Barrier Designs for Zoos - ZooLex Zoo Design Organization
Barrier Designs for Zoos - ZooLex Zoo Design Organization Barrier Designs for Zoos - ZooLex Zoo Design Organization
BARRIER DESIGNS FOR ZOOS 3.6 Aquatic & semi-aquatic species – non-jumping 3.6.1 Hippopotamus Nature of the animal The Hippopotamus is found in Liberia and Ivory Coast, a few also in Sierra and parts of Southern Nigeria. It live in rainforests and swamps. It feeds on roots, grasses, shoots and fruits and found in forest floors. Its mouth is alarmed with large canine tusks. When alarmed the Hippopotamus prefers to take refuge in dense forest rather than in water. Analysis of Barrier Dimensions HIPPOPOTAMUS Width (M) Depth(M)Height(H) Moat type Indian Zoos: Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad 3.0 1.75 Wet Indira Gandhi Zoo, Vishakhapatnam 6.0 1.8 Wet Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur 11.3 3.3 Wet Assam State Zoo, Guwahati N. A. 2.2 Wet Lucknow Zoological Park, Lucknow N. A. 2.25 Wet Kanpur Zoological Park, Kanpur N. A.. - not available N. A. 2.0 Wet Naturalistic enclosure for Hippopotamus at Nandankanan Zoological Park at Bhubaneshwar. 52
3.6.2 Crocodile (Gharial, Mugger and Estuarine Crocodile) Nature of the animal 53 CENTRAL ZOO AUTHORITY Among the Crocodilians of the world, gharials are the largest. A male Gharial grows to more than 7 m, and a female to 5 m. Compared with other species of crocodilians, the gharial is more aquatic in its habit. They live in natural river gorges where water is deep and currents are slow. The following dimension of barrier used by different zoos is provided below: Analysis of Barrier Dimensions CROCODILE Width (M) Depth(M)/Height(H) Moat type Indian Zoos: Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad 3.0 1.5 Wet Indira Gandhi Zoo, Vishakhapatnam N. A. 1.7 Wet Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur N. A. N. A. Wet National Zoological Park, Delhi 1.58 1.58 Wet Kanpur Zoological Park, Kanpur N. A. 2.0 Wet Foreign Zoos : Singapore Zoological Garden, Singapore N.A. - Not Available 3.0 N. A. Wet Illustration showing cross section of a Crocodile enclosure.
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BARRIER DESIGNS FOR ZOOS<br />
3.6 Aquatic & semi-aquatic species – non-jumping<br />
3.6.1 Hippopotamus<br />
Nature of the animal<br />
The Hippopotamus is found in Liberia and Ivory Coast, a few also in Sierra and parts of Southern<br />
Nigeria. It live in rain<strong>for</strong>ests and swamps. It feeds on roots, grasses, shoots and fruits and found<br />
in <strong>for</strong>est floors. Its mouth is alarmed with large canine tusks. When alarmed the Hippopotamus<br />
prefers to take refuge in dense <strong>for</strong>est rather than in water.<br />
Analysis of <strong>Barrier</strong> Dimensions<br />
HIPPOPOTAMUS Width (M) Depth(M)Height(H) Moat type<br />
Indian <strong><strong>Zoo</strong>s</strong>:<br />
Nehru <strong>Zoo</strong>logical Park, Hyderabad 3.0 1.75 Wet<br />
Indira Gandhi <strong>Zoo</strong>, Vishakhapatnam 6.0 1.8 Wet<br />
Arignar Anna <strong>Zoo</strong>logical Park, Vandalur 11.3 3.3 Wet<br />
Assam State <strong>Zoo</strong>, Guwahati N. A. 2.2 Wet<br />
Lucknow <strong>Zoo</strong>logical Park, Lucknow N. A. 2.25 Wet<br />
Kanpur <strong>Zoo</strong>logical Park, Kanpur<br />
N. A.. - not available<br />
N. A. 2.0 Wet<br />
Naturalistic enclosure <strong>for</strong> Hippopotamus at Nandankanan <strong>Zoo</strong>logical Park at Bhubaneshwar.<br />
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