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@Canihelpyou? the reactions were not only good
I guess it depends on the vistors preferences, but for someone like me, who prefers educational displays and specific exhibits/exhibitions over the classy mainstream interests the closing of the old house was a loss
it had avery nice design, when one thinks of its history as test house for bush and therefoewas not originally planned as mangrove house
There were more educational boards in the old one as well
and the list of species included more rare species that were presented in a way like no other facility had
Several species hatched very succesfull that are gone by now
In general the old house felt more like a true mangrove forest with better species
The first thought I had was they copied the butterfly house from Blijdorp, of which I wasn't a fan either since round shapes are normally avoid (they may irritate the species) and most often a waste of space, but somehow the original went out to better than expected but the inspired one did not that well
From the view point of species it is not sustainable to keep species that are not reguarly breed in captivity and are therefor of wild origin
The Arnhem mangrove house is not bad at all but compared to the old house which set standards (especially from the viewpoint of a zoo enthusiast, who paid a lot of time studying zoological architectural and educational systems) the house feels like a down grading
