Zoo Tours: Historic Kovler Lion House | Lincoln Park Zoo
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- EPISODE 122
It's been a few years, and I believe we are long overdue for a tour at the Lincoln Park Zoo. I can't think of a better way to reintroduce you to this historic park than to show you its newest project! The Pepper Family Wildlife Center😬, formerly known as the Kovler Lion House, has been standing since 1912. While obviously changes were made to the exhibit over the years, in fall of 2021, the Lion House was once again brought into the modern world. The structure remained, but no longer are the 40 year old grottoes, and cramped indoor displays. A $41 million face-lift replaced them with a more contemporary, one of a kind lion savanna. The cats have double the space, it's far more educational, food ziplines go across the yard, and you can now get closer to the lions like you never could before. Oh yeah and how could I forget... This new development also came with Pilipili, the first lion cub born at Lincoln Park in 20 years!
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*Wait I have more to say!*
*- Remember to stick to the end to the end for a hint of the next video!*
*- I mentioned the exhibit was designed with data but didn't mention how! The zoo used Zoo Monitor: **www.lpzoo.org/science-project/zoomonitor/*
*- Here are more photos from the past:*
*- Pallas' Cat Exhibit / Current Lynx: **www.zoochat.com/community/media/lion-house-pallas-cat-exhibit.101569/*
*- Side view of the Tiger grotto: **www.zoochat.com/community/media/lincoln-park-zoo-2003-side-view-of-the-siberian-tiger-exhibit-at-the-kovl.87778/*
*- Jaguar (not leopard) Indoor Exhibit - No outdoor access!: **www.zoochat.com/community/media/leopard.51825/*
*- Cheetah Exhibit / Now Snow Leopard: **www.zoochat.com/community/media/lincoln-park-zoo-2003-cheetah-enclosure-at-the-kovler-lion-house.87808/*
*-Puma Exhibit / Now Lynx: **www.zoochat.com/community/media/lion-house-puma-exhibit.101568/*
*- Lion Grotto: **www.zoochat.com/community/media/lincoln-park-zoo-2003-african-lion-exhibit-at-the-kovler-lion-house.87775/*
“And right now he’s probably the only Chicago Cub worth waiting in line to see”
You cut me real deep there, Zoo tours
Hey I'm a Reds fan, so I have no reason to talk😅
@@ZooTours haha the whole NL central is a mess right now
My all time favorite zoo baby has got to be the elephant calves. There just so fun to look at and are very playful and cute they always bring a smile to my face.
*Keep up the amazingly fabulous work!*
Lion cubs are my favorite.
There’s a baby spectacled bear at the Smithsonian right now and I almost died from cuteness
My favorite animal baby was the white tiger cub I interacted with as a birthday present at the Zoological Wildlife Foundation. It loved me.
An idea for future videos: I enjoyed the video you did a whole ago on your favorite elephant exhibits. Perhaps you could do some more videos in this series about other animals? Your favorite lion habitats, polar bear habitats, giraffe habitats, etc.?
My favorite zoo baby was Jaali, the first rhino born at Potter Park Zoo!
Beco at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium was always my favorite.
Sorry....i think this house looked much better before the redo. Tho outside space for all the cats would be necessary. The building doesnt look at all like it used to in the inside. It was so cool and historical....
Baby Indian Rhinos with their pudgy faces, oversized ears and fun personality always bring a smile to my face! 🦏
I see where Planet Zoo got inspiration for some of their classical architecture pieces!
The Lion centre looks great, will try to visit the next time I go there!
Though honestly, if I were in charge, I'd definitely try to do more with the south wall. I have several options at the moment:
#1 - Include terreriums for certain African reptiles and invertebrates.
#2 - Move the snow leopards, lynxes and pandas out (perhaps to the space currently occupied by the Zebra yards) and replace them with other african fauna, perhaps servals/caracals and hyenas.
#3 - Retain the indoor portions to give indoor exhibits for the snow leopards and red pandas (and move the Canada lynxes out while at it).
Im with you on moving out the other cats and red panda, but what if they also took the nearby camel and zebra exhibit and turned it into a rotaional hyena, Wild dog, and cheetah exhibit one yard connecting to a south wall indoor portion
@@JacobFiveash I was thinking perhaps somewhar similar to Denver but have a larger yard than the third one
Hua Mei was definitely my favorite zoo baby. First Giant Panda cub to survive to adulthood in the United States
Jabari funnily enough is my favorite, and being able to see him grow up, and start a family of his own is really cool!
My favorite zoo baby of all time is Fitz the African Elephant at the Louisville Zoo! 🐘
Great tour. LPZ was my childhood zoo and I’m really impressed with the improvements to the Kovler Lion House.
It looks beautiful I wouldn’t might going visit on vacation I give an A- to thanks for sharing
Zuka-zama! Been to the Lincoln Park Zoo back in 2017 before they renovated the lion habitat! Say, try visiting the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Woodland Park Zoo, Oakland Zoo, Sacramento Zoo, San Francisco Zoo, & Disney's Animal Kingdom soon! Also, 3 zoo trivia questions for you & your girlfriend, Zak...
1) What is the name of the SF Zoo's female bald eagle that passed away last Wednesday?
2) How many new rescued tigers did the Oakland Zoo welcomed?
3) What are the names of the 3 lionesses that moved into the San Diego Zoo Safari Park?
Favorite zoo baby is Phoenix the Komodo Dragon, born at San Antonio Zoo and now lives at Houston Zoo
The answer to the question at the end is:
Amur Tiger indoor/outdoor viewing
African Lion indoor/outdoor viewing
2 African serval indoor viewing (one was styled like the savanna, the other a jungle
2 jaguar indoor viewing
And on the outdoor south side,
Cougar
Canada Lynx
Red Panda
Amur Leopard
And Snow Leopard
So 9 species in total!
I agree though, more could be done to the south wall indoors, maybe have a few small animals that youd find living in a kopje near lions?
Grew up 2 hours south of Chicago. I moved last year and seeing the lion house all redone almost brings tears to my eyes. It’s gorgeous. Thank you so much for doing a tour, don’t know when I’ll ever make it back.
My favorite zoo baby would have to be fiona, I just love her comeback story, and she is cute
OP: "Have you ever driven through Chicago?"
Me: "HEY"
Also me: *refuses to drive through downtown, strictly taking the CTA*
Great video! 🤩
Marshall the Indian rhino is the best baby!! