Ye it doesn't get that cold down in the south east thanks to the gulf stream
Design a Zoo 2017
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I imagine it to be like the Pacific Northwest in the USA. Rainy but not too cold usually.Ye it doesn't get that cold down in the south east thanks to the gulf stream
What did your think of my Las Vegas Zoo ideas?
Ye good
Thanks. I look forward to seeing more of your ideas. I'm planning on another one. I want to design a safari park next.
TheEthiopianWolf03
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So I was looking through this thread and I noticed a few people a few people putting Ethiopian animals in their zoos. I know this is a fantasy thread but seeing how there is a export ban in Ethiopia, how would there be a realistic way to get an Ethiopian wolf?
You already answered your own question
TheEthiopianWolf03
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Well I think what I'm trying to say is how much fantasy is put into making a fantasy zoo. Is there a limit? I'm still pretty new to zoochat so sorry if I sound like I'm answering my own question.
For this thread there really isn't a limit. In past designs people have had Asiatic cheetahs, various Galapagos species, and plenty of others. Mostly it's just no extinct species as there have been other threads on that. I stick with animals that are present in captivity, but that's just me. So if you have a fantasy zoo you want to design knock yourself out.
TheEthiopianWolf03
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Well this is less of a fantasy and more what my final product of a zoo is. I want to own a zoo and make a large impact on the world of conservation so the ideas I'm presenting are what I'm trying to make a reality. If you guys have any feedback or any suggestion species I'll take it into consideration.
Penguin Plaza
This is the first area you see at the zoo. A restaurant and a gift shop will be at the front. The main attraction are African penguins. The exhibit will have an glass view and a overhead view. The penguins have a rock island and plenty of swimming space.
South America
This area has many animals from South America. Here is a list of the large exhibit animals
Andean bear
Jaguar
Giant anteater
Howler monkey
Spider monkey
Greater Rhea
The Amazon
This is a part of the South American region of the zoo. It is a little similar to Amazonia in the National zoo in DC but it is larger. It has a downstairs aquarium that connects to the larger walk through aviary. This indoor exhibit also has a reptile section.
Aquarium
Arapaima
Black pacu
Red tailed catfish
Freshwater stingray
Electric eel
and other common south american fish
Walk through aviary
Golden lion tamarin ( In a separate cage since they eat eggs)
Two toed sloth
Brazilian agouti
Toco toucan ( In separate aviary)
Various tangers
Rosette spoonbill
Scarlet ibis
I'll add more birds if more suggestions come up
Herps center
Green anaconda
Poison dart frog
Aquatic caecilian
Suriname toad
Green tree boa
Red tree frog
Red tailed boa
Speckled caiman
I'll add others
North America
This area has animals from the North American landscape. There will be a sea lion exhibit that has a similar but a larger design to the African penguin exhibit. This area is separated into 4 parts. Shore, Plains, Wetland, and Forrest. Here is the list...
Shore
Sea lion
Brown pelican
Plains
American bison
Prairie dog
Wetland
Whooping crane
American alligator
Forrest
Bald eagle
Grey wolf
I'll continue with Asia and Australia once I get some feedback. If you guys have any questions about individual exhibits feel free to ask. Thanks!
Penguin Plaza
This is the first area you see at the zoo. A restaurant and a gift shop will be at the front. The main attraction are African penguins. The exhibit will have an glass view and a overhead view. The penguins have a rock island and plenty of swimming space.
South America
This area has many animals from South America. Here is a list of the large exhibit animals
Andean bear
Jaguar
Giant anteater
Howler monkey
Spider monkey
Greater Rhea
The Amazon
This is a part of the South American region of the zoo. It is a little similar to Amazonia in the National zoo in DC but it is larger. It has a downstairs aquarium that connects to the larger walk through aviary. This indoor exhibit also has a reptile section.
Aquarium
Arapaima
Black pacu
Red tailed catfish
Freshwater stingray
Electric eel
and other common south american fish
Walk through aviary
Golden lion tamarin ( In a separate cage since they eat eggs)
Two toed sloth
Brazilian agouti
Toco toucan ( In separate aviary)
Various tangers
Rosette spoonbill
Scarlet ibis
I'll add more birds if more suggestions come up
Herps center
Green anaconda
Poison dart frog
Aquatic caecilian
Suriname toad
Green tree boa
Red tree frog
Red tailed boa
Speckled caiman
I'll add others
North America
This area has animals from the North American landscape. There will be a sea lion exhibit that has a similar but a larger design to the African penguin exhibit. This area is separated into 4 parts. Shore, Plains, Wetland, and Forrest. Here is the list...
Shore
Sea lion
Brown pelican
Plains
American bison
Prairie dog
Wetland
Whooping crane
American alligator
Forrest
Bald eagle
Grey wolf
I'll continue with Asia and Australia once I get some feedback. If you guys have any questions about individual exhibits feel free to ask. Thanks!
This is a good list, but usually on this forum people like to go into detail about what the exhibit would be like. Maybe try that. Those are fun to read.
TheEthiopianWolf03
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I'll give it a go
The Andean bear exhibit is a large spacious landscape with big trees and rocks for the bears to climb. It will not be a grotto like many other bear exhibits in other zoos. The bears will also have food scattered around daily so that the bears will be foraging around.
The Jaguar exhibit will have a glass viewing area indoors (The exhibit will be connected to the Amazon) This exhibit will have a waterfall that falls into a pool that the jaguars can swim in. There are also many hiding places so the jaguar can disappear into it's exhibit.
The monkeys both have a similar exhibit. The both are on a island of sorts. There will be enrichment that will help each species climb around their exhibit without any gates or other obstacles that come with a closed off area and limited space. The only major difference is that the spider monkeys have a larger exhibit due to the fact they swing and climb around more than their cousins the howler monkeys.
The rhea exhibit is a grassy flat area with space for the birds to run around.
