It's certainly... odd to say the least.
I wanted the park to do something similar to this for a very long while. The design choices are supposed to try and "imitate" the park's rocky structures, but other than in color I don't know if it achieves this... I'd much rather prefer a simple aviary that blends with the environment, properly furnished with plenty of climbing structures and vegetation and even glass viewing for guests. A fun fact mentioned in the announcement post is that they plan on refurbishing an old installation used when the park was an open-air iron mine to convert it into indoors housing. This style of architecture seems to start taking form since the new giraffe stables were built,
I also think it's funny that this is the first exhibit to be built from the ground up since the opening of the gorilla house in 2007. All the animals that have arrived since have occupied already existing exhibits.
Lemurs are a very weird pick for a zoo like Cabárceno, but I get the appeal and why they would decide to house them. There is a bunch of small mammals or even birds (they really need some birds) that I'd rather see at the park, but hey! New additions are always welcome. I'd also have preferred another species to give company to the ringtails but I guess we'll have to wait.
But in general, I'm not gonna complain, I'm excited to see what awaits in the future for the park. And by the way @Antoine and @Jana, if you guys want to see something ugly, heavy-looking and small, look no further! The farm area is just there!
I wanted the park to do something similar to this for a very long while. The design choices are supposed to try and "imitate" the park's rocky structures, but other than in color I don't know if it achieves this... I'd much rather prefer a simple aviary that blends with the environment, properly furnished with plenty of climbing structures and vegetation and even glass viewing for guests. A fun fact mentioned in the announcement post is that they plan on refurbishing an old installation used when the park was an open-air iron mine to convert it into indoors housing. This style of architecture seems to start taking form since the new giraffe stables were built,
I also think it's funny that this is the first exhibit to be built from the ground up since the opening of the gorilla house in 2007. All the animals that have arrived since have occupied already existing exhibits.
Lemurs are a very weird pick for a zoo like Cabárceno, but I get the appeal and why they would decide to house them. There is a bunch of small mammals or even birds (they really need some birds) that I'd rather see at the park, but hey! New additions are always welcome. I'd also have preferred another species to give company to the ringtails but I guess we'll have to wait.
But in general, I'm not gonna complain, I'm excited to see what awaits in the future for the park. And by the way @Antoine and @Jana, if you guys want to see something ugly, heavy-looking and small, look no further! The farm area is just there!
but not well know for the general public. And small size and mostly nocturnal.
