Carousels in European Zoos

[ANyhuis]

I was just looking at ZooChat photos from various European zoos. When looking at the Reykjavik Zoo, in Iceland, I saw a picture of the zoo's carousel (merry-go-round). Then it hit me that I'm not sure, but despite having been to over 50 European zoos, I don't think I've seen a carousel in a European zoo before. This is an interesting difference to me, in that almost every major American zoo (and many minor US zoos) has a carousel in it.

Am I wrong? What European zoos have carousels in them?

 

[lintworm]

For now, only Apenheul springs to mind, having an Amazonia themed carrousel.

 

[Shirokuma]

London Zoo has one in the Barclay Court area near the penguins.

 

[Maguari]

I'm really struggling to think of any after those two ('theme park' zoos excepted).

 

[snowleopard]

Does anyone know why there is a lack of carousels in European zoos? As Allen has stated just about every major zoo in the United States has a carousel, and usually it is a fee of between $2-3 per child per ride. I often think of carousels as the very definition of a "cash cow", and Happy Hollow Zoo in San Jose is perhaps the only carousel that I've ever seen that is completely free. Merry-go-rounds are right up there with giraffe feedings, stingray petting, seasonal animatronic dinosaurs and other money generating additions to modern zoos in terms of creating income for the establishments.

 

[filipinos]

Lisbon has one:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4zsvCkjgiS0/TyPz3S9MCAI/AAAAAAAABko/rEeMwCu0ovI/s800/P1090256__.jpg

So does ZooMarine:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AawZ7fi7DzI/ToIgsv2tvQI/AAAAAAAABWk/3b3Z2pALpnk/s1600/z+zoomarine+eu.jpg

 

[FBBird]

Cricket St Thomas here in the UK used to have a magnificent old-fashioned fairground carousel, from which Sahib [Fridolin] the ill-fated bull elephant could be seen circling his yard.

 

[ANyhuis]

Dinosaur Carousel

OK, I'm just back from a European trip and I'll have to look through all of my zoo maps to see if there's more. But there is definitely one very interesting carousel that I saw -- at the GaiaZOO in the Netherlands. They have special children's area called DinoDom, a huge domed indoor playground filled with fake dinosaurs. Just outside of the dome is a dinosaur carousel -- where kids ride on dinosaurs. Honestly, I've never seen that before!

 

[Dassie rat]

I think the most interesting carousel is just outside the Menagerie in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. A French Education: THE CUTEST CAROUSEL IN PARIS has some pictures of the extinct and endangered animals there. They include the thylacine, elephant bird, dodo and some extinct giraffes. i can think of at least one Zoochatter who may appreciate Do you want to ride the Tasmanian wolf? | Mad About Paris.