The anteater exhibit is similar to design of the rhea exhibit but has giant fake termite mounds that have little holes in them. In the holes, keepers will put grubs and other treats for the anteaters to find.
The Amazon exhibit is a large almost like a bio dome. You enter and the first thing see is a giant aquarium with giant amazonian fish. There are also other exhibits housing other fish like the electric eel. The herps area is also in the same proximity. In the next room, there is a walk through aviary with many free flying tangers and other birds. The toucan and tamarin exhibits have large aviary-like free flying cages. The agoutis run freely around the aviary and the sloths climb overhead with no barriers but the aviary.
The sea lion exhibit I felt that I explained enough but it has a lot of swimming space with a rock island (you can see them through glass also). The brown pelican exhibit is just a smaller version of that.
The bison herd will have flat areas of land with a large amount of space. You can see the rest of the exhibit by going on a gondola ride foreseeing the rest of the exhibit. The prairie dog exhibit has a view of there burrows for the kids to see ( Like the meerkat exhibit in Oakland zoo or the Dwarf mongoose exhibit in Chester zoo ( I'm not sure about that last one) )
The whooping cranes have a little pond that they can wade around freely. They can't fly out. The exhibit will have mud and other things so the cranes can make nests. The gator exhibit is a large pond that lets the animals hide in the water. They also have land so that they can bask in the sun.
The grey wolves have a large exhibit rivaling the jaguar exhibit. They have trees and bushes all over the exhibit and a den that can be accessed by the keepers. The eagle aviary is the same as the national zoo's (DC) exhibit.
Animals I have decided to add
South America
Andean condor- Same design as the Bald eagle exhibit
Capybara- Like the gator exhibit but with more land.
Australia and Asia are next, I would like it if you guys can find a way to add any other species into this zoo. Any suggestions will be taken into account. Thank you!
The Andean bear exhibit is a large spacious landscape with big trees and rocks for the bears to climb. It will not be a grotto like many other bear exhibits in other zoos. The bears will also have food scattered around daily so that the bears will be foraging around.
The Jaguar exhibit will have a glass viewing area indoors (The exhibit will be connected to the Amazon) This exhibit will have a waterfall that falls into a pool that the jaguars can swim in. There are also many hiding places so the jaguar can disappear into it's exhibit.
The monkeys both have a similar exhibit. The both are on a island of sorts. There will be enrichment that will help each species climb around their exhibit without any gates or other obstacles that come with a closed off area and limited space. The only major difference is that the spider monkeys have a larger exhibit due to the fact they swing and climb around more than their cousins the howler monkeys.
The rhea exhibit is a grassy flat area with space for the birds to run around.
The anteater exhibit is similar to design of the rhea exhibit but has giant fake termite mounds that have little holes in them. In the holes, keepers will put grubs and other treats for the anteaters to find.
The Amazon exhibit is a large almost like a bio dome. You enter and the first thing see is a giant aquarium with giant amazonian fish. There are also other exhibits housing other fish like the electric eel. The herps area is also in the same proximity. In the next room, there is a walk through aviary with many free flying tangers and other birds. The toucan and tamarin exhibits have large aviary-like free flying cages. The agoutis run freely around the aviary and the sloths climb overhead with no barriers but the aviary.
The sea lion exhibit I felt that I explained enough but it has a lot of swimming space with a rock island (you can see them through glass also). The brown pelican exhibit is just a smaller version of that.
The bison herd will have flat areas of land with a large amount of space. You can see the rest of the exhibit by going on a gondola ride foreseeing the rest of the exhibit. The prairie dog exhibit has a view of there burrows for the kids to see ( Like the meerkat exhibit in Oakland zoo or the Dwarf mongoose exhibit in Chester zoo ( I'm not sure about that last one) )
The whooping cranes have a little pond that they can wade around freely. They can't fly out. The exhibit will have mud and other things so the cranes can make nests. The gator exhibit is a large pond that lets the animals hide in the water. They also have land so that they can bask in the sun.
The grey wolves have a large exhibit rivaling the jaguar exhibit. They have trees and bushes all over the exhibit and a den that can be accessed by the keepers. The eagle aviary is the same as the national zoo's (DC) exhibit.
Animals I have decided to add
South America
Andean condor- Same design as the Bald eagle exhibit
Capybara- Like the gator exhibit but with more land.
Australia and Asia are next, I would like it if you guys can find a way to add any other species into this zoo. Any suggestions will be taken into account. Thank you!
I'll give it a go
The Andean bear exhibit is a large spacious landscape with big trees and rocks for the bears to climb. It will not be a grotto like many other bear exhibits in other zoos. The bears will also have food scattered around daily so that the bears will be foraging around.
The Jaguar exhibit will have a glass viewing area indoors (The exhibit will be connected to the Amazon) This exhibit will have a waterfall that falls into a pool that the jaguars can swim in. There are also many hiding places so the jaguar can disappear into it's exhibit.
The monkeys both have a similar exhibit. The both are on a island of sorts. There will be enrichment that will help each species climb around their exhibit without any gates or other obstacles that come with a closed off area and limited space. The only major difference is that the spider monkeys have a larger exhibit due to the fact they swing and climb around more than their cousins the howler monkeys.
The rhea exhibit is a grassy flat area with space for the birds to run around.
The anteater exhibit is similar to design of the rhea exhibit but has giant fake termite mounds that have little holes in them. In the holes, keepers will put grubs and other treats for the anteaters to find.
The Amazon exhibit is a large almost like a bio dome. You enter and the first thing see is a giant aquarium with giant amazonian fish. There are also other exhibits housing other fish like the electric eel. The herps area is also in the same proximity. In the next room, there is a walk through aviary with many free flying tangers and other birds. The toucan and tamarin exhibits have large aviary-like free flying cages. The agoutis run freely around the aviary and the sloths climb overhead with no barriers but the aviary.
Maybe you could add some red footed tortoises here.
