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For more zoos to build a nile hippo exhibit that can actually accomodate a pod instead of just 2-3 individuals.

And also move from the beach concept, we always knew these always ends up with mediocre hippo exhibits with little land and too much water despite their crystal clear viewing. Give us something more of a lake or river concept where these hippos can have more room to move as well as give them grazing areas for them to spend more time in land; personally think the idea of hippos in land is kinda underrated.
 
I have a wish, namely Ungaran Safari Park, located in southern Semarang (Indonesia), a mountainous area like Taman Safari Bogor and Taman Safari Prigen. Consider this project as Taman Safari Indonesia IV, the difference is that the collections in Ungaran are animals that are mostly rare or not yet found in any zoo in Indonesia. In fact, there will be several collections of native Indonesian animals that have never been bred in any zoo in the world, and Ungaran Safari Park will be the first breeding pioneer for these animals.

Starting from the Safari Journey area, the features are different from those in Bogor, Pasuruan, or Bali, which divide zones based on continents. Even here, visitors are strictly not allowed to feed the animals to ensure their health. Here the zone division is based on the order/group of animal species such as:
  • Paenungulata Area 1: African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis), eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli), greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou), blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), gemsbok (Oryx gazella), sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), addax (Addax nasomaculatus), impala (Aepyceros melampus), bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus), Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious), Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana)
  • Carnivora Area: Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica), Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya), Sri Lankan sloth bear (Melursus ursinus inornatus), African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea), golden jackal (Canis aureus), Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus), American black bear (Ursus americanus)
  • Paenungulata Area 2: Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus), Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii), Turkmenian kulan (Equus hemionus kulan), Chinese goral (Naemorhedus griseus), Mishmi takin (Budorcas taxicolor taxicolor), barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), markhor (Capra falconeri), Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus), mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi), Togian babirusa (Babyrousa togeanensis), Buru babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa), Celebes warty pig (Sus celebensis), Sumatran serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), Bornean bearded pig (Sus barbatus)
  • Bird & Reptile Area: common ostrich (Struthio camelus), emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae), northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus), dwarf cassowary (Casuarius bennetti), lesser rhea (Rhea pennata), pink-backed pelican (Pelecanus rufescens), American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), brolga (Antigone rubicunda), white-naped crane (Antigone vipio), sarus crane (Antigone antigone), demoiselle crane (Grus virgo), blue crane (Grus paradisea), red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), common crane (Grus grus), black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina), Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis), gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
  • Paenungulata Area 3: Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii), vicuña (Lama vicugna), guanaco (Lama guanicoe), red brocket (Mazama americana), elk (Cervus canadensis), European fallow deer (Dama dama), European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon), wisent (Bison bonasus)
 
Jonathan Harry said:
I have a wish, namely Ungaran Safari Park, located in southern Semarang (Indonesia), a mountainous area like Taman Safari Bogor and Taman Safari Prigen. Consider this project as Taman Safari Indonesia IV, the difference is that the collections in Ungaran are animals that are mostly rare or not yet found in any zoo in Indonesia. In fact, there will be several collections of native Indonesian animals that have never been bred in any zoo in the world, and Ungaran Safari Park will be the first breeding pioneer for these animals.

Starting from the Safari Journey area, the features are different from those in Bogor, Pasuruan, or Bali, which divide zones based on continents. Even here, visitors are strictly not allowed to feed the animals to ensure their health. Here the zone division is based on the order/group of animal species such as:
  • Paenungulata Area 1: African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis), eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli), greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou), blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), gemsbok (Oryx gazella), sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), addax (Addax nasomaculatus), impala (Aepyceros melampus), bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus), Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious), Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana)
  • Carnivora Area: Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica), Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya), Sri Lankan sloth bear (Melursus ursinus inornatus), African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea), golden jackal (Canis aureus), Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus), American black bear (Ursus americanus)
  • Paenungulata Area 2: Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus), Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii), Turkmenian kulan (Equus hemionus kulan), Chinese goral (Naemorhedus griseus), Mishmi takin (Budorcas taxicolor taxicolor), barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), markhor (Capra falconeri), Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus), mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi), Togian babirusa (Babyrousa togeanensis), Buru babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa), Celebes warty pig (Sus celebensis), Sumatran serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), Bornean bearded pig (Sus barbatus)
  • Bird & Reptile Area: common ostrich (Struthio camelus), emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae), northern cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus), dwarf cassowary (Casuarius bennetti), lesser rhea (Rhea pennata), pink-backed pelican (Pelecanus rufescens), American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), brolga (Antigone rubicunda), white-naped crane (Antigone vipio), sarus crane (Antigone antigone), demoiselle crane (Grus virgo), blue crane (Grus paradisea), red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), common crane (Grus grus), black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina), Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis), gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)
  • Paenungulata Area 3: Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii), vicuña (Lama vicugna), guanaco (Lama guanicoe), red brocket (Mazama americana), elk (Cervus canadensis), European fallow deer (Dama dama), European mouflon (Ovis aries musimon), wisent (Bison bonasus)
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The difference with the freshwater aquarium in Taman Safari Bogor or Bali Safari & Marine Park, there is a building similar to Dunia Air Tawar TMII (Jagat Satwa Nusantara). Safari Freshwater World Ungaran only contains a collection of Indonesian animals because it aims to introduce the natural wealth of Indonesia to visitors. The division of zones is as follows:

