What zoo exhibits that have closed did you like?
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I can't say that I liked them for animal welfare concerns, but I'd give anything to go back in time and preserve more of Cincinnati's nocturnal and cat houses on video. Because it was so dark, you can't find really any media of the nocturnal house anywhere online.
Both attractions closed simultaneously, the nocturnal house building closed but the cat house was renovated into Night Hunters - now a nocturnal house.
Both attractions closed simultaneously, the nocturnal house building closed but the cat house was renovated into Night Hunters - now a nocturnal house.
World of Darkness at the Bronx Zoo. I have been there only once shortly before it closed but it stood out to me as one of the best nocturnal houses I’ve ever seen. Proper nocturnal houses are such a rarity now, and the zoo still has the building sitting there abandoned with no plans for it as far as I’m aware of.
The London Zoo Aquarium and the old London Zoo Reptile House.
Going back further, then the old Antelope House, the old Deer & Cattle Sheds and the old Hippopotamus House at London Zoo.
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I agree with Tim about London Zoo's Aquarium and Reptile House. I also liked the Hummingbird House to the side of the Bird House
I liked Blijdorp's Riviera Hall (especially the bird collection) and the Monkey House/Nocturnal House. I liked the collection in Berlin Tierpark's Rodent House and the collection of small mammals in Marwell's Vicuna House
I liked Blijdorp's Riviera Hall (especially the bird collection) and the Monkey House/Nocturnal House. I liked the collection in Berlin Tierpark's Rodent House and the collection of small mammals in Marwell's Vicuna House
I've said it before and I'll say it again - one of the biggest North American zoo exhibit losses in the last decade was CRABS at Sea Life Minnesota. An excellent devoted only to crabs (terrestrial and aquatic) with a wide variety of choice species.
There were various land crabs on sale at the 2023 Amateur Entomological Society exhibition. I don't remember seeing the same number of species anywhere else
King of Komodo Dragons
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Dallas Zoos Australia section, Houston Zoos World of Birds/Bird Row, San Antonio zoos Japanese Giant Salamander exhibit to name a few.
I also miss the hoofstock row at Houston mainly for the species they housed, but the Pantanal exhibit which replaced it is one my all time favorite zoo exhibits so I can't complain too much. The world of birds/bird row hurts the most as I neglected to photograph the signage and most of the birds at the time as I was still new to photography and have yet to find a species list for those exhibits, it remains one of my greatest regrets in regards to Zoo visiting
I also miss the hoofstock row at Houston mainly for the species they housed, but the Pantanal exhibit which replaced it is one my all time favorite zoo exhibits so I can't complain too much. The world of birds/bird row hurts the most as I neglected to photograph the signage and most of the birds at the time as I was still new to photography and have yet to find a species list for those exhibits, it remains one of my greatest regrets in regards to Zoo visiting
l also liked the old London Zoo Hummingbird House very much too.
It was originally built in 1897 as the Tortoise House. Lord Walter Rothschild, founder of the Tring Zoology Museum, who was especially interested in giant tortoises, contributed a considerable sum of money towards the cost of this building.
The Tortoise House was converted into the Hummingbird House in the 1930s and it was, sadly, demolished in 1985.
My earliest zoo memories are of Capron Park Zoo's old Japanese macaque exhibit. There used to be two benches on either side of the path, with half the bench inside and half the bench outside the exhibit. I fondly remember visits where I would sit on one side of the bench, with a macaque on the other side of the glass sitting on the same bench. While the benches are long gone, and the exhibit was renovated for red pandas, Japanese macaques remain one of my favorite animals to this day, in no small part due to these early memories.
Strathmorezoo
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The bear ravine at Dudley zoo in my opinion was a good exhibit ,unfortunately it been devoid of bears for a very long time. It is my understanding that the zoo would like bears back in there sometime in the future
Nile Hippo Expert
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There is already another thread for this topic.
What Exhibits Do You Miss?
What Exhibits Do You Miss?
Kalaw
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Might I ask where in the zoo the Vicuna House was, and what sort of small mammals were kept in there if you can recall any? I also didn't know that London's hummingbirds had their own house at one point. Was this adjacent to Blackburn Pavilion or an older bird house?
The Hummingbird House was adjacent to the current Bird House (the building now called the Blackburn Pavilion).
The Hummingbird House was originally built as the Tortoise House back when the Blackburn Pavilion was a Reptile House.
Nile Hippo Expert
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The Roger Williams Park Zoo's Polar Bear exhibit, which even had underwater viewing. It's quite a shame that it closed nineteen years ago, it was so cool!
I wouldn't call it "quite a shame" that it closed, seeing as if it was still open it'd have no competition for the country's worst polar bear exhibit. What's more of a shame is that the planned re-do of North America, including the return of polar bears, was canceled. The exhibit was notable and ground-breaking when it opened, but it certainly didn't age well.
LadyA91
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I am surprised I never saw the sloth in the tropical bird house. I’ve lived in the Houston area for over 20 years. I see that there is at least 2 in the Natural Encounters building.
Evirapo
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I didn't see any sloth but I saw the sign of it