The sea lion exhibit I felt that I explained enough but it has a lot of swimming space with a rock island (you can see them through glass also). The brown pelican exhibit is just a smaller version of that.
The bison herd will have flat areas of land with a large amount of space. You can see the rest of the exhibit by going on a gondola ride foreseeing the rest of the exhibit. The prairie dog exhibit has a view of there burrows for the kids to see ( Like the meerkat exhibit in Oakland zoo or the Dwarf mongoose exhibit in Chester zoo ( I'm not sure about that last one) )
Pronghorn and/or elk could be a good addition here.
The whooping cranes have a little pond that they can wade around freely. They can't fly out. The exhibit will have mud and other things so the cranes can make nests. The gator exhibit is a large pond that lets the animals hide in the water. They also have land so that they can bask in the sun.
The grey wolves have a large exhibit rivaling the jaguar exhibit. They have trees and bushes all over the exhibit and a den that can be accessed by the keepers. The eagle aviary is the same as the national zoo's (DC) exhibit.
Animals I have decided to add
South America
Andean condor- Same design as the Bald eagle exhibit
Capybara- Like the gator exhibit but with more land.
Australia and Asia are next, I would like it if you guys can find a way to add any other species into this zoo. Any suggestions will be taken into account. Thank you!
I added a few suggestions in red. This is nice and detailed. Would the alligators have indoor viewing if the weather gets cold?
The Andean bear exhibit is a large spacious landscape with big trees and rocks for the bears to climb. It will not be a grotto like many other bear exhibits in other zoos. The bears will also have food scattered around daily so that the bears will be foraging around.
The Jaguar exhibit will have a glass viewing area indoors (The exhibit will be connected to the Amazon) This exhibit will have a waterfall that falls into a pool that the jaguars can swim in. There are also many hiding places so the jaguar can disappear into it's exhibit.
The monkeys both have a similar exhibit. The both are on a island of sorts. There will be enrichment that will help each species climb around their exhibit without any gates or other obstacles that come with a closed off area and limited space. The only major difference is that the spider monkeys have a larger exhibit due to the fact they swing and climb around more than their cousins the howler monkeys.
The rhea exhibit is a grassy flat area with space for the birds to run around.
The anteater exhibit is similar to design of the rhea exhibit but has giant fake termite mounds that have little holes in them. In the holes, keepers will put grubs and other treats for the anteaters to find.
The Amazon exhibit is a large almost like a bio dome. You enter and the first thing see is a giant aquarium with giant amazonian fish. There are also other exhibits housing other fish like the electric eel. The herps area is also in the same proximity. In the next room, there is a walk through aviary with many free flying tangers and other birds. The toucan and tamarin exhibits have large aviary-like free flying cages. The agoutis run freely around the aviary and the sloths climb overhead with no barriers but the aviary.
Maybe you could add some red footed tortoises here.
The sea lion exhibit I felt that I explained enough but it has a lot of swimming space with a rock island (you can see them through glass also). The brown pelican exhibit is just a smaller version of that.
The bison herd will have flat areas of land with a large amount of space. You can see the rest of the exhibit by going on a gondola ride foreseeing the rest of the exhibit. The prairie dog exhibit has a view of there burrows for the kids to see ( Like the meerkat exhibit in Oakland zoo or the Dwarf mongoose exhibit in Chester zoo ( I'm not sure about that last one) )
Pronghorn and/or elk could be a good addition here.
The whooping cranes have a little pond that they can wade around freely. They can't fly out. The exhibit will have mud and other things so the cranes can make nests. The gator exhibit is a large pond that lets the animals hide in the water. They also have land so that they can bask in the sun.
The grey wolves have a large exhibit rivaling the jaguar exhibit. They have trees and bushes all over the exhibit and a den that can be accessed by the keepers. The eagle aviary is the same as the national zoo's (DC) exhibit.
Animals I have decided to add
South America
Andean condor- Same design as the Bald eagle exhibit
Capybara- Like the gator exhibit but with more land.
Australia and Asia are next, I would like it if you guys can find a way to add any other species into this zoo. Any suggestions will be taken into account. Thank you!
I added a few suggestions in red. This is nice and detailed. Would the alligators have indoor viewing if the weather gets cold?
TheEthiopianWolf03
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I've seen red footed tortoises at the Aquarium of the bay and I instantly loved them. I'll add them to the herps section at the Amazon exhibit. I think the species is endangered.
Pronghorns would be a nice addition to the prairie section of the zoo. Probably a small breeding herd.
Elk is a maybe mostly due to the space i'm imagining for the zoo ( around 200 or so acres). Another reason is that I'm mostly focusing on endangered species for my zoo so they are a priority when it comes to the fauna in my zoo. I'll do more research on the species and how they live in zoos before I make a final decision.
The alligators will have an indoor viewing area.
I've decided to add blue and gold macaws to the Amazon exhibit. They will have a tree for themselves. They will be like the macaws at California academy of sciences or like San Diego safari park. Other birds added to the Amazon include
Curassow ( either great or blue billed)
Smaller parrots ( Still unsure what species)
Australia is next!!!
The Outback
Giant red rocks similar to the wilds of Australia are shown at the zoo. On some of these rocks, they have old art from the tribes that lived in Australia long ago. The first exhibit you see is the mixed species exhibit of
Red kangaroos
Grey Kangaroos
The landscape in this exhibit is a dusty, red floor with shrubs everywhere. The roos still have lots of space to jump and play.
Next to that is a place called Koala Kanyon. This exhibit has both an indoor and a outdoor exhibit to this commonly mistaken for a bear marsupial. There are eucalyptus trees everywhere making it a Koala heaven. Also in the indoor area are some of the other marsupials and wildlife of Australia. Here is a list.
Wombat
Quakka
Blue tongued stink
Frilled lizard
Cane toad ( as an example of invasive species)
I also want to get echindas and billibies in this zoo but I'm unsure if there is a realistic way of getting them outside of Australia. I think LA zoo has echindas but I don't know how they got them.