Display Tanks
  • Tank 1: banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix), seven-spot archerfish (Toxotes chatareus), and smallscale archerfish (Toxotes microlepis)
  • Tank 2: bronze featherback (Notopterus notopterus), Bornean featherback (Chitala borneensis), and Sunda butter catfish (Ompok rhadinurus)
  • Tank 3: humpback puffer (Pao palembangensis), green spotted puffer (Dichotomyctere nigroviridis), and avocado puffer (Auriglobus modestus)
  • Tank 4: fire eel (Mastacembelus erythrotaenia), zig-zag eel (Mastacembelus armatus), half-banded spiny eel (Macrognathus circumcinctus), tapir spiny eel (Macrognathus tapirus), and albino swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
  • Tank 5: lesser spiny eel (Macrognathus aculeatus), frecklefin spiny eel (Macrognathus maculatus), and freshwater moray (Gymnothorax polyuranodon)
  • Tank 6: chilli rasbora (Boraras brigittae), harlequin rasbora (Trigonostigma heteromorpha), glowlight rasbora (Trigonostigma hengeli), porthole rasbora (Rasbora cephalotaenia), silver rasbora (Rasbora argyrotaenia), Myers’ rasbora (Rasbora myersi), and paray rasbora (Rasbora aprotaenia)
  • Tank 7: snakeskin barb (Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus), bonylip barb (Osteochilus vittatus), hard-lipped barb (Osteochilus vittatus), signal barb (Labiobarbus festivus), spanner barb (Barbodes lateristriga), and spotted barb (Barbodes binotatus)
  • Tank 8: tinfoil barb (Barbonymus schwanenfeldii), tiger barb (Puntigrus tetrazona), checker barb (Oliotius oligolepis), and lined barb (Striuntius lineatus)
  • Tank 9: spotted scat (Scatophagus argus), spotbanded scat (Selenotoca multifasciata), and crescent perch (Terapon jarbua)
  • Tank 10: spotted blue-eye (Pseudomugil gertrudae), forktail blue-eye (Pseudomugil furcatus), Celebes rainbowfish (Marosatherina ladigesi), threadfin rainbowfish (Iriatherina werneri), and scissortail rasbora (Rasbora trilineata)
  • Tank 11: ghost cafish (Kryptopterus vitreolus), glass catfish (Kryptopterus bicirrhis), lesser ghost catfish (Kryptopterus minor), Malay glass catfish (Ompok eugeneiatus), sailfin glassfish (Ambassis agrammus), and Vera's glass perch (Gymnochanda verae)
  • Tank 12: river tonguesole (Cynoglossus feldmanni), Papuan freshwater sole (Brachirus selheimi), and Sunda freshwater sole (Achiroides leucorhynchos)
  • Tank 13: white-edge freshwater whipray (Fluvitrygon signifer), longnose marbled whipray (Fluvitrygon oxyrhyncha), and flying fox fish (Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus)
  • Tank 14: bala shark (Balantiocheilos melanopterus), Apollo sharkminnow (Luciosoma spilopleura), and black sharkminnow (Labeo chrysophekadion)
  • Tank 15: Java barb (Barbonymus gonionotus), beardless barb (Cyclocheilichthys apogon), and Waanders' hard-lipped barb (Osteochilus waandersii)
  • Tank 16: Kuhli loach (Pangio kuhlii), grey-banded loach (Nemacheilus selangoricus), Malay lizard loach (Homalopteroides tweediei), Sunda lizard loach (Balitoropsis ophiolepis), and horseface loach (Acantopsis dialuzona)
  • Tank 17: striped glass catfish (Kryptopterus macrocephalus), spotted Borneo sucker (Gastromyzon punctulatus), and ocellated Borneo sucker (Gastromyzon monticola)
  • Tank 18: freshwater longtom (Strongylura krefftii), Borneo redline halfbeak (Hemirhamphodon tengah), forest halfbeak (Hemirhamphodon pogonognathus), and bellybarred pipefish (Hippichthys spicifer)
  • Tank 19: giant pikehead (Luciocephalus pulcher), peppermint pikehead (Luciocephalus aura), and snakehead gudgeon (Giuris margaritaceus)
  • Tank 20: harlequin lancer catfish (Bagroides melapterus), black lancer (Bagrichthys macracanthus), and Borneo bumblebee catfish (Pseudomystus funebris)
  • Tank 21: two-spot mystus (Mystus bimaculatus), greater mystus (Mystus singaringan), Marcel catfish (Mystus castaneus), and barred loach (Nemacheilus fasciatus)
  • Tank 22: marble goby (Oxyeleotris marmorata), threadfin goby (Sicyopterus longifilis), empire gudgeon (Hypseleotris compressa), and climbing perch (Anabas testudineus)
  • Tank 23: red-tailed tinfoil barb (Barbonymus altus), red-cheeked Sultan fish (Leptobarbus melanopterus), and saddle-back loach (Homaloptera orthogoniata)
  • Tank 24: Boeseman's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani), Lake Kuromai rainbowfish (Melanotaenia parva), Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfish (Melanotaenia ajamaruensis), red rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisa), Tami River rainbowfish (Glossolepis pseudoincisa)
  • Tank 25: Fasin rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fasinensis), Moswaren rainbowfish (Melanotaenia multiradiata), Goldie River rainbowfish (Melanotaenia goldiei), and clown loach (Chromobotia macracanthus)
  • Tank 26: twisted-jaw sheatfish (Belodontichthys dinema), long-barbel sheatfish (Kryptopterus limpok), and chocolate frogmouth catfish (Chaca bankanensis)
  • Tank 27: eel-tailed catfish (Tandanus tandanus), armoured sea catfish (Hemiarius stormii), warrior catfish (Hemiarius dioctes), spoonsnouted catfish (Cryptarius truncatus), and Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus)
  • Tank 28: common sucker catfish (Glyptothorax major), stream sucker catfish (Glyptothorax platypogon), and Sumatran bumblebee catfish (Pseudomystus heokhuii)
  • Tank 29: silver tiger perch (Datnioides polota), New Guinea tiger perch (Datnioides campbelli), and gulf saratoga (Scleropages jardinii)
  • Tank 30: blue salmon catfish (Neoarius graeffei), highfin catfish (Neoarius berneyi), and boofhead catfish (Neoarius leptaspis)
Gourami & Snakehead Gallery (consists of individual tanks per species)
  • samurai gourami (Sphaerichthys vaillanti), chocolate gourami (Sphaerichthys osphromenoides), pearl gourami (Trichopodus leerii), three spot gourami (Trichopodus trichopterus), snakeskin gourami (Trichopodus pectoralis), kissing gourami (Helostoma temminckii), and Malay combtail (Belontia hasselti)
  • dwarf snakehead (Channa gachua), emperor snakehead (Channa marulioides), and forest snakehead (Channa lucius)
River Monster Indonesia (a central megatank that has an underwater-viewing tunnel)
  • Asian redtail catfish (Hemibagrus wyckioides), striped wallago catfish (Wallagonia leerii), giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes), hampala barb (Hampala macrolepidota), Thai mahseer (Tor tambroides), semah mahseer (Tor douronensis), giant Borneo gourami (Osphronemus septemfasciatus), Malayan sheatfish (Phalacronotus apogon), giant featherback (Chitala lopis), Indonesian tiger perch (Datnioides microlepis), Hoven's carp (Leptobarbus hoevenii), giant freshwater stingray (Urogymnus polylepis), barramundi (Lates calcarifer), and giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata)
Crustacean Gallery
  • New Guinea Zone: thunderbolt crayfish (Cherax pulcher), Papuan apricot crayfish (Cherax holthuisi), Papuan orange tip crayfish (Cherax snowdeni), and tricolor blue moon crayfish (Cherax boesemani).
  • Sulawesi Zone: cardinal Sulawesi shrimp (Caridina dennerli), Sulawesi red line shrimp (Caridina striata), blue leg Poso shrimp (Caridina caerulea), Sulawesi harlequin shrimp (Caridina woltereckae), yellow goldflake shrimp (Caridina spinata), vampire crab (Geosesarma dennerle), panther crab (Parathelphusa pantherina), and purple Matano crab (Syntripsa matanensis).
  • giant river prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)
 
