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The Official Zoo Designers Hangout; discuss anything relevant to making Zoos
Topic Started: Mar 2 2013, 10:01 PM (175,860 Views)
Stephen
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How big it has to be - generally for elephant exhibits the bigger the better, assuming you're housing a herd. If you also have a male, you'll need to have an entirely separate exhibit for him. You'll also have to provide separate indoor quarters for every elephant. If your zoo is located in a cold-ish climate, it's probably best to have a part where the elephants can be together indoors as well (but the male needs to be separate)
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Furka
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Would it be fine if I make a single indoor area for capybaras and tapirs, or would it be better if they get separate ones ?
At my last zoo visit it looked like they were all kept in the same indoor area (together with rheas and agoutis), but I'm not sure.
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Stephen
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I don't think it'd hurt to build one, just so the capybaras can get away from the tapirs if they want to. Unless you have a serious lack of space (but then again, it wouldn't take up that much space), I'd just build one.
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Burns
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So I'm making an exhibit called Indonesian Isles. Pretty much it's a complex of 5 exhibits with 4/5 being islands of Indonesia. (Skype me for more details if you want) My question is should I make the path with concrete or should I just use a dirt trail. There are a lot of buildings so I'm not sure.
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Fireplume
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I'd use concrete, especially where your zoo is located it'd be best.
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Burns
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So I'm building a Sumatran Section of my zoo for Indonesian Isles. I just don't have an idea of how to build it. Therefore I need help. PM me for more details :)
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Panthera leo
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Asiatic lions king's of india...

one question if i want to make a enlosure for a group of lion 1M 4F wil one quarantine outdoor part be enough
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With big cats I'd say it's best to have an indoor area linked to at least smaller indoor cages for each animal in case it needs to be idolated.
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Panthera leo
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Asiatic lions king's of india...

yes but i only now wand to know about an outdoor cage
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Stephen
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I don't think that having a quarantine outdoor part is necessary since you should already have one inside.
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I am building this African Icons Exhibit, with four main enclosures :

- The Savannah : Grant's Zebra, Impala, Marabou Stork, Ellipsen Waterbuck and Giraffe (subspecies undetermined) ;
- The Fringe : Roan Antelope and Patas Monkeys ;
- The Scrubland : Grévy's Zebra, Somali Ostrich and Speke's Gazelle ;
- The Sudd Wetlands : Sitatunga and Nile Lechwe.

All these animals live in breeding herds, except the birds.

All four enclosures are usually closed from each an other. However, the Savannah have connection doors with all three others, allowing animals to experienced new surroundings and (in a small way) mimicking the migration patterns of some of the exhibited species. There is two huge Night/Winter quarters, plus random smaller buildings for special needs (quarantining, pregnancy, birth, etc.).

My question is : how many bachelor paddocks should I build to accommodate the surplus of gazelles, zebras, antelopes and such? I want to make it realistic but also do not want to use too much space...
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Burns
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So I'm planning the finale exhibit for my section Saving Sumatra. My last two species are the Sunda Clouded Leopard and the Sumatran Rhino. I'd like to make a Hagenbeck exhibit to save time and the total amount of foliage. One of the best predator/prey Hagenbeck exhibits that I have seen is in the Omaha Zoo's desert dome. The exhibit looks like this.

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The Ocelot is on top and the peccary are on the bottom. Do you think I could do this style of exhibit but on a larger scale with my two animals?
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I think the only issue would be with how big you would have to make the rhino enclosure without making it impossible to see the leopards. However because Sumatran rhinos should be kept alone, you can probably get away with having a slightly smaller enclosure - if I recall the space recommendation for African rhinos is around 2,000 square feet per animal, and since your animal is just a little more than half that size it shouldn't be as much of an issue.

So, yeah, replicable, though you may have to rejig the viewing situation to ensure guests can see the leopards as close as possible.

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how many bachelor paddocks should I build to accommodate the surplus of gazelles, zebras, antelopes and such? I want to make it realistic but also do not want to use too much space...


Being on the safe side, you'd need a paddock for each species. Depending on how many animals are in each all-male group, the enclosures will not need to be as big as any of the main exhibits, but you can't tell whether or not there will be aggression between species, so it's better to play it safe. If the issue is with size you can always build on a separate map so you have plenty of room to play with.
Edited by fossilfueds, Sep 10 2015, 03:18 AM.
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Moi
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لماذا ؟؟

I am making a sudan themed exhibit(NOT south sudan)
any suggestion for animals
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Sep 10 2015, 07:16 AM
I am making a sudan themed exhibit(NOT south sudan)
any suggestion for animals
Red River Hogs work well with a lot of other animals. Dutch Designs has one if you don't already.

They can be kept with antelope species, birds, giraffes, anything. I don't know what anyone else would suggest regarding the specific species and I personally am not vastly acquainted with what exact species are in Sudan, but if it were me, I would go with Red River Hog, Kob and Hornbills.
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