark. This exibit is part of the Asian Snake Temple where vistors can walk among free-ranging non-venoumous snakes.
August 2008