I'd like to see something like a Congo Basin river cruise analogue of Disney's Kilimanjaro Safari. It could include animals like:
  • Pygmy Hippopotamuses
  • African Forest Elephants (ultra-advanced robots if they're not available—no substitute species)
  • Bonobos
  • Congo Peafowl
  • African Forest Buffalo
  • Red River Hogs
  • Okapis
  • Leopards
Super lush, heavily forested, lots of pumped-in cool mist. Plenty of space for each animal, under a huge dome if necessary. Quiet electric engines on the boats so you can easily hear the animals and the guide. Heavily themed, around 20–30 minutes.
 
Jonathan Harry said:
The difference with the freshwater aquarium in Taman Safari Bogor or Bali Safari & Marine Park, there is a building similar to Dunia Air Tawar TMII (Jagat Satwa Nusantara). Safari Freshwater World Ungaran only contains a collection of Indonesian animals because it aims to introduce the natural wealth of Indonesia to visitors. The division of zones is as follows:

Display Tanks
  • Tank 1: banded archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix), seven-spot archerfish (Toxotes chatareus), and smallscale archerfish (Toxotes microlepis)
  • Tank 2: bronze featherback (Notopterus notopterus), Bornean featherback (Chitala borneensis), and Sunda butter catfish (Ompok rhadinurus)
  • Tank 3: humpback puffer (Pao palembangensis), green spotted puffer (Dichotomyctere nigroviridis), and avocado puffer (Auriglobus modestus)
  • Tank 4: fire eel (Mastacembelus erythrotaenia), zig-zag eel (Mastacembelus armatus), half-banded spiny eel (Macrognathus circumcinctus), tapir spiny eel (Macrognathus tapirus), and albino swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
  • Tank 5: lesser spiny eel (Macrognathus aculeatus), frecklefin spiny eel (Macrognathus maculatus), and freshwater moray (Gymnothorax polyuranodon)
  • Tank 6: chilli rasbora (Boraras brigittae), harlequin rasbora (Trigonostigma heteromorpha), glowlight rasbora (Trigonostigma hengeli), porthole rasbora (Rasbora cephalotaenia), silver rasbora (Rasbora argyrotaenia), Myers’ rasbora (Rasbora myersi), and paray rasbora (Rasbora aprotaenia)
  • Tank 7: snakeskin barb (Desmopuntius rhomboocellatus), bonylip barb (Osteochilus vittatus), hard-lipped barb (Osteochilus vittatus), signal barb (Labiobarbus festivus), spanner barb (Barbodes lateristriga), and spotted barb (Barbodes binotatus)
  • Tank 8: tinfoil barb (Barbonymus schwanenfeldii), tiger barb (Puntigrus tetrazona), checker barb (Oliotius oligolepis), and lined barb (Striuntius lineatus)
  • Tank 9: spotted scat (Scatophagus argus), spotbanded scat (Selenotoca multifasciata), and crescent perch (Terapon jarbua)
  • Tank 10: spotted blue-eye (Pseudomugil gertrudae), forktail blue-eye (Pseudomugil furcatus), Celebes rainbowfish (Marosatherina ladigesi), threadfin rainbowfish (Iriatherina werneri), and scissortail rasbora (Rasbora trilineata)
  • Tank 11: ghost cafish (Kryptopterus vitreolus), glass catfish (Kryptopterus bicirrhis), lesser ghost catfish (Kryptopterus minor), Malay glass catfish (Ompok eugeneiatus), sailfin glassfish (Ambassis agrammus), and Vera's glass perch (Gymnochanda verae)
  • Tank 12: river tonguesole (Cynoglossus feldmanni), Papuan freshwater sole (Brachirus selheimi), and Sunda freshwater sole (Achiroides leucorhynchos)
  • Tank 13: white-edge freshwater whipray (Fluvitrygon signifer), longnose marbled whipray (Fluvitrygon oxyrhyncha), and flying fox fish (Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus)
  • Tank 14: bala shark (Balantiocheilos melanopterus), Apollo sharkminnow (Luciosoma spilopleura), and black sharkminnow (Labeo chrysophekadion)
  • Tank 15: Java barb (Barbonymus gonionotus), beardless barb (Cyclocheilichthys apogon), and Waanders' hard-lipped barb (Osteochilus waandersii)
  • Tank 16: Kuhli loach (Pangio kuhlii), grey-banded loach (Nemacheilus selangoricus), Malay lizard loach (Homalopteroides tweediei), Sunda lizard loach (Balitoropsis ophiolepis), and horseface loach (Acantopsis dialuzona)
  • Tank 17: striped glass catfish (Kryptopterus macrocephalus), spotted Borneo sucker (Gastromyzon punctulatus), and ocellated Borneo sucker (Gastromyzon monticola)
