cloudedleopard611
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On my visit to the Zoo today I noticed a lot of changes. They are as follows:
-The Herpetarium appears to have reopened today, as it was closed when I arrived but open later. However, there is still maintenance going on in the Central Garden. The surrounding area on either side has been barricaded, blocking visitor access to the following species: tentacled snake, wampucrum, Andean marsupial frog, black-breasted leaf turtle, Chinese crocodile lizard, tokar habu, and Mount Bulgar viper. Of course, all the turtles in the central garden ponds are also not visible to visitors.
-There are two new species in the Herpetarium- puff adder and western bearded anole. They both have the standard Saint Louis Zoo style signage.
-Santa Catalina Island rattlesnake has been taken off exhibit.
-The boardwalk path around South Lake has been blocked off. This partially affects viewing for bar headed geese and American white pelicans, although there is still visitor access to other viewing areas for the lake.
-There's generally a lot of maintenance going on in the zoo at the moment (probably largely because of taking down Wild Lights decor). A lot of areas are blocked off, I've only specifically mentioned the parts that affect animal viewing.
-Somali wild ass are now in the yard next to addax instead of banteng. There still are bantengs in the next exhibit over though, mixed with sarus crane. The yard has been switching between the two species for the past few months.
-There's a new exhibit for Hawaiian red shrimp in the Insectarium at the end of the "Am I an Insect?" section. Its in a different style than the other tanks in the section and its a bit unique. I would post photos to the gallery but it was too busy to do so without getting people's reflections in the shot. I will try to another day, unless someone else beats me to it.
-There are two new urchins in the Venom section of the Insectarium, pincushion urchin and black long spined sea urchin. They are with the fire coral. However, I did not noticed the common clownfish from last time in this tank.
-There seems to be a couple other species of African flower beetles with the Derby's flower beetles in the Insectarium. None of the species are specifically signed (sign just says subfamily: Cetoniidae). One appears to be jade-headed buffalo beetle, the other Chlorocala africana, though I am less certain on the latter.
-Elephant Oasis construction has been finished.
-The Herpetarium appears to have reopened today, as it was closed when I arrived but open later. However, there is still maintenance going on in the Central Garden. The surrounding area on either side has been barricaded, blocking visitor access to the following species: tentacled snake, wampucrum, Andean marsupial frog, black-breasted leaf turtle, Chinese crocodile lizard, tokar habu, and Mount Bulgar viper. Of course, all the turtles in the central garden ponds are also not visible to visitors.
-There are two new species in the Herpetarium- puff adder and western bearded anole. They both have the standard Saint Louis Zoo style signage.
-Santa Catalina Island rattlesnake has been taken off exhibit.
-The boardwalk path around South Lake has been blocked off. This partially affects viewing for bar headed geese and American white pelicans, although there is still visitor access to other viewing areas for the lake.
-There's generally a lot of maintenance going on in the zoo at the moment (probably largely because of taking down Wild Lights decor). A lot of areas are blocked off, I've only specifically mentioned the parts that affect animal viewing.
-Somali wild ass are now in the yard next to addax instead of banteng. There still are bantengs in the next exhibit over though, mixed with sarus crane. The yard has been switching between the two species for the past few months.
-There's a new exhibit for Hawaiian red shrimp in the Insectarium at the end of the "Am I an Insect?" section. Its in a different style than the other tanks in the section and its a bit unique. I would post photos to the gallery but it was too busy to do so without getting people's reflections in the shot. I will try to another day, unless someone else beats me to it.
-There are two new urchins in the Venom section of the Insectarium, pincushion urchin and black long spined sea urchin. They are with the fire coral. However, I did not noticed the common clownfish from last time in this tank.
-There seems to be a couple other species of African flower beetles with the Derby's flower beetles in the Insectarium. None of the species are specifically signed (sign just says subfamily: Cetoniidae). One appears to be jade-headed buffalo beetle, the other Chlorocala africana, though I am less certain on the latter.
-Elephant Oasis construction has been finished.
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