Sunda Gharials at Zoo Leipzig - Aquarium
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Gondwanaland – the new tropical world of experience at Leipzig Zoo Dr. Jörg Junhold, Director and WAZA President & Fabian Schmidt, Senior Curator
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Gondwanaland – the new tropical world of experience at Leipzig Zoo
Dr. Jörg Junhold, Director and WAZA President & Fabian Schmidt, Senior Curator
Former supercontinent Gondwana
Basic concept
Huge tropical hall (1,65 hectares) Time travel through Earth`s history Plants and animals from tropical forests in Asia, Africa and South Amercia Sensitizing visitors for protection of tropical forests Attractions such as boat ride and top-of-the-trees path Extraordinary facility for events
Henchion Reuter Architekten (2006)
Gondwanaland (2011)
Vision becomes Reality
A landmark in Leipzig (500`000 inhabitants)
16´500 square meters, 34 meters high, costs ca. 67 Mio Euro
Opened 1 July 2011
Ideal „Rainforest“
Gondwanaland (2011)
Amazonas (2006)
Amazonas / Costa Rica
It all starts with The Big Bang… (Feb 2007)
May 2008
October 2009
September 2010
March 2011
June 2011
Volcano tunnel
The Journey into Gondwana
Lungfishes
South American lungfish, 6‘400 liters
Australian lungfish, 11‘400 liters
Neoceratodus forsteri
Chelodina longicollis Melanotaenia maccullochi
African lungfish, 5‘200 liters
Sand filter, UV, heat exchange device
Mangrove horseshoe crabs, 4‘500 liters Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda
Boat ride
Malayan tapir, Tapirus indicus
Asian River tank, 127`000 & 125`000 liters
The Journey through Gondwana
Sunda gharial, Tomistoma schlegelii
Channa micropeltes Osphronemus goramy
Puntius pierrei Pangasius sanitwongsei
Hieremys annandalii
Orlitia borneensis
Geoclemys hamiltoni
Amazonas tank, 94‘000 liters
Atractosteus tristoechus
Pseudodoras niger Podocnemis expansa
Colossoma macropomum
Arapaima gigas
Drum filter
Ozone
Sand filter
Heat exchange device
Pygmy hippo, Choeropsis liberiensis
Tilapia mariae
Drum filter
Ultrafiltration
Fishing cat, Prionailurus viverrinus
Giant river otter, Pteronura brasiliensis
Conservation
Facts & Figures Working panel 27.000 m² Base area 16.500 m² Height central part 34.50 m Landscaping on 4 levels Water areas 1.000 m² Enclosures and aquaria 28 St Animal species ca. 90 Enclosure area 4.000 m² Planted area 8.000 m² Plant species 500 Plants in total 15.000 St. .
Facts & Figures Length of main visitor path 650 m Length of boat ride 390 m Length / height of top-of-trees path 90 m / 12 m Steel construction roof 2200 t Maximum visitor number in house 2.500 Pers. Visitors First Year 2,32 Mio Increase of Tourists at Leipzig (500`000 inh.) 18 % Contribution zoo to Transaction volume on tourism Leipzig 2011 166 Mio € 2006 77.3 Mio € New jobs direct / indirect 64 / 70
Sustainable use of resources
Events
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