  • Tank 18: freshwater longtom (Strongylura krefftii), Borneo redline halfbeak (Hemirhamphodon tengah), forest halfbeak (Hemirhamphodon pogonognathus), and bellybarred pipefish (Hippichthys spicifer)
  • Tank 19: giant pikehead (Luciocephalus pulcher), peppermint pikehead (Luciocephalus aura), and snakehead gudgeon (Giuris margaritaceus)
  • Tank 20: harlequin lancer catfish (Bagroides melapterus), black lancer (Bagrichthys macracanthus), and Borneo bumblebee catfish (Pseudomystus funebris)
  • Tank 21: two-spot mystus (Mystus bimaculatus), greater mystus (Mystus singaringan), Marcel catfish (Mystus castaneus), and barred loach (Nemacheilus fasciatus)
  • Tank 22: marble goby (Oxyeleotris marmorata), threadfin goby (Sicyopterus longifilis), empire gudgeon (Hypseleotris compressa), and climbing perch (Anabas testudineus)
  • Tank 23: red-tailed tinfoil barb (Barbonymus altus), red-cheeked Sultan fish (Leptobarbus melanopterus), and saddle-back loach (Homaloptera orthogoniata)
  • Tank 24: Boeseman's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani), Lake Kuromai rainbowfish (Melanotaenia parva), Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfish (Melanotaenia ajamaruensis), red rainbowfish (Glossolepis incisa), Tami River rainbowfish (Glossolepis pseudoincisa)
  • Tank 25: Fasin rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fasinensis), Moswaren rainbowfish (Melanotaenia multiradiata), Goldie River rainbowfish (Melanotaenia goldiei), and clown loach (Chromobotia macracanthus)
  • Tank 26: twisted-jaw sheatfish (Belodontichthys dinema), long-barbel sheatfish (Kryptopterus limpok), and chocolate frogmouth catfish (Chaca bankanensis)
  • Tank 27: eel-tailed catfish (Tandanus tandanus), armoured sea catfish (Hemiarius stormii), warrior catfish (Hemiarius dioctes), spoonsnouted catfish (Cryptarius truncatus), and Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus)
  • Tank 28: common sucker catfish (Glyptothorax major), stream sucker catfish (Glyptothorax platypogon), and Sumatran bumblebee catfish (Pseudomystus heokhuii)
  • Tank 29: silver tiger perch (Datnioides polota), New Guinea tiger perch (Datnioides campbelli), and gulf saratoga (Scleropages jardinii)
  • Tank 30: blue salmon catfish (Neoarius graeffei), highfin catfish (Neoarius berneyi), and boofhead catfish (Neoarius leptaspis)
Gourami & Snakehead Gallery (consists of individual tanks per species)
  • samurai gourami (Sphaerichthys vaillanti), chocolate gourami (Sphaerichthys osphromenoides), pearl gourami (Trichopodus leerii), three spot gourami (Trichopodus trichopterus), snakeskin gourami (Trichopodus pectoralis), kissing gourami (Helostoma temminckii), and Malay combtail (Belontia hasselti)
  • dwarf snakehead (Channa gachua), emperor snakehead (Channa marulioides), and forest snakehead (Channa lucius)
River Monster Indonesia (a central megatank that has an underwater-viewing tunnel)
  • Asian redtail catfish (Hemibagrus wyckioides), striped wallago catfish (Wallagonia leerii), giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes), hampala barb (Hampala macrolepidota), Thai mahseer (Tor tambroides), semah mahseer (Tor douronensis), giant Borneo gourami (Osphronemus septemfasciatus), Malayan sheatfish (Phalacronotus apogon), giant featherback (Chitala lopis), Indonesian tiger perch (Datnioides microlepis), Hoven's carp (Leptobarbus hoevenii), giant freshwater stingray (Urogymnus polylepis), barramundi (Lates calcarifer), and giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata)
Crustacean Gallery
  • New Guinea Zone: thunderbolt crayfish (Cherax pulcher), Papuan apricot crayfish (Cherax holthuisi), Papuan orange tip crayfish (Cherax snowdeni), and tricolor blue moon crayfish (Cherax boesemani).
  • Sulawesi Zone: cardinal Sulawesi shrimp (Caridina dennerli), Sulawesi red line shrimp (Caridina striata), blue leg Poso shrimp (Caridina caerulea), Sulawesi harlequin shrimp (Caridina woltereckae), yellow goldflake shrimp (Caridina spinata), vampire crab (Geosesarma dennerle), panther crab (Parathelphusa pantherina), and purple Matano crab (Syntripsa matanensis).
  • giant river prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)
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COLORS

