Rainforest halls

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Jurek7

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Hello,

Which zoos have indoor rainforests halls. Something more than free-flight rooms for birds, which exist in many zoos.

I know these halls:

Europe:
Zurich - Masoala
Arnhem - Burgers Bush
Prague - Indonesian rainforest
Cologne - Rainforest

United States:
Bronx Zoo - Jungle World
Brookfield, Chicago - Tropic World
Omaha - Lied Jungle

I seen Masoala in Zurich and Arnhem, and both are very interesting. What do you think about them?
 
We have a Rainforest in Copenhagen Zoo. It's a little smaller than the Rainforest in Cologne, so it should be on the list.

Burgers Bush in Arnhem is just fantastic! :D
 
i don't think the Tropical Realm at Chester can really count...

I only really know of Arnhem and Zurich's indoor rainforests
 
Cotswold wildlife park also has a small rainforest exhibit, Bristol zoos bird house was redeveloped a few years back into a walk through rainforest exhibit, if i remember there were free flying crowned pigeons and an aviary for tarictic hornbill, and was joined to a large free flight aviary, but my abiding memory of the house was the smell, it was horrendous and undescribable.
 
Avifauna doesn´t have a rainforest hall. thats just a free flight aviary that happend to be in some sort of a greenhouse ;) It's not very big.

In planckendael (belgium) a new asian hall was opend last year. Some free flying birds, but also some enclosures for gibbons, python, birds etc.
The plants will still have to grow before you get a rainforest feeling though...
 
In France, Montpellier zoo (Zoo du Lunaret) just opened a huge rainforest exhibit based on South-america.
I think the big Tropenwald in Walsrode can be counted as a tropical rainforest exhibit too!
Concerning those I know, there are the African, American and Asian pavillons in Toronto zoo.
 
Pedro said:
I think the big Tropenwald in Walsrode can be counted as a tropical rainforest exhibit too!
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I know it's big, and I like it too, but isn't it more of a free flight hall for tropical birds? I mean, the only free ranging animals in there are birds. No reptiles or mammals, so can it really count as one of the big rainforest halls?
 
zoogiraffe said:
They are not all in the same house but 3 separate ones
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Last time I was there (admittedly some time ago) the mouse deer were free in the main rainforest exhibit, but the tree kangaroos were in a smaller cage within the large rainforest. Same with the hornbills which I'm sure would 'enjoy' the smaller birds of the main rainforest if they were let out.

In addition to the zoos already mentioned there are quite a few more with rainforest exhibits. Even the relatively small Odense Zoo in Denmark got one, albeit rather small, a few years ago. Two others that perhaps are more noteworthy are Biodôme de Montréal (Canada) and Dallas World Aquarium (USA). These indoor rainforests seem to be one of the big trends in recent years.
 
You poor people in cold climates, having to keep your birds inside in Halls.

Here in sunny Australia we have large walk-in aviaries! :D

Now, if only we had some spectacular exotic birds to put in them! :(
 
There are (or were... at least I saw them) free ranging mouse-deers in the rainforest hall of Walsrode.
The tree kangaroos (two subspecies of Goodfellow's) are hold in separate aviaries, like most big hornbills.
The ring-tailed mongooses from Madagascar are held in a small cage in the Paradieshalle building which is located just behind the pheasantry. The marmoosets, which in fact are cotton-topped tamarins are in an aviary inside the big parrots house.
 
@Ara: At least we don't have to put Polar bears into freezers...;) Another bonus: the snow leopards, snow hares and snow monkeys here can actually play in the snow;or the popular outdoor king penguin marches in Edinborough, Munich or Zurich ...
And additionally, we have large walk-in aviaries WITH some spectacular birds inside! ;)
 
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roynie said:
Even the relatively small Odense Zoo in Denmark got one, albeit rather small, a few years ago.
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Yes, their tropical hall is not very big, but pretty cool. The biggest attraction in there are the manatees in their large pool. Free ranging, you can finde goldenheaded lion tamarins, pygmy marmosets, two-toed sloths, green iguanas, sunbitternes, grey-backed trumpeters and other birds. So i guess it counts as a rainforest hall.

@Sun Wukong: Good comeback! ;)
 
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