*I last visited the Dusit Zoo in 2009 – the review from that time is here http://www.zoochat.com/320/dusit-zoo-11-november-2009-a-115860/ so I won't go over the same ground again. Below are a few notes and a (more or less) full species list of what was on-show.
*The Australian area was in chaos due to building work for upcoming Koalas; you could still view the Common Wombats but the Common Cassowary seemed to be off-show, and the Sarus Crane enclosure was completely gone (I saw the Sarus in an off-show area on Bird Island). No sign of echidnas or macropods at all. The Asian Elephant enclosure which used to be in this area is also gone (or rather parts of it are still there but most is part of construction). There don't appear to be any elephants at the zoo at present.
*The Childrens Zoo was half-closed for renovation. Still there were cages for rabbits, guineapigs, a giant squirrel, common marmosets, spurred tortoises and bearded dragons, as well as the outside areas for farm animals (cow, goats, miniature horses and camels). There was a large area being worked on though, so all the pools and aquarium tanks (which there appeared to be quite a lot of!) were empty.
*The Zoo Museum was closed unfortunately so I could only enter the foyer (where the Sumatran Rhino is).
*The Shark Aquarium is new since my last visit, tucked very oddly between the Southern Serow and Malayan Tapir enclosures. I had seen devilfish's photo of the “shark fishing” inside, and I did not enter. On the ticket counter outside was the two-headed turtle (pictured by devilfish here: http://www.zoochat.com/663/two-headed-turtle-july-2013-a-350577/)
*The skywalk (a raised walkway running across the whole north-east corner of the zoo where all the primates, cats and bears are) is new since my last visit. It is quite good to view animals from but it is also a major pain in that once you've walked its length you then need to retrace the same path on the ground to see the areas (like the Reptile House) which lie along the route but need to be seen from ground level. Not very good planning really. Also I'm sure the construction of it has removed space from the enclosures themselves which lie along its track (the Big Cat cages seem much smaller for example, as if all the mock rock has been added within where the cage space used to be and hence the front of the cage moved back).
*There's a new map which is so simplified as to be almost useless. The old map was full of detail and very good.
*The Australian area was in chaos due to building work for upcoming Koalas; you could still view the Common Wombats but the Common Cassowary seemed to be off-show, and the Sarus Crane enclosure was completely gone (I saw the Sarus in an off-show area on Bird Island). No sign of echidnas or macropods at all. The Asian Elephant enclosure which used to be in this area is also gone (or rather parts of it are still there but most is part of construction). There don't appear to be any elephants at the zoo at present.
*The Childrens Zoo was half-closed for renovation. Still there were cages for rabbits, guineapigs, a giant squirrel, common marmosets, spurred tortoises and bearded dragons, as well as the outside areas for farm animals (cow, goats, miniature horses and camels). There was a large area being worked on though, so all the pools and aquarium tanks (which there appeared to be quite a lot of!) were empty.
*The Zoo Museum was closed unfortunately so I could only enter the foyer (where the Sumatran Rhino is).
*The Shark Aquarium is new since my last visit, tucked very oddly between the Southern Serow and Malayan Tapir enclosures. I had seen devilfish's photo of the “shark fishing” inside, and I did not enter. On the ticket counter outside was the two-headed turtle (pictured by devilfish here: http://www.zoochat.com/663/two-headed-turtle-july-2013-a-350577/)
*The skywalk (a raised walkway running across the whole north-east corner of the zoo where all the primates, cats and bears are) is new since my last visit. It is quite good to view animals from but it is also a major pain in that once you've walked its length you then need to retrace the same path on the ground to see the areas (like the Reptile House) which lie along the route but need to be seen from ground level. Not very good planning really. Also I'm sure the construction of it has removed space from the enclosures themselves which lie along its track (the Big Cat cages seem much smaller for example, as if all the mock rock has been added within where the cage space used to be and hence the front of the cage moved back).
*There's a new map which is so simplified as to be almost useless. The old map was full of detail and very good.
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