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The Animals of the Americas section contains exhibits of a variety of animals from the Americas including a sea lion program, the South American Pavilion, and a spider monkey exhibit. [ 8 ]
The exhibit was closed in 1991 as the animals were moved to naturalistic habitats, and the ship and pool were eventually restored as a bumper boat attraction for children. [5] In 2008 the zoo finished a major expansion including the $15 million tropical rainforest exhibit and a new entry complex. [6] The new exhibit was credited with drawing ...
The Snow monkey exhibit features 180-degree views from covered shelters, and two water features that the Macaques have access to. In 2015, the Great Plains Zoo received Top-Honors in exhibit design for their Japanese Macaque exhibit. The zoo is, as of 2015, one of 13 zoos in the United States to care for Snow monkeys. [19] [20]
The exhibit was built for six lions, but only three were placed in the exhibit. [10] [11] On June 21, 2008, the new green [12] lion exhibit was open to the public. [13] Stingrays in the Stingray Lagoon. Kent County including in the 2008-2009 Capital Improvement Allocation half the cost of renovation of the Monkey Island Exhibit.
In July 2003, a predator entered an exhibit and killed a bald eagle. [82] Zoo officials later stated that the animal was likely killed by a red fox. [83] In 2005, a three-year-old Sulawesi macaque named Ripley died in the Think Tank exhibit when two keepers closed a hydraulic door without realizing the monkey was in the doorway. [84]
Monkey Jungle is a 30-acre (12 ha) primatarium and zoological park located in South Miami, Florida. Established in 1933 by Joseph DuMond for the exhibition and study of endangered monkeys in semi-natural habitats after releasing 6 Java Macaques into a subtropical forest, the park is now home to over 300 primates.
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (PDZA) is the only combined zoo and aquarium in the Pacific Northwest, located in Tacoma, Washington, US, owned by Metro Parks Tacoma.Situated on 29 acres (12 ha) in Tacoma's Point Defiance Park, the zoo and aquarium are home to over 9,000 specimens representing 367 animal species.
The main outdoor exhibit is a large, expansive African savanna setting just outside the indoor exhibit exit that primarily houses the zoo's giraffes. There is also a large yard for a family of African painted dogs, a hog yard that has been used by both common warthogs and currently red river hogs , and multiple yards for the zoo's black rhinos ...