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Rainforest ecosystem to be built inside giant dome at British zoo
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by Dave Keating | January 27, 2009 at 02:48 am
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A massive bio-dome is being planned at a British Zoo. The £90 million project will be called "Heart of Africa" and will be the only domed ecosystem in the UK.
The bio-dome will be an African rainforest-themed sanctuary for a band of gorillas, a large troop of chimpanzees, okapi (rare giraffe-like creatures), and a wide variety of tropical birds, amphibians, reptiles, fishes and invertebrates, moving freely among the vegetation.
The zoo says it will seek planning permission for the dome and a 90-room hotel later this year.
Prof Gordon McGregor Reid, director general of the zoo, said: "Natural Vision will offer a fun, family-friendly, adventurous, yet educational window on the world of conservation.
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at 03:15 on January 27th, 2009
Well, it may one day be the last remaining rain forest.
at 10:51 on January 27th, 2009
I'd go! I bet they'll have african grey parrots too! How exciting. A well maintained zoo is an excellent way to preserve species. If properly built and cared for, the animals are at least as content as their wild counterparts, often more so.