Zoos

Post by **Quicksilver** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 12:07 am

Yes, I love watching him on Letterman.

Seems to me he used to have a Saturday morning tv show that was on....it's been a few years since I've seen it though.

Anyway, I think he's done some good things for the animal world and is very knowledgeable about animals in general.

Kelsey:) · Post by **Kelsey:)** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 12:54 pm

I haven't been to a lot of large zoos, but my top 2 are the Memphis Zoo (Tennessee) & the Omaha Zoo (Nebraska). The Memphis Zoo has an Egyptian theme and a nice noctournal exhibit.

Post by **jwa1107** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 1:51 pm

sheila's and cosmic's home zoo!

Gold Mercury · Post by **Gold Mercury** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 8:39 pm

I agree with ya 100% Sheila! The Omaha Zoo is so cool; they are always updating and researching. Currently, they have a gorilla valley project that will open sometime this year--April I think. It'll have 2 acres for a smallish group of gorillas to play in. They've coined it a place where the gorillas watch you as if you're in an exhibit instead of the other way around. I'm really excited about that!

There's also the Kugel Ball, the Desert Dome, Kingdoms of the Night, the indoor rainforest, an aquarium, an IMAX, a wildlife park, and a large learning center filled with bunches of small animals.

I'll have to look up what exactly is ranked what, but I am pretty sure Henry Doorly Zoo has the world's biggest enclosed dome and world's largest nocturnal exhibit. I also believe their indoor rainforest is the largest in the nation (there's two levels to it).

What's really neat is that you can often see Lee Simmons--the zoo director--walking around like an ordinary visitor. You can ask him questions if you chance by him too. He told me when I met him at the Kingdoms of the Night preview ceremony that the zoo was trying to get through all the red tape and get a pair of duckbill playpus'.

It also seems that the further back into the Omaha Zoo you go, the exhibits seem to need more updating; like the Cat Complex for example (I think the Cat Complex is the nation's largest...not sure). But that's the only true flaw I can think of. It appears Simmons is revamping the zoo from the front back, so improvements will be made in the future.

Ok...I'll stop now before I go all out...hehe...

skwirlinator · Post by **skwirlinator** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 11:47 pm

Can't really say I have a Favorite Zoo. There are many I haven't seen yet. But the one that left the biggest impression on me is the one in Pensacola, Florida.
Here check it out...

http://www.the-zoo.com/maps.html

I live near this one...

http://www.stlzoo.org/

I've been to this one too...

http://zoo.pgh.pa.us/

The zoos you describe are great, why not put a link to them in your post?

Post by **Kielo91** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 10:05 am

My favorite zoo is the Fort Wayne Zoo. It's packed with all sorts of animals. FWZoo is the closest to me, so it's loads better when it comes to traveling. Right now we are building a special aquatic area for reef fish, sharks, crustaceans, and invertebrates. I haven't been to the zoo in a while, so I'm not sure whether or not they have completed that area yet.

We are home to the last Tasmanian Devil outside of Tasmania. It's an elder male who is teetering on life's edge. Thankfully the zoo is taking great care of him.

This zoo is much better than the Indianapolis Zoo in my opinion. Sorry, Blue.

We have a colossal walk-through rainforest dome that is home to some of the world's rarest butterflies and rainforest-inhabited birds. The rainforest area is built inside a huge enclosed dome which is attached to other indoor areas of the zoo. Bridges in the rainforest dome are built upon rushing creeks, occupied with fish of all sorts. The foliage is so tall, you must crane your neck to see up to practically any tree or smaller plant. It's amazing.

I love this zoo so much. It takes great, great care of all its animals, and if anything, the staff is so nice and concentrated on their work.

Dragon_Claws · Post by **Dragon_Claws** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 1:09 pm

I like Port Lympne in england, near Folkestone Canterbury and Dover.(It also has a sister park Howletts)It has a huge amount of Gorillas, red pandas and other endangered animals.It's one of the best(if not the best(though smaller))conservation zoo(at conservation)with numerous records in breeding
I also like Chester Zoo

Post by **okapi_07** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 5:20 pm

ive been to the ft wayne zoo a couple of times but not since i was 7 or 8 i really dont remeber much but it sounds pretty cool now

Post by **okapi_07** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 5:20 pm

the new gorilla exhibit in omaha sounds really cool on their you can take a tour of a 3D model of it one of the columbus zoo's silverbacks has a twin brother in omaha