The Maryland Zoo has a Bat House that is built like a cave
just past its newly installed Bobcat exhibit and after the North American River
Otter habitat.
I know I have gone
into it before, but I think before it was in ill repair or something.
It's totally not very prominent, but
today it seemed completely new to me.
It's the closest thing to a Herpetarium that the zoo has, and it's both
beautiful and creepy.
So many kids
were crying inside--and the design is totally like going into a cave.
In the large middle "room" of
the space there are both two giant sculptures of bats and a faux mastodon
skeleton.
Some kids found this an
opportunity for exploration and fun, others screamed in terror!
I like the concept, but the resulting
chaos is not conducive to either animals or visitors.
I did see the bats, but I couldn't possibly photograph them
in the dim light and frenetic movements.
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| Eastern Copperheads with a reflection on the glass that looks like a rear opening to the outside world. |
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| Mud puppies cuddled between a rock and a hard glass! |
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| Faux Mastodon bones. |
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| Giant bats hanging from the ceiling--what were they thinking? |
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| The home to a pair of Timber Rattle Snakes and one of the pairs recently molted skins. |
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