For some reason I always assumed that zoos were using fake trees
Is there a real Zoo where Apes live in this kind of Enclosure?
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Zoo Rostock (germany) has a Orang habitat with real trees outside, BUT there is some kind of climbing barrier around the trees, so the apes can't really reach the crowns. I can say that the trees don't have any leafs where the animals can reach, but they might very well be cut away by staff as well, so that the animals can't build a bridge out of their enclosure. Remember, apes are escape artists. 
Did some Google Research while I was waiting for new Drivers to be installed and it seems like big Trees are fine (at least in Chimpanzee Enclosures. Don't know yet what it is like for other Apes).
https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/chimpanzee-enclosure-16-04-2016.322891/
Don't know which Zoo this is from but it proves that it is possible.
Taronga Zoo also has/had Palm Trees in its Chimpanzee Enclosure
https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/chimpanzee-enclosure-16-04-2016.322891/
Don't know which Zoo this is from but it proves that it is possible.
Taronga Zoo also has/had Palm Trees in its Chimpanzee Enclosure
That's really cool. It reminds me a bit of the way they connected different parts of their orangutan habitat at the National Zoo in Washington DC. They had these rope bridges, actually, and the orangs could use them to move around over the guest paths. I guess they had great confidence in the animals' staying on the bridges and not dropping down into the crowds
It was really cool to walk around in certain parts of the zoo and see them moving around above us. I think it gave the animals a better feeling of agency too, as they could move from one area of their habitat to another whenever they wished.
Unfortunately, there's no way to design something identical to that with the current game dynamics, but the glass bridge captures the feel, at least.
It's true that large primate enclosures rarely have lots of lush vegetation, because they simply tear it apart faster than it can grow in a zoo environment. That half dome exhibit posted up thread is really cool, though, and it definitely looks a lot like some of the habitats players have created.
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It is possible. Have something like that in my Australian Zoo. Sadly they still didn't fix the Bug that makes it impossible for Orangutans and Gorillas to use Ropes even though they are shown as traversable. No one answered the Issue Tracker Report(s)That's really cool. It reminds me a bit of the way they connected different parts of their orangutan habitat at the National Zoo in Washington DC. They had these rope bridges, actually, and the orangs could use them to move around over the guest paths. I guess they had great confidence in the animals' staying on the bridges and not dropping down into the crowds
It was really cool to walk around in certain parts of the zoo and see them moving around above us. I think it gave the animals a better feeling of agency too, as they could move from one area of their habitat to another whenever they wished.
Unfortunately, there's no way to design something identical to that with the current game dynamics, but the glass bridge captures the feel, at least.
Going by the forum bar at the bottom of that page, it would appear to be the Shanghai Zoo
Thanks. Didn't notice that
First, if you think the National Zoo is cool take a look at the Philadelphia Zoo. They've taken that concept much further. Second, while you can't build official rope bridges or such I have since discovered that the glass isn't really necessary; all you need is the climbable piece, and as long as its too high for them to jump down onto the path they'll stay on it. So, you can have animals climbing and walking directly over guests, with no barriers. Right now I'm actually building a series of exhibits for great apes in another zoo that uses this, and it also works for walk-in habitats with lemurs and such.That's really cool. It reminds me a bit of the way they connected different parts of their orangutan habitat at the National Zoo in Washington DC. They had these rope bridges, actually, and the orangs could use them to move around over the guest paths. I guess they had great confidence in the animals' staying on the bridges and not dropping down into the crowds
It was really cool to walk around in certain parts of the zoo and see them moving around above us. I think it gave the animals a better feeling of agency too, as they could move from one area of their habitat to another whenever they wished.
Unfortunately, there's no way to design something identical to that with the current game dynamics, but the glass bridge captures the feel, at least.
It's true that large primate enclosures rarely have lots of lush vegetation, because they simply tear it apart faster than it can grow in a zoo environment. That half dome exhibit posted up thread is really cool, though, and it definitely looks a lot like some of the habitats players have created.