That round Monkey exhibit with a tree at its center was very spacious and well provided for the era (1899) I wonder what monkey species lived in it. Was a bit relieved to see that poor Himalayan Black Bear did have a bit more space vertically than that well known first distressing photo shows.
* that Feed house that had Monkeys etc in it for many decades last acted as a Snake row (I recall Boa Constrictor, also including a Green Iguana for a time too, some exhibits had wire mesh front not always glass front. About 6-7 terrariums with viewing on a verandah walkway) in the late '80s and into the 1990s until 1997 when Reptile House was opened from an old staff conference building.
* the Cat House/Carnivore Row with the Dome enclosure big felid exercise exhibit on the end later (well it is mentioned in the vid that Teddy & Suzie Chimpanzees lived there also in the '30s) later became the Orangutan and Chimpanzee living quarters until just over 40 years ago, well remembered Atjeh the patriarch of the first generation of Sumatran Orangutans and hybrid Orangutans born at the zoo lived in the Dome cage until mid-late 1981 (and then multiple Gibbon species until 1999).
Wow free roaming Baboons thats amazing..lucky no bitings happened (or maybe it did which stopped the free roaming)
* that Feed house that had Monkeys etc in it for many decades last acted as a Snake row (I recall Boa Constrictor, also including a Green Iguana for a time too, some exhibits had wire mesh front not always glass front. About 6-7 terrariums with viewing on a verandah walkway) in the late '80s and into the 1990s until 1997 when Reptile House was opened from an old staff conference building.
* the Cat House/Carnivore Row with the Dome enclosure big felid exercise exhibit on the end later (well it is mentioned in the vid that Teddy & Suzie Chimpanzees lived there also in the '30s) later became the Orangutan and Chimpanzee living quarters until just over 40 years ago, well remembered Atjeh the patriarch of the first generation of Sumatran Orangutans and hybrid Orangutans born at the zoo lived in the Dome cage until mid-late 1981 (and then multiple Gibbon species until 1999).
Wow free roaming Baboons thats amazing..lucky no bitings happened (or maybe it did which stopped the free roaming)
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