An exhibit designed based on the dominant color of an animal. This area is divided based on the colors of the rainbow including the Red Pavilion, Orange Pavilion, Yellow Pavilion, Green Pavilion, Blue Pavilion, and Purple Pavilion. Previously in the verandah area, there was an area called the Rainbow Pavilion.

RAINBOW PAVILION
In this area, there are animal exhibits, gift shops, toilets, information booths, and small kiosks like the verandah area in general. In the first zone, there is a vivarium containing a collection of animals such as panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus), eastern collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris), Graham's anole (Anolis grahami), peacock day gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata), lined day gecko (Phelsuma lineata), Réunion Island day gecko (Phelsuma borbonica), Mauritius ornate day gecko (Phelsuma ornata), blue-tailed day gecko (Phelsuma cepediana), rainbow boa (Epicrates cenchria), D'Albertis python (Leiopython albertisii), and Boelen's python (Simalia boeleni). In addition, in the side area, there is a freshwater aquarium inside an artificial cave that is decorated by vines and tropical vegetation containing redhead cichlid (Paraneetroplus synspilus), Congo tetra (Phenacogrammus interruptus), Jack Dempsey (Rocio octofasciata), Nicaragua cichlid (Hypsophrys nicaraguensis), flameback cichlid (Haplochromis sp. 'Kyoga flameback'), filament barb (Dawkinsia filamentosa), Rohan's tearspot barb (Dawkinsia rohani), and Arulius barb (Dawkinsia arulius).

After that, it will enter the aviary zone. This zone is divided into three: the walkthrough aviary, the separated aviary, and the pollen aviary. Walkthrough aviary containing birds such as Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica), black-capped lory (Lorius lory), rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus), sunset lorikeet (Trichoglossus forsteni), ornate lorikeet (Saudareos ornata), Josephine's lorikeet (Charmosyna josefinae), fairy lorikeet (Charmosynopsis pulchella), Papuan lorikeet (Charmosyna papou), and Moluccan king parrot (Alisterus amboinensis). In the walkthrough aviary, visitors are allowed to feed the birds with food provided by the keeper, and of course according to the instructions and schedule set. There are several aviaries made separately for several types of birds including Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus), eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius), western rosella (Platycercus icterotis), scarlet-chested parrot (Neophema splendida), red-rumped parrot (Psephotus haematonotus), swift parrot (Lathamus discolor), maroon shining parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis) and Australian ringneck (Barnardius zonarius). Next is the pollen aviary, known for containing singing birds and some honey-sucking species. For the pollen aviary, there are small birds such as the painted bunting (Passerina ciris), Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae), velvet-purple coronet (Boissonneaua jardini), and violet-tailed sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis).