There are two more exhibits in the Outback, one of them being an aviary of Australian birds. Here is a list.
Rainbow lorakeet
Laughing kookaberra ( Separate Aviary)
I'll add others
A tree kangaroo exhibit. This exhibit has lots of trees and other hiding places for the animals. ( If I can't get a Tree kangaroo pair, I'll probably have a Tasmanian devil pair. Still unsure)
I'm also thinking of adding a Aquarium called Reef. This features rescued green sea turtles and colorful fish of Australia's great barrier reef. Still unsure if this is a good idea though seeing how much it costs to run an aquarium.
As always, any suggestions will be helpful. Asia is next! Thank you
Pronghorns would be a nice addition to the prairie section of the zoo. Probably a small breeding herd.
Elk is a maybe mostly due to the space i'm imagining for the zoo ( around 200 or so acres). Another reason is that I'm mostly focusing on endangered species for my zoo so they are a priority when it comes to the fauna in my zoo. I'll do more research on the species and how they live in zoos before I make a final decision.
The alligators will have an indoor viewing area.
I've decided to add blue and gold macaws to the Amazon exhibit. They will have a tree for themselves. They will be like the macaws at California academy of sciences or like San Diego safari park. Other birds added to the Amazon include
Curassow ( either great or blue billed)
Smaller parrots ( Still unsure what species)
Australia is next!!!
The Outback
Giant red rocks similar to the wilds of Australia are shown at the zoo. On some of these rocks, they have old art from the tribes that lived in Australia long ago. The first exhibit you see is the mixed species exhibit of
Red kangaroos
Grey Kangaroos
The landscape in this exhibit is a dusty, red floor with shrubs everywhere. The roos still have lots of space to jump and play.
Next to that is a place called Koala Kanyon. This exhibit has both an indoor and a outdoor exhibit to this commonly mistaken for a bear marsupial. There are eucalyptus trees everywhere making it a Koala heaven. Also in the indoor area are some of the other marsupials and wildlife of Australia. Here is a list.
Wombat
Quakka
Blue tongued stink
Frilled lizard
Cane toad ( as an example of invasive species)
I also want to get echindas and billibies in this zoo but I'm unsure if there is a realistic way of getting them outside of Australia. I think LA zoo has echindas but I don't know how they got them.
There are two more exhibits in the Outback, one of them being an aviary of Australian birds. Here is a list.
Rainbow lorakeet
Laughing kookaberra ( Separate Aviary)
I'll add others
A tree kangaroo exhibit. This exhibit has lots of trees and other hiding places for the animals. ( If I can't get a Tree kangaroo pair, I'll probably have a Tasmanian devil pair. Still unsure)
I'm also thinking of adding a Aquarium called Reef. This features rescued green sea turtles and colorful fish of Australia's great barrier reef. Still unsure if this is a good idea though seeing how much it costs to run an aquarium.
As always, any suggestions will be helpful. Asia is next! Thank you
Nice collection! I like the cane toad and the creative spelling of Koala Kanyon. The only addition I could think of would be emus. I have another zoo in mind that I'll hopefully post tonight.
Just realized I never full finished Island Outposts, after coming out of Sifaka tower visitors can view the outdoor exhibit for sifakas through glass. Continuing down the trail two exhibits for fossa and ring tailed mongoose.
The next section of African Rainforests is Congo River trail. The Key element of this area is immersion, achieved through the use of moats and fake-rock along with Hagenbeck-style exhibits and imported African flora creating a sense of realism. After the ring tailed mongoose visitors would walk onto a boardwalk about 8 foot above the ground flanked on one side by 3 netted exhibits and on the other by two netted exhibits. The first exhibit on the left is home to Mandrill and Schmidt’s Spot-nosed Guenon. The second is an aviary home to Sociable Weaver, Amethyst Starling, Blue-naped Mousebird, Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Paradise Whydah, Egyptian Plover, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Beautiful Sunbird, African Namaqua Dove, Melba Finch, Stone Partridge. The third is home to Wolf’s guenons and red flanked duikers. On the right hand side of the board walk the two exhibits are home to Black mangabey in one and Golden bellied mangabey in the other. All the exhibits are quite densely planted and provide numerous climbing opportunities for the primates within.
The boardwalk then comes down to ground level. The path ahead is flanked again on two sides with a large multi species exhibit on the left which is home to Pygmy hippo, Sitatunga, Great White Pelicans, Egyptian Geese, Drill, Common Mona Monkey and De Brazza's Guenon and Yellow backed duiker. The exhibit is surrounded on 2 sides by high un-climable for the primates fake rock and on the main path side by a mixture of glass and more fake rock. visitors can also go up a small trail up alongside the exhibit to give better views of the far side of the exhibit where the primates would usually be as the other side is where the small lake is, This path also gives ground level views of the mandrill exhibit, the aviary and the duiker exhibit. Now back on the main trail on the right hand side opposite the large multi species exhibit is an exhibit home to Eastern Bongo, Crowned Cranes, Red Natal Duiker and African Spurred Tortoise.
Visitors the enter an artificial cave with a large under water viewed exhibit for slender snouted crocodile on the right hand side with numerous terrariums built into the fake rock home to Pancake Tortoise, Rainbow Skink, African Girdled Lizard, Schneider Skink, Gorongosa Girdled Lizard, Armadillo Girdled Lizard, Nile Monitor, Giant African Snail, Black Mamba, Puff adder and Gaboon Viper.
