The Historic Feline and Primate Building at Potter Park Zoo | Exhibit Tours Ep. 3

Описание: The Historic Feline & Primate Building at Potter Park Zoo. Filmed April 30, 2022.

Big Cats and Primates! Two of the world’s most iconic life forms together in one building. The Lion House opened in 1930, modeled after the Carnivora Building at the Toledo Zoo. As was typical of the time, the emphasis was on things like offering visitors a clear view of the animals and displaying as many species as possible, so the living conditions for the inhabitants was not great. In 1989 the building received a major renovation, where the number of exhibits and species was reduced offering those that remained larger living spaces, and it was renamed the Feline & Primate Building. Today, the building and surrounding habitats still give off a bit of that classic, older zoo feel. It currently houses 8 species; 3 Big Cats, 2 Primates and 3 other types of animals.

Information presented in this video came from the Potter Park Zoo’s website or social media pages, or from public online articles.

Species List:
Snow Leopard
Pallas’s Cat
Amur Tiger
African Lion
Black-headed Spider Monkey
Ring-tailed Lemur
Trumpeter Hornbill
African Crested Porcupine
Northern Tree Shrew

Music from Pixabay.com:
Stomp Logo 3 | Muzaproduction
Motivational Corporate – Short | LiteSaturation
Congo Ville | The FealdoProject
Indian music with sitar, tanpura and sarangi | ShidenBeatsMusic
Uplifting Africa | ummbrella
Wisdom of the Mountains | SergeQuadrado

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Indoor Exhibits
02:12 Snow Leopard
02:51 Pallas's Cat
03:17 Amur Tiger
03:45 African Lion
04:18 Outdoor Primate Exhibits
05:10 Outro
05:27 Preview of Next Tour