Moebelle, would you mind posting your original River Adventures description from the "Your Dream Exhibit" thread here on this thread as well?
Couldn't have put the compliment any better, thanks a billion
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"River Adventures Through the Southeast": Take .65 mile boat ride through famous islands of Southeast Asia. The ride would take you through about 4 acres of four greenhouses with 1-3 exhibits on each side of the boat and about 6-7 exhibits total. Each exhibit would be 15,000 sq ft (First exhibit in Lords of the Arctic-Cincinnati Zoo). There would be space between the boat on either side so that guests could view tanks with fish native to that certain island, and the animals who like to swim. Also each exhibit would be surrounded by tall rocks and trees, along with a cave area at the end of each island, with 2-3, 7-10ft by 3-10ft tanks. Each area would have windows above the barriers allowing guests and the animals to see the daylight. If I have time I will even draw out the plans.
The first one would take you through
Borneo. On one side would be an exhibit for Bornean orangutans and Mueller's gibbons. On the other side there would be the endangered clouded leopard and adjacent to them would be a small but tall aviary for rhinoceros hornbills. The whole exhibit would be not netted, but covered with a glazed viewing window for protection from the animals. Through the whole exhibit there would be free-flying birds like barbets and white-eyes and each tank would feature Amazon leaf fish. As you exit through a cave going to the next island, there would be 5ft by 3ft terrariums across form each other containing green tree pythons in one and cicadas in the other.
In
Sumatra, it is extremely similar but of course different animals, and the river that the boat is on would curve to the left a bit(because it goes in a circle. On the right would be an exhibit featuring Sumatran orangutans and white-handed gibbons. On the left would be Thomas' Leaf Monkeys. What is different from the Borneo exhibit, is that the primates have access to either exhibit with ropes and bars going over the boat. In case of "accidents" there would be a glass canopy over top the whole stream. There would again be free-flying birds like Pale-headed Frogmouths, Graceful Pittas, and Shiny Whistling-Thrushes. The fish collection would consist of Sumatran barbs, Chocolate gouramis and other tiger fish. While exiting through another small cave there would be not just 2, but three exhibits. The side exhibits would have tarsiers in one, and the other, Pope's tree vipers. The last one would actually be a darker exhibit with Sumatran Mastiff bats hanging right above you.
Enter into the island of
Komodo to view another world of the predator and prey. On the right side of the river, would be the largest lizard in the world, which is of course the Komodo dragon. If I were the designer of this exhibit(which I am in my dreams
) I would make the dragon exhibit a bit lower for the guests to see the low-built creature. Also the tank with the fish in it would cut off by a 2ft tall see-through glass fence. The dragon/s would have a separate pool in the back. While on the other side there is the tall water buffalo. The tank water and floor would be hired, but the viewing glass would even be higher so that the water buffalo has it’s time to swim, but also to have no chance of hurting or splashing the guests. The buffalo exhibit would be netted from top to bottom. Along with being in the netting would be Jambu fruit doves, Bali mynahs and more. In the cave area would be: the Komodo dragon den, and an Indonesian species, the banded palm civet.
The last but not least exhibit would be the island of
Malaysia. On the right display, there would a mysterious pachyderm that has a white back but the rest is black. This is the Malayan tapir. The pool would be a bit drained but there would also be steps for the creatures to walk in it. While they are on the ground, above them would be agile gibbons. In a separate aviary in the tapir exhibit, there would lie lesser adjutant storks. Across from all this would be the largest of all living reptiles, the salt-water crocodile. In the cave area, one side would feature the Sunda loris, and the other would have black and grey shrews.
See map for the other two islands.
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