This cave is actually the first part of quite a large building: the Afrika Anga aviary which is a large multi level walk through African aviary very similar to Scripps aviary in San Diego. Birds found in here are Hammerkop, African Open-bill Stork, African Spoonbill, Magpie Shrike, Gray Parrot, Amethyst Starling, Great Blue Turaco, African Olive-pigeon, Crested Coua, Golden-breasted Starling, Reichenow’s Weaver, Green Wood hoopoe, Blue-bellied Roller, Emerald Starling, Southern Bald Ibis, West African Long-tailed Hornbill, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, White-headed Buffalo Weaver, White-headed Lapwing, White-crowned Robin-chat, African Golden Oriole, White-faced Whistling Duck, Superb Starling, Red-eyed Dove, Tambourine Dove, Senegal Laughing Dove, Racquet-tailed Roller, Oriole Warbler, Yellow-necked Francolin, Blue-naped Mousebird, Purple Roller, Ferruginous Duck, Capuchin Babbler, Senegal Parrot, Rueppell’s White-crowned Shrike, Violet Turaco, African Jacana, Ross’ Turaco, Eastern golden breasted starling, African pygmy geese.
I'll post the rest of this area tomorrow!
The next section of African Rainforests is Congo River trail. The Key element of this area is immersion, achieved through the use of moats and fake-rock along with Hagenbeck-style exhibits and imported African flora creating a sense of realism. After the ring tailed mongoose visitors would walk onto a boardwalk about 8 foot above the ground flanked on one side by 3 netted exhibits and on the other by two netted exhibits. The first exhibit on the left is home to Mandrill and Schmidt’s Spot-nosed Guenon. The second is an aviary home to Sociable Weaver, Amethyst Starling, Blue-naped Mousebird, Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Paradise Whydah, Egyptian Plover, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Beautiful Sunbird, African Namaqua Dove, Melba Finch, Stone Partridge. The third is home to Wolf’s guenons and red flanked duikers. On the right hand side of the board walk the two exhibits are home to Black mangabey in one and Golden bellied mangabey in the other. All the exhibits are quite densely planted and provide numerous climbing opportunities for the primates within.
The boardwalk then comes down to ground level. The path ahead is flanked again on two sides with a large multi species exhibit on the left which is home to Pygmy hippo, Sitatunga, Great White Pelicans, Egyptian Geese, Drill, Common Mona Monkey and De Brazza's Guenon and Yellow backed duiker. The exhibit is surrounded on 2 sides by high un-climable for the primates fake rock and on the main path side by a mixture of glass and more fake rock. visitors can also go up a small trail up alongside the exhibit to give better views of the far side of the exhibit where the primates would usually be as the other side is where the small lake is, This path also gives ground level views of the mandrill exhibit, the aviary and the duiker exhibit. Now back on the main trail on the right hand side opposite the large multi species exhibit is an exhibit home to Eastern Bongo, Crowned Cranes, Red Natal Duiker and African Spurred Tortoise.
Visitors the enter an artificial cave with a large under water viewed exhibit for slender snouted crocodile on the right hand side with numerous terrariums built into the fake rock home to Pancake Tortoise, Rainbow Skink, African Girdled Lizard, Schneider Skink, Gorongosa Girdled Lizard, Armadillo Girdled Lizard, Nile Monitor, Giant African Snail, Black Mamba, Puff adder and Gaboon Viper.
This cave is actually the first part of quite a large building: the Afrika Anga aviary which is a large multi level walk through African aviary very similar to Scripps aviary in San Diego. Birds found in here are Hammerkop, African Open-bill Stork, African Spoonbill, Magpie Shrike, Gray Parrot, Amethyst Starling, Great Blue Turaco, African Olive-pigeon, Crested Coua, Golden-breasted Starling, Reichenow’s Weaver, Green Wood hoopoe, Blue-bellied Roller, Emerald Starling, Southern Bald Ibis, West African Long-tailed Hornbill, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, White-headed Buffalo Weaver, White-headed Lapwing, White-crowned Robin-chat, African Golden Oriole, White-faced Whistling Duck, Superb Starling, Red-eyed Dove, Tambourine Dove, Senegal Laughing Dove, Racquet-tailed Roller, Oriole Warbler, Yellow-necked Francolin, Blue-naped Mousebird, Purple Roller, Ferruginous Duck, Capuchin Babbler, Senegal Parrot, Rueppell’s White-crowned Shrike, Violet Turaco, African Jacana, Ross’ Turaco, Eastern golden breasted starling, African pygmy geese.
I'll post the rest of this area tomorrow!
Exiting Afrika Anga aviary over a wooden suspension bridge which gives views of Nile hippos and distance views of bonobos behind the hippo exhibit on the visitors left hand side while there is two medium sized aviarys for Crowned eagle and African fish eagle.
coming off the bridge visitors would come to a glass viewing area for a lush exhibit for a group of Western Lowland gorillas and roloway monkeys. Housing for the apes would be behind the mock rock at the back of the exhibit.
Continuing down the trail visitors would come to another viewing area this one is underwater viewing for the pod of Nile Hippos who share their exhibit with cichlids and other African fish.
Separated by the hippos by mock rock is an exhibit for bonobos. Visitors could get a glimpse of bonobos from the aforementioned suspension bridge along with a glass viewing area just after the hippos.
Just after the bonobo viewing area is the entrance for the Black and white Colobus, Congo peafowl and lesser spot nosed monkey walk through. Visitors then go up and around the multi level walk through. The exit of the walk through leads you out on to the observation deck of The Treehouse. The Treehouse is home to an African themed gift shop, a restaurant, information signs about the Congo and other visitor amenities such as toilets and changing facilities. The observation deck offers views of the gorillas, bonobos, colobus, leopards and servals. Coming back down from the heights of the treehouse the visitors would see encounter the Serval exhibit home to a breeding pair, viewing would be through glass. Opposite the servals is an exhibit for African Leopards who live in a densely planted exhibit with numerous opportunities for to climb.
Immediately After the leopards is an exhibit for Okapi and black duiker. On some days visitors would be able to assist keepers in hand feeding the okapi. Opposite the okapis is the final exhibit in African Rainforests home to Forest Buffalo, Red River Hog, African Spot-necked Otter, Allen’s Swamp Monkey and Schmidt’s Red-tailed Monkey. The visitors would view this exhibit from a boardwalk and through an under water viewing area at the exit.
