Franklin Park Zoo and Stone Zoo are both very dear to me. They're probably the two zoos I've been to the most in my life.
YES! I totally agree, the jaguar habitat is amazing! I wish we could use desert plants with them in gameI have always wanted to visit this place. One of the things that I love the most about it is that, being based near the Mojave and Sonoran deserts, they as an institution understand that jaguars, until very recently, inhabited both of these deserts within the borders of the U.S, and that jaguars are as much desert animals as they are tropical rainforest animals, and they display their habitat as such, as rocky desert habitat. Unfortunately, PZ has chosen to ignore me asking (since last August) for the desert biome to be added to the jaguar, American bison, and pronghorn. Which I don't understand because I recommended the desert biome be added to animals like the cheetah and ostrich, and they did that. Even did the research for them. I don't get it, but I'm not going to stop asking.
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I never visited but from the pictures clearly I should have! I'll put it on the mental checklist for next time I'm in the countryBurger's Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands
One of my favourites too, a really nice place.Parc Zoologique Dahlholzli (Tierpark Bern, Dählhölzli + BärenPark)
One of my favorite zoos. Why, because the enclosures are very big for them and it's cool. And the other you have to answer questions but on some animals there are Musk Ox and Leopard and Wolf and Bear and a Cat but I don't know which one. Sorry for the images because they are from the interne
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This looks incredible!Burger's Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands
I love the biome themed domes in the zoo. There's an actual tropical rainforest you can walk through, and a desert, and a mangrove, among others. They all match the temperature, moisture level, and flora of their respective biomes, and of course the animals! The zoo is divided into several sections based on biomes, and is as much a botanical wonder as it is a beautiful expose of the animal kingdom.
The 'Bush' section that is an actual indoor tropical rainforest, filled with flying birds, ground birds, fish, bats, otters, capybaras, and more.
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The 'Ocean' section, with enormous underwater habitats with real coral reef. 'Ocean' takes you from the beach all the way down to the deep ocean floor. You start on the bright beach and you walk further and further down into the depths. It's an amazing feeling. Houses numerous fish species, jellyfish, rays, and more.
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The 'Desert' section, housing peccaries, bighorn sheep, snakes, scorpions, and more.
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The 'Mangrove' section. When I'm there I feel like I am on the other side of the world. Houses manatees, crabs, numerous butterflies, and more.
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Burgers' zoo also has Rimba, Park, and Safari sections in the zoo, housing Asian cattle species, great apes, howler monkeys, elephants, flamingos, meerkats, antelopes, etc.
Looking at the name and the style of the zoo this has to be another project of the Bioparc (Rainforest SL) team. All their facilities I've visited (Bioparc Fuengirola, Bioparc Valencia) are of immense quality and I'm sure this one in France and Zoom Torino are the same. Definetely some of the best zoos in terms of immersion.Bioparc de Doué-la-Fontaine - the most magical and unique place on earth for me
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I only ever visited the Bronx Zoo when I was three years old--my only memory of that trip is the Gelada baboon. Now I'm 25 and I'd like to visit it again if I'm ever in New York again.My all-time favorite zoo is the Bronx Zoo in NYC. I'm a bit biased because it's the zoo I've gone to pretty much every year since I was a kid but... They have a good mix of outdoor habitats with plenty of space for the larger animals as well as a number of unique indoor habitats - Jungle World that houses a number of Asian rainforest critters, the Mouse House which focuses on small mammals, the Reptile House which focuses on reptiles and amphibians (duh), and Madagascar which houses several lemur species, tortoises, birds, fossa, and hissing cockroaches all native to Madagascar.
It’s just a coincidence about the name. Doué-la-Fontaine is family owned. The same family owns another zoo in France too.Looking at the name and the style of the zoo this has to be another project of the Bioparc (Rainforest SL) team. All their facilities I've visited (Bioparc Fuengirola, Bioparc Valencia) are of immense quality and I'm sure this one in France and Zoom Torino are the same. Definetely some of the best zoos in terms of immersion.
I see, a nice coincidence then. In any case, Bioparc Doué-la-Fontaine goest straight into my bucket list, that's for sure.It’s just a coincidence about the name. Doué-la-Fontaine is family owned. The same family owns another zoo in France too.
It's worth the trip and is an interesting study in an older zoo taking long-standing structures and updating them as the years go on. There's also a large variety of habitat designs from old school ones with moats to more expansive and immersive ones to creative indoor habitats (for example, the amur leopard in Jungle World looks like it's in the same spot as some monkeys--but is quite a way's away). You can spend a solid 5-6 hours there if you want to take in everything.I only ever visited the Bronx Zoo when I was three years old--my only memory of that trip is the Gelada baboon. Now I'm 25 and I'd like to visit it again if I'm ever in New York again.
A fellow Bostonian! Which one of the two would you say is better? Stone is probably one of the last AZA zoo’s in New England I’ve yet to make it to, curious for your take on it!Franklin Park Zoo and Stone Zoo are both very dear to me. They're probably the two zoos I've been to the most in my life.
As a Zoo New England membership holder I feel compelled to answer this one. Haha.A fellow Bostonian! Which one of the two would you say is better? Stone is probably one of the last AZA zoo’s in New England I’ve yet to make it to, curious for your take on it!