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Looking at the design concept, can anyone figure out where this is located in the zoo? I think it's currently where the creature feature yard is located. With the tram being rerouted, that seems to make sense. If the tram does a permanent route through the wooded pathway, perhaps they'll eventually so something with the abandonned paddocks.
 
The rendering looks great! It looks like the penguins will have tons of space to swim in the 200,000 gallon pool. Does the 200,000 gallon pool make it one of the largest outdoor pools for penguins in the US? At 200,000 gallons, it is nearly double the size of London Zoos Penguin Beach. Definitely looks like a contender for one of the greatest outdoor penguin exhibits in North America.
 
blospz said:
Looking at the design concept, can anyone figure out where this is located in the zoo? I think it's currently where the creature feature yard is located. With the tram being rerouted, that seems to make sense. If the tram does a permanent route through the wooded pathway, perhaps they'll eventually so something with the abandonned paddocks.
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I think your right. It's definitely in the open space near the Creature Feature boarding the back end of the rhino/zebra yard where the current mural is. This looks really nice! Can't wait!
 
Sounds like more good news for the Maryland Zoo - sure hope it'll come back.

Slightly off-topic, but does anyone remember what species were held in the old monkey house at the top of the hill? At least I think it was called "monkey house". Google searches turn up nothing.

I went many times but I was still a child when they shut the place for good. Have been trying to find photos online but I've got nothing. I remember the building quite well, and some of the exhibits - notably the (awful) orangutan cages, and an interesting aardwolf/hornbill exhibit, and then several smaller exhibits with smaller primates, weasels, etc.

For one of the oldest zoos in the country, there really isn't much about its history to be found online!
 
Yes the new Penguin exhibit is going to be in the big open area where creature feature is. A trainer told me today. she also told me that the old penguin exhibit is going to become a expansion of the African Elephant yard. They plan on breeding Tuffy she said too!!!!!!!!!!
 
Oh that's wonderful news. Did they mention if they plan breeding Tuffy with one of their current females? I spoke with a docent who told me they only had one cow that was recommended to breed and Tuffy was not a match. It's exciting if they use that space to expand the elephant yard. I just hope the bull yard gets an upgrade as well.
 
She didn't say but my guess would be if there expanded the elephant exhibit that they would bring in more elephants.
 
Looking on google maps that would triple the elephants exhibit space to about 2.5 acres.
 
* Anoki and Magnet (polar bears) have been introduced again. Both have access to both of their yards. Right now Anoki is cautious of Magnet and he is the dominant one in their relationship.
* The Sifaka lemur juveniles are no longer exhibit. I would assume they were sent to other zoos.

A suggestion to others is to not go to this zoo during colder times. Colder climate animals that should be active are still sleeping. And besides animals with access to indoor buildings, most animals in Africa are off exhibit. I am missing southern zoos in winter already!
 
The zoo's facebook has posted this clue: The most suggestive, intentionally vague tease post you'll read all day: This Saturday at 10:15am we're unveiling a species unlike any other on exhibit. A wild thing that rolls faster than a cheetah & weighs more than a giraffe. Care to make a guess?


I am really hoping for an animal species, but with the whole roll thing it makes me think it's some kind of machinery. Probably a vehicle to start construction on the new African penguin exhibit.
 
With Samson having herpes, does this mean he has to be separated from the rest of the elephants now?
 
blospz said:
With Samson having herpes, does this mean he has to be separated from the rest of the elephants now?
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At the end of the article, it states, "Samson is not being isolated because his co-inhabitants, as well as zookeepers and visitors, aren't deemed at risk for the infection. It is assumed the elephants already carry one or more strains of the virus."
 
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