The Transition between the Rainforest and the next area African Savannah would be achieved through a recreation of a traditional African village with a small walk through with African Pygmy Goats and guinea fowl and an exhibit for a small herd of Ankole cattle.
coming off the bridge visitors would come to a glass viewing area for a lush exhibit for a group of Western Lowland gorillas and roloway monkeys. Housing for the apes would be behind the mock rock at the back of the exhibit.
Continuing down the trail visitors would come to another viewing area this one is underwater viewing for the pod of Nile Hippos who share their exhibit with cichlids and other African fish.
Separated by the hippos by mock rock is an exhibit for bonobos. Visitors could get a glimpse of bonobos from the aforementioned suspension bridge along with a glass viewing area just after the hippos.
Just after the bonobo viewing area is the entrance for the Black and white Colobus, Congo peafowl and lesser spot nosed monkey walk through. Visitors then go up and around the multi level walk through. The exit of the walk through leads you out on to the observation deck of The Treehouse. The Treehouse is home to an African themed gift shop, a restaurant, information signs about the Congo and other visitor amenities such as toilets and changing facilities. The observation deck offers views of the gorillas, bonobos, colobus, leopards and servals. Coming back down from the heights of the treehouse the visitors would see encounter the Serval exhibit home to a breeding pair, viewing would be through glass. Opposite the servals is an exhibit for African Leopards who live in a densely planted exhibit with numerous opportunities for to climb.
Immediately After the leopards is an exhibit for Okapi and black duiker. On some days visitors would be able to assist keepers in hand feeding the okapi. Opposite the okapis is the final exhibit in African Rainforests home to Forest Buffalo, Red River Hog, African Spot-necked Otter, Allen’s Swamp Monkey and Schmidt’s Red-tailed Monkey. The visitors would view this exhibit from a boardwalk and through an under water viewing area at the exit.
The Transition between the Rainforest and the next area African Savannah would be achieved through a recreation of a traditional African village with a small walk through with African Pygmy Goats and guinea fowl and an exhibit for a small herd of Ankole cattle.
I love your exhibits! I really like the inclusion of the sort of petting zoo at the end to form a transition. Well done!
Texas Safari Park
The Texas Safari Park is located in the Austin area. The Texas Triangle has many zoos, however, Austin does not have one. The Fossil Rim Wildlife Center is the only AZA-accredited drive through park (to my knowledge) in the Texas Triangle.. This will be the second one in the area. It contains both a drive through component and a traditional walk-through zoo.
Drive through preserve
The drive through preserve is split into eight different preserves of various sizes. Animals are grouped according to habitat and geographical location, although a little more liberty is taken with the South America habitat due to a limited number of large species available in the USA. The drive through portion can be driven in the visitor's’ own vehicles, or in a tour bus. A visitor in good shape can walk around the perimeter of the entire preserve on a high bridge and can see into the preserves this way.
West Texas
The first area contains animals native to West Texas. This simulated preserve is mostly open, although a few trees are present as well as many rocky outcrops to simulate this environment. Part of this exhibit is a prairie and part of it resembles a desert, including simulated cacti. Bison, elk, pronghorn, mule deer, and desert bighorn sheep roam this area. The desert bighorn sheep make use of the rocky outcrops and simulated cliffs. These species are all able to approach the vehicle's.Three packs of Mexican wolves have habitats contained within this preserve. The wolves have hills that enable them to look onto the plains at their prey and at the other wolf packs. Similarly, two pairs of coyotes are are separated from their prey and their aggressive large cousins. In a more forested section of the preserve containing ample water, grizzly bears are housed. These animals are not able to approach the vehicles. In another separate enclosure is a habitat for collared peccaries. For safety reasons, these animals are also unable to approach the visitor vehicles.
Andean Foothills
The second preserve contains South American species. This area contains simulated cliffs similar to the previous West Texas exhibit. Guanacos, greater rheas, and Baird’s tapir roam this area.. These are the only three species that are able to approach the vehicles. On the left hand side is a forested area. This is to simulate the forested regions in the Andean foothills. Andean bears are present here and in an area hidden by moats, Chilean pudu and brocket deer are housed. In order to keep the bears away from prey and due to the small sizes of the deer, these animals are unable to approach the vehicles. Suddenly, the visitor sees a more arid-looking enclosure. This simulates the Gran Chaco. Chacoan peccaries and giant anteaters inhabit this area. For safety reasons these animals are also not able to approach the vehicle due to their small sizes.
The Africa sections are next but will need some tweaking.
The Texas Safari Park is located in the Austin area. The Texas Triangle has many zoos, however, Austin does not have one. The Fossil Rim Wildlife Center is the only AZA-accredited drive through park (to my knowledge) in the Texas Triangle.. This will be the second one in the area. It contains both a drive through component and a traditional walk-through zoo.
Drive through preserve
The drive through preserve is split into eight different preserves of various sizes. Animals are grouped according to habitat and geographical location, although a little more liberty is taken with the South America habitat due to a limited number of large species available in the USA. The drive through portion can be driven in the visitor's’ own vehicles, or in a tour bus. A visitor in good shape can walk around the perimeter of the entire preserve on a high bridge and can see into the preserves this way.
West Texas
The first area contains animals native to West Texas. This simulated preserve is mostly open, although a few trees are present as well as many rocky outcrops to simulate this environment. Part of this exhibit is a prairie and part of it resembles a desert, including simulated cacti. Bison, elk, pronghorn, mule deer, and desert bighorn sheep roam this area. The desert bighorn sheep make use of the rocky outcrops and simulated cliffs. These species are all able to approach the vehicle's.Three packs of Mexican wolves have habitats contained within this preserve. The wolves have hills that enable them to look onto the plains at their prey and at the other wolf packs. Similarly, two pairs of coyotes are are separated from their prey and their aggressive large cousins. In a more forested section of the preserve containing ample water, grizzly bears are housed. These animals are not able to approach the vehicles. In another separate enclosure is a habitat for collared peccaries. For safety reasons, these animals are also unable to approach the visitor vehicles.
