Tallest mountain exhibit in a zoo?
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I imagine the various caprine exhibits at Prague have a good shot at the first title, and the caprine mountains at Zoo Berlin the latter.
Does the first question mean it does not have to be an artificially built mountain? If not then the bighorn sheep exhibits at Phoenix Zoo and The Living Desert might be contenders. They are existing rock mountains that were just fenced off at the bottom for the bighorns to use.
I think the 'Grand Rocher' in Zoo Vincennes in Paris is a good contender for being the tallest artificial rock. With a height of 65 meters. There are a couple of exhibits on the foot of the rock and house for European amphibians, reptiles & fish within a part of the rock. But none on top of the rock itself.
There will be higher rock walls than this in many international zoos, but in South Korea, the rock walls in the Daejeon O-World's Himalayan tahr and Barbary sheep exhibit is the highest.
I took this photo at 07/28/2017.
This rock wall has been around since the opening of Daejeon O-World in May 05 2002. that was originally built by to raise the Rocky mountain goat donated by Calgary Zoo in April 2002, but the all Rocky mountain goat at there are died now. So now Himalayan tahr and Barbary sheep are using this cliffs.
I took this photo at 07/28/2017.
This rock wall has been around since the opening of Daejeon O-World in May 05 2002. that was originally built by to raise the Rocky mountain goat donated by Calgary Zoo in April 2002, but the all Rocky mountain goat at there are died now. So now Himalayan tahr and Barbary sheep are using this cliffs.
Budapest Zoo and Moscow Zoo have very high historic rocks.
Besides, are there any very tall not-ungulate exhibits? For example, some zoos in Asia have insanely tall aviaries.
Not, natural rocks or cliffs also count.
Besides, are there any very tall not-ungulate exhibits? For example, some zoos in Asia have insanely tall aviaries.
Not, natural rocks or cliffs also count.
Bighorn Sheep exhibit at Phoenix Zoo:
Bighorn Sheep exhibit at Living Desert Zoo:
Bighorn Sheep exhibit at Living Desert Zoo:
Jake
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And also Australia Zoo has a mock rock for Rock Wallaby.
Not an ungulate exhibits, also a rock mountain in Japanese macaque exhibit at the Seoul Zoo is quite high. I've never seen it detail because it is placed on the children's zoo side, that separated from the Seoul Zoo's main zoo. but I've seen it from afar several times on going to the main gate of the Seoul Zoo, it was quite high.
And I don't know how high it is, but there's a rock mountain in the bear exhibit at the Pyongyang Central Zoo at North Korea.
And I don't know how high it is, but there's a rock mountain in the bear exhibit at the Pyongyang Central Zoo at North Korea.
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FunkyGibbon
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Chimelong Ocean Kingdom has a huge mountain. There are brown bear exhibits built into one side and sadly the interior holds polar bears and an assortment of other arctic animals.
Africa Rocks at the San Diego zoo has a pretty tall fossa exhibit and a massive waterfall. The whole area is in a canyon.