RED PAVILION
In the first zone in this area, there are various Mediterranean-style houses with red paint as pavilion markers. In the beginning, visitors are greeted with a small aviary containing birds such as the red-headed trogon (Harpactes erythrocephalus), red avadavat (Amandava amandava), red siskin (Spinus cucullata), crimson finch (Neochmia phaeton), scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea), Brazilian tanager (Ramphocelus bresilius), Guianan red cotinga (Phoenicircus carnifex), red fody (Foudia madagascariensis), and red-billed firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala). After that, there was a separate collection of aviaries for birds with various adaptations such as the scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber), red lory (Eos bornea), chattering lory (Lorius garrulus), and cardinal lory (Chalcopsitta cardinalis). A pergola decorated with seating is provided for visitors to rest a bit. There is a vintage-style red tunnel that contains terrariums for collections of animals such as the Madagascar tomato frog (Dyscophus antongilii), pearly tree frog (Nyctixalus margaritifer), red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber), blood parrot cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus × Vieja melanurus), and red devil cichlid (Amphilophus labiatus). This tunnel leads visitors to the next pavilion.

ORANGE PAVILION
At the start of the zone are three aviary cages decorated with herbs. This zone is inhabited by several species of birds such as the Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), orange fruit dove (Ptilinopus victor), and southern red bishop (Euplectes orix). Then there is a vintage-style orange building containing a terrarium containing animals such as blood python (Python brongersmai), corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus), Pilbara rock monitor (Varanus pilbarensis), Centralian rough knob-tail gecko (Nephrurus amyae), red devil cichlid (Amphilophus labiatus), and ember tetra (Hyphessobrycon amandae).

YELLOW PAVILION
Entering the first zone there is a walkthrough aviary where visitors must wash their hands first. This aviary contains birds such as the golden parakeet (Guaruba guarouba), black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis), Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus), African golden oriole (Oriolus auratus), taveta golden weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps), Cape canary (Serinus canicollis), golden grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster), American goldfinch (Spinus tristis), golden tanager (Tangara arthus), and saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola). In addition, there are separate aviaries for the golden fruit dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens) and the Atlantic canary (Serinus canaria). In this pavilion, there are also several stalls and seats. In the next zone, there is a yellow building which is a vivarium/aquarium for various types of animals such as yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus), Quince monitor (Varanus melinus), sandfish skink (Scincus scincus), Forsten's tortoise (Indotestudo forstenii), Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki), lemon cichlid (Neolamprologus leleupi), and electric yellow cichlid (Labidochromis caeruleus).

GREEN PAVILION
This pavilion is the largest of the six interactive pavilions. This area blends in with the green vegetation around it. In the beginning, there was a separate aviary for parrot species such as the blue-naped parrot (Tanygnathus lucionensis), great-billed parrot (Tanygnathus megalorynchos), scaly-breasted lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), leaf lorikeet (Trichoglossus weberi), iris lorikeet (Psitteuteles iris), Mindanao lorikeet (Saudareos johnstoniae), blue-crowned lorikeet (Vini australis), Buru racket-tail (Prioniturus mada), vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis), blue-crowned hanging parrot (Loriculus galgulus), Philippine hanging parrot (Loriculus philippensis), double-eyed fig-parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma), Jardine's parrot (Poicephalus gulielmi), echo parakeet (Psittacula eques), superb parrot (Polytelis swainsonii), masked shining parrot (Prosopeia personata), Malherbe's parakeet (Cyanoramphus malherbi), red-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae), and Antipodes parakeet (Cyanoramphus unicolor). Each species of parrot was kept in a separate cage because it was feared that they could fight each other to defend their territory.

This also applies to the following aviaries consisting of black-billed amazon (Amazona agilis), Puerto Rican amazon (Amazona vittata), yellow-crowned amazon (Amazona ochrocephala), yellow-naped amazon (Amazona auropalliata), red-lored amazon (Amazona autumnalis), festive amazon (Amazona festiva), white-fronted amazon (Amazona albifrons), red-necked amazon (Amazona arausiaca), red-spectacled amazon (Amazona pretrei), red-browed amazon (Amazona rhodocorytha), red-tailed amazon (Amazona brasiliensis), Cuban parakeet (Psittacara euops), white-eyed parakeet (Psittcara leucophthalmus), Finsch's parakeet (Psittacara finschi), orange-chinned parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis), yellow-chevroned parakeet (Brotogeris chiriri), cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera), orange-fronted parakeet (Eupsittula canicularis), blue-bellied parrot (Triclaria malachitacea), short-tailed parrot (Graydidascalus brachyurus), pileated parrot (Pionopsitta pileata), green-rumped parrotlet (Forpus passerinus), and turquoise-winged parrotlet (Forpus spengeli).