Andean Foothills
The second preserve contains South American species. This area contains simulated cliffs similar to the previous West Texas exhibit. Guanacos, greater rheas, and Baird’s tapir roam this area.. These are the only three species that are able to approach the vehicles. On the left hand side is a forested area. This is to simulate the forested regions in the Andean foothills. Andean bears are present here and in an area hidden by moats, Chilean pudu and brocket deer are housed. In order to keep the bears away from prey and due to the small sizes of the deer, these animals are unable to approach the vehicles. Suddenly, the visitor sees a more arid-looking enclosure. This simulates the Gran Chaco. Chacoan peccaries and giant anteaters inhabit this area. For safety reasons these animals are also not able to approach the vehicle due to their small sizes.
The Africa sections are next but will need some tweaking.
TheEthiopianWolf03
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You guys are really descriptive about your zoos. I haven't even considered a safari area in my zoo.
Thanks to a little inspiration from the Monterey bay aquarium (I went there a few days ago) I have decided to put the aquarium in the Australian section. It will not be called the reef but it will have some aspects of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. It will be called Big Blue: Discovering the Pacific. Here are some of the highlight animals.
Green sea turtle (rescue animal)
Scalloped hammerhead shark ( Or another small species of shark to join with the sea turtles.)
Devil ray ( If possible)
The tank for these three species will be around 700,000 gal ( Is this enough?) The rest of these animals will be in separate tanks
Giant pacific octopus
Sea nettle
Moon jelly
Moray eel
Bat ray
There will be a bat ray pool for the smaller rays and a large tank for the larger ones.
A seabird aviary will also be featured. The birds featured will be listed here.
Tufted puffin
( I'll add others once suggestions come up)
I know an aquarium cost a lot ( With lighting and such) but just remember this will not be built
In a few years. This will take phases and a lot of planning. This aquarium will be the main point of the final phase ( So probably when I'm a old man or when I'm dead). Any animal suggestions will be taken into consideration. Here are some animals that I have decided to add to previous exhibits...
Shores (North America)
Sea otter- These animals will be rescue animals. They will have a large outdoor/indoor exhibit.
The indoor exhibit gives a view of the otters underwater and the outdoor will show the otters above water.
Shorebird aviary- This is inspired by MBA's sandy shore. They have multiple rescue birds that live on the beaches of California. Mine is something similar to that but I'm still unsure what species to add. Any suggestions would be helpful
So far elefante has been helping me out a lot so I would like to give a huge thanks to elefante.
Asia is next!!! (Finally)
Thanks to a little inspiration from the Monterey bay aquarium (I went there a few days ago) I have decided to put the aquarium in the Australian section. It will not be called the reef but it will have some aspects of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. It will be called Big Blue: Discovering the Pacific. Here are some of the highlight animals.
Green sea turtle (rescue animal)
Scalloped hammerhead shark ( Or another small species of shark to join with the sea turtles.)
Devil ray ( If possible)
The tank for these three species will be around 700,000 gal ( Is this enough?) The rest of these animals will be in separate tanks
Giant pacific octopus
Sea nettle
Moon jelly
Moray eel
Bat ray
There will be a bat ray pool for the smaller rays and a large tank for the larger ones.
A seabird aviary will also be featured. The birds featured will be listed here.
Tufted puffin
( I'll add others once suggestions come up)
I know an aquarium cost a lot ( With lighting and such) but just remember this will not be built
In a few years. This will take phases and a lot of planning. This aquarium will be the main point of the final phase ( So probably when I'm a old man or when I'm dead). Any animal suggestions will be taken into consideration. Here are some animals that I have decided to add to previous exhibits...
Shores (North America)
Sea otter- These animals will be rescue animals. They will have a large outdoor/indoor exhibit.
The indoor exhibit gives a view of the otters underwater and the outdoor will show the otters above water.
Shorebird aviary- This is inspired by MBA's sandy shore. They have multiple rescue birds that live on the beaches of California. Mine is something similar to that but I'm still unsure what species to add. Any suggestions would be helpful
So far elefante has been helping me out a lot so I would like to give a huge thanks to elefante.
Asia is next!!! (Finally)
Exiting The African Rainforest area guests enter the second area African Savannah which is home to four exhibit complexes; The Kopje, Predators of the Seringeti, Ethiopian Highlands and Out on the Plains.
Just after the African village guests enter The Kopje, The first exhibit is one for a group of meerkats. The exhibit can be viewed both traditionally and by a network of tunnels which surface in small glass domes inside the exhibit. Opposite the meerkats is an exhibit for Cape porcupines. Housing for both animals would be within one of the huts in the African Village.
The last exhibit viewed on ground level is one for klipspringer, South African rock hyrax and dwarf mongoose. A series of large boulders would be at the back of the exhibit with the rest of the exhibit covered in sand.
Similar to Barcelona's Mountain exhibit visitors would then start heading up the kopje. The first exhibit is a small aviary for White-headed Lapwing, Purple-crested Turaco and South African ground squirrels. Just around the bend is another viewing point for the klipspringer exhibit. When guests reach the top of the the kopje the far side is flanked by three birds of prey aviarys, the two smaller ones are home to Bateleur eagle and Dwarf falcon while the much larger one is home to White backed Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, and Secretary Bird. Coming back down from the kopje alongside the Vulture aviary and onto the main trail. Visitors can view aardvarks and warthogs in two sandy exhibits on the left hand side. The aardvarks are viewed through glass while the warthogs are viewed from over the mock rock wall. Opposite these two exhibits is a glass fronted grassy exhibit for a pair of Honey Badgers.
