There is a similar set-up at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, where people can pop their heads up inside the penguin habitat. I think it serves as "enrichment" for the penguins, as much as a thrill for visitors.
The Indianapolis Zoo has a similar set-up with the domes being round as opposed to cylindrical. You can also enter their desert building and peek into the dens through a glass wall.
The kiddie section of the Bronx Zoo has one of those, but I can't tell if it's the same one.
ReplyDeleteThere is a similar set-up at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, where people can pop their heads up inside the penguin habitat. I think it serves as "enrichment" for the penguins, as much as a thrill for visitors.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tom. A Google Image search with those keywords does yield some similar pix. Perhaps it's a common zoo feature worldwide.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great idea, but be ready to crawl through some really skinny tubes to retrieve you child.
ReplyDeleteSkinny for me, anyway.
Perhaps? Although I think I also remember seeing these at the zoo in San Diego.
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We also have a similar setup at the Houston Zoo, although it is not the one in the picture.
ReplyDeleteDetroit Zoo. They have this for prairie dogs. Normally adults don't fit in there.
ReplyDeleteThey have these in the Nashville Zoo but I think they're dome-shaped there.
ReplyDeleteThe Indianapolis Zoo has a similar set-up with the domes being round as opposed to cylindrical. You can also enter their desert building and peek into the dens through a glass wall.
ReplyDeleteThere is an exhibit like that at the MN zoo.
ReplyDeleteI guess I need to get out more often...
ReplyDeleteThere's a similar exhibit at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence. It's a lot of fun when the prairie dogs are out and looking around.
ReplyDeleteOnly prairie dogs, though? I wanna see the underside of a big nasty lion or a giraffe, from worms' eye view!
ReplyDeleteits definately the detroit zoo. ive been in it.
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