After passing through various parrot aviaries, there is a domed aviary containing birds such as orange-bellied fruit-dove (Ptilinopus iozonus), orange-fronted fruit-dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons), cloven-feathered dove (Drepanoptila holosericea), Javan green magpie (Cissa thalassina), green broadbill (Calyptomena viridis), golden-fronted leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons), red-throated barbet (Megalaima mystacophanos), flame-fronted barbet (Megalaima armillaris), emerald starling (Lamprotornis iris), Guinea turaco (Tauraco persa), Schalow's turaco (Tauraco schalowi), black-billed turaco (Tauraco schuetti), and green jay (Cyanocorax yncas). In addition, there is a small aviary specifically for honey-sucking birds such as the green-crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) and the malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa).

There is an artificial cave decorated with landscape and vegetation for a vivarium. This cave is also equipped with an artificial waterfall and a rocky river stream. In this place there are various reptiles and amphibians such as the green tree python (Morelia viridis), emerald tree boa (Corallus caninus), emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus), European green lizard (Lacerta viridis), green crested lizard (Bronchocela cristatella), Mexican alligator lizard (Abronia graminea), plumed basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons), knight anole (Anolis equestris), Chinese water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus), emerald tree skink (Lamprolepis smaragdina), Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis), Seychelles giant day gecko (Phelsuma astriata), Andaman day gecko (Phelsuma andamanense), jewelled gecko (Naultinus gemmeus), rough gecko (Naultinus rudis), Jackson's chameleon (Trioceros jacksonii), Meller's chameleon (Trioceros melleri), Fiji banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus), Fiji crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis), green iguana (Iguana iguana), green tree frog (Litoria caerulea), magnificent tree frog (Litoria splendida), white-lipped tree frog (Litoria infrafrenata), waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii), red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas), Morelet's tree frog (Agalychnis moreletii), lemur leaf frog (Hylomantis lemur), and Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus).

BLUE PAVILION
At the beginning of the zone, there is a walkthrough aviary containing birds such as the Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea), Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella), blue nuthatch (Sitta azurea), western swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), mikado pheasant (Syrmaticus mikado), Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria), great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata), spangled cotinga (Cotinga cayana), red-legged honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus), purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus), and opal-rumped tanager (Tangara velia). After that, there is a separate aviary for parrot species such as hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), Lear's macaw (Anodorhynchus leari), Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii), and blue lorikeet (Vini peruviana). After that, there is a vintage-style blue house in which there are several types of animals such as the Grand Cayman blue iguana (Cyclura levisi), blue tree monitor (Varanus macraei), electric blue gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi), blue-spotted salamander (Ambystoma laterale), blue discus (Symphysodon aequifasciatus), Malawi trout (Champsochromis caeruleus), big mouth hap (Tyrannochromis nigriventer), electric blue hap (Sciaenochromis ahli), blue acara (Andinoacara pulcher), and frontosa cichlid (Cyphotilapia frontosa).

PURPLE PAVILION
In this thematic pavilion, there are combined aviaries for the pompadour cotinga (Xipholena punicea), northern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicus), violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster), Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna), Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae), and ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda). On the side are separate enclosures for galah (Eolophus roseicapilla), Bourke's parrot (Neopsephotus bourkii), red tegu (Salvator rufescens), and purple harlequin toad (Atelopus barbotini).
 
TheMightyOrca said:
And there would surely be enough demand to support it. Austin is a major city, but the closest notable zoo is, I believe, the San Antonio Zoo. People won't drive an hour and a half away to visit a zoo, at least not very frequently.
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My only question is where could you put the zoo so that it's a decent amount of space but also accessible to the majority of the public, including those who take buses and stuff
 
When I was in primary school, I spent many boring lessons imagining a zoo. At the entrance there would be a polar bear pool, and an aquarium with seal and sea otter pools with underwater views from inside the aquarium. From there, three main viewing routes would go, showing animals of Europe and Africa, Asia and Australia, and Americas, which would combine at the other end near the exhibit of Antarctic penguins.

The centre part would be a 'Himalayan valley' with a path going between two rows of tall mountain exhibits for snow leopards, Asian black bears, yaks, mountain sheep and goats and musk deer. There would be a waterfall and a possibility to climb on the tallest peak and watch over the zoo. The other sides of the fake mountains would be exhibits of African (bald ibis, barbary macaques and sheep and geladas with nubian ibex), and South American mountain animals.

One of the buildings would be a South American hall, with an elevated walkway for watching diverse monkeys, then going down near a giant fallen tree with an exhibit of coatis, and under the fallen tree into the part with free-flying birds. It would end with a 100 m continuous glass wall, showing as series of underwater views of water birds, anaconda, piranha, other fish, giant otters, tapirs, capybaras and river dolphins.

What is funny is that some of my childhood ideas I dismissed as too fanciful, but later some zoos created them. For example, in this hall I imagined free-flying Heliconius butterflies and an area for leaf-cutter ants. Then I dismissed them as too vulnerable to birds, but recently some Dutch zoos displayed exactly this.
 