Just after the honey badgers on the same side of the path is the second complex Ethiopian Highlands which is actually just one exhibit. Visitors enter a covered viewing area which has information boards on another animal not exhibit the Ethiopian wolf. The main exhibit has a large mock rock face which acts as both as something for the inhabitants to climb as well as a boundary as the rock face becomes over hanging and unclimable at the top. The exhibit is home to Gelada baboons and Nubian ibex.
Exiting the Ethiopian area visitors enter an exhibit complex known as Predators of the Seringeti. The first exhibit visitors see is the smallest of the five exhibits and is home to caracal and is viewed through glass. Visitors then come into a covered viewing area made of rock. There is four exhibits nearly identical in size which the inhabitants of can be rotated throughout the four as enrichment. The two exhibits on the left give the predators a view into the field exhibits home to their prey. A land rover would be in the viewing area of the first exhibit on the left which is where the lions would be fed. The land rover has glass going down the centre, with one end in the exhibit and one end on the visitors side of the fence. Visitors can sit in the land rover while keepers chuck meat onto the bonnet for the lions to eat. Signs and examples of foot prints and skulls of the animals on show would line the walls of the viewing area giving visitors an idea of how much these animals were built to kill. Animals in these exhibits are: Angolan Lions, African Wild Dog, Sudan Cheetah and Spotted Hyena.
The next complex known as Out on the plains features three exhibits which are viewed via a fleet of old army trucks and one traditional walk by exhibit. After The predators complex visitors would arrive at the station for to get on one of the trucks. If they do not wish to go on the trucks they can continue on down the path and view the animals from a distance that way. The first exhibit is around 10 acres in size and is home to South African Giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, South African ostrich, White tailed gnu, Gemsbok, Springbok, Sable antelope and Common Eland. The second exhibit is slightly smaller and is home to White rhinoceros, Greater Kudu, Roan Antelope, Uganda Kob, Cape buffalo, Bontebok, Nyala and Ellipsen Waterbuck while the third and final exhibit is home to African Elephant, Impala, Red Lechwe and Gerenuk. The truck drives in a large loop and back to the station mentioned beforehand. The housing and paddocks for these animals are at the far side of the exhibit. A wooded exhibit for black rhinos and patas monkey would feature just after the station but can only be viewed on foot.
Just after the African village guests enter The Kopje, The first exhibit is one for a group of meerkats. The exhibit can be viewed both traditionally and by a network of tunnels which surface in small glass domes inside the exhibit. Opposite the meerkats is an exhibit for Cape porcupines. Housing for both animals would be within one of the huts in the African Village.
The last exhibit viewed on ground level is one for klipspringer, South African rock hyrax and dwarf mongoose. A series of large boulders would be at the back of the exhibit with the rest of the exhibit covered in sand.
Similar to Barcelona's Mountain exhibit visitors would then start heading up the kopje. The first exhibit is a small aviary for White-headed Lapwing, Purple-crested Turaco and South African ground squirrels. Just around the bend is another viewing point for the klipspringer exhibit. When guests reach the top of the the kopje the far side is flanked by three birds of prey aviarys, the two smaller ones are home to Bateleur eagle and Dwarf falcon while the much larger one is home to White backed Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, and Secretary Bird. Coming back down from the kopje alongside the Vulture aviary and onto the main trail. Visitors can view aardvarks and warthogs in two sandy exhibits on the left hand side. The aardvarks are viewed through glass while the warthogs are viewed from over the mock rock wall. Opposite these two exhibits is a glass fronted grassy exhibit for a pair of Honey Badgers.
Just after the honey badgers on the same side of the path is the second complex Ethiopian Highlands which is actually just one exhibit. Visitors enter a covered viewing area which has information boards on another animal not exhibit the Ethiopian wolf. The main exhibit has a large mock rock face which acts as both as something for the inhabitants to climb as well as a boundary as the rock face becomes over hanging and unclimable at the top. The exhibit is home to Gelada baboons and Nubian ibex.
Exiting the Ethiopian area visitors enter an exhibit complex known as Predators of the Seringeti. The first exhibit visitors see is the smallest of the five exhibits and is home to caracal and is viewed through glass. Visitors then come into a covered viewing area made of rock. There is four exhibits nearly identical in size which the inhabitants of can be rotated throughout the four as enrichment. The two exhibits on the left give the predators a view into the field exhibits home to their prey. A land rover would be in the viewing area of the first exhibit on the left which is where the lions would be fed. The land rover has glass going down the centre, with one end in the exhibit and one end on the visitors side of the fence. Visitors can sit in the land rover while keepers chuck meat onto the bonnet for the lions to eat. Signs and examples of foot prints and skulls of the animals on show would line the walls of the viewing area giving visitors an idea of how much these animals were built to kill. Animals in these exhibits are: Angolan Lions, African Wild Dog, Sudan Cheetah and Spotted Hyena.
The next complex known as Out on the plains features three exhibits which are viewed via a fleet of old army trucks and one traditional walk by exhibit. After The predators complex visitors would arrive at the station for to get on one of the trucks. If they do not wish to go on the trucks they can continue on down the path and view the animals from a distance that way. The first exhibit is around 10 acres in size and is home to South African Giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, South African ostrich, White tailed gnu, Gemsbok, Springbok, Sable antelope and Common Eland. The second exhibit is slightly smaller and is home to White rhinoceros, Greater Kudu, Roan Antelope, Uganda Kob, Cape buffalo, Bontebok, Nyala and Ellipsen Waterbuck while the third and final exhibit is home to African Elephant, Impala, Red Lechwe and Gerenuk. The truck drives in a large loop and back to the station mentioned beforehand. The housing and paddocks for these animals are at the far side of the exhibit. A wooded exhibit for black rhinos and patas monkey would feature just after the station but can only be viewed on foot.
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