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Ecodisplay
By copying and constructing a large-scale living environment
animals and plants that belong in such an environment can live
there together. The enormous size and and huge wealth of species
make it possible for certain ecological processes to occur. Up to a
point organisms may threaten each other and plants may be damaged
or eaten by animals, while human interference remains limited. Such
a natural achievement has been given the name ecodisplay at
Burgers' Zoo.
Although ecodisplays provide a unique and very natural view of
ecosystems, there are also a few disadvantages. Many animals cannot
be released into freedom there, for instance because they would
damage plants too much, cause a danger to visitors or to other
animals, or because they could possibly ruin the hall and the
landscape. These species, which are often very characteristic to a
certain ecosystem, must therefore be shown elsewhere, if desired.
Burgers' Zoo has therefore recently chosen to create a special area
for 'impossible' Bush inhabitants from the Asian tropical rain
forest: Burgers' Rimba.
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