I'd love to see Safari parks with more public access than just an open air ride through the exhibits. Honestly nothing is more frustrating than when you have a great view of an animal just for the driver to be obligated to move on.
Better guest accessibility might also push zoos to move more "big ticket" animals (ie) elephants to those facilities, as doubtlessly they would draw more guests in with better viewing oppertunity.
 
Frankie_number_1_fan said:
Better guest accessibility might also push zoos to move more "big ticket" animals (ie) elephants to those facilities, as doubtlessly they would draw more guests in with better viewing oppertunity.
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Australia is an entire country that's doing this right now! Aside from Australia Zoo (I believe), every other zoo in the country with elephants is currently right in the middle of transitioning them to their connected safari parks.
 
Wisp O' Mist said:
Australia is an entire country that's doing this right now! Aside from Australia Zoo (I believe), every other zoo in the country with elephants is currently right in the middle of transitioning them to their connected safari parks.
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I believe Sydney Zoo will also continue to operate their bachelor herd as well, but those will be the only remaining city zoos with elephants!

I'd love to see the US follow these trends to a degree with several animals (especially herd groupings). While there are downsides to safari parks (guest accessibility is lackluster, often limited viewing since the animals have the capacity to move away from guests, etc), larger space allows for natural breeding intervals that eventually would lead to drastically larger herds. Though I really believe both of the common issues with the parks are relatively easy fixes.
While I'm struggling to remember a solid list of safari parks off the top of my head, I really think they're severely underutilized and underappreciated both from guests and as potential holders for more "big ticket" animals.
 
Frankie_number_1_fan said:
While I'm struggling to remember a solid list of safari parks off the top of my head,
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San Diego Zoo Safari Park, The Wilds, Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari, Lion Country Safari, *Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Wildlife Safari (Winston, OR), Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, St. Louis Zoo's WildCare Park (Once it opens to the public)...

(*Granted, it's not a traditional safari park because it's only open to the general public one day a year, but it's animals definitely benefit from the massive enclosures afforded to them!)

And those are only the AZA accredited ones!

African Lion Safari and Parc Safari are CAZA accredited, ALS is particularly lauded for having the most successful Asian elephant breeding program in the western hemisphere. And the Calgary Zoo maintains the Archibald Biodiversity Centre as it's off-site breeding facility. It's basically Canada's version of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.

And Safari Lake Geneva, Safari West, and Safari Niagara are all facilities currently participating in the AZA's Path Toward Membership program.
 
With Brookfield making much needed changes to Tropic World by adding outdoor spaces for their apes, something that I’d like to happen as well is for the inside of Tropic World to get an overhaul, since it looks a bit too brutalist, and *maybe* sending the animals from Clouded Leopard Rainforest to that area.

Speaking of the Fragile Kingdom, expanding it is something that I wish the zoo would also do.
 
I’m a big fan of “taxonomic houses”, which for the most part, are increasingly rare in zoos in favor of many same-ish “African Savanna” and “Asian Forest” exhibits. Reptile Houses are still a staple at many zoos, but I’d really like to see a revival of bird houses, rodent houses, cat houses etc. The only problem with this system is that keeping so many species under one roof tends to give the animals less than enough space, (I’m looking at you Cleveland’s Cat, Primate + Aquatics Building and Birmingham’s Cat and Primate Houses).
 
Jurek7 said:
When I was in primary school, I spent many boring lessons imagining a zoo. At the entrance there would be a polar bear pool, and an aquarium with seal and sea otter pools with underwater views from inside the aquarium. From there, three main viewing routes would go, showing animals of Europe and Africa, Asia and Australia, and Americas, which would combine at the other end near the exhibit of Antarctic penguins.

The centre part would be a 'Himalayan valley' with a path going between two rows of tall mountain exhibits for snow leopards, Asian black bears, yaks, mountain sheep and goats and musk deer. There would be a waterfall and a possibility to climb on the tallest peak and watch over the zoo. The other sides of the fake mountains would be exhibits of African (bald ibis, barbary macaques and sheep and geladas with nubian ibex), and South American mountain animals.

One of the buildings would be a South American hall, with an elevated walkway for watching diverse monkeys, then going down near a giant fallen tree with an exhibit of coatis, and under the fallen tree into the part with free-flying birds. It would end with a 100 m continuous glass wall, showing as series of underwater views of water birds, anaconda, piranha, other fish, giant otters, tapirs, capybaras and river dolphins.

What is funny is that some of my childhood ideas I dismissed as too fanciful, but later some zoos created them. For example, in this hall I imagined free-flying Heliconius butterflies and an area for leaf-cutter ants. Then I dismissed them as too vulnerable to birds, but recently some Dutch zoos displayed exactly this.
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That sounds like a cool zoo. You should post it on the spec zoo designing thread.

My zoo idea that I wish that would become a reality is extremely hypothetical as it would be very expensive. The zoo would have various domes with free-ranging animals focusing on different habitats from desert to mangrove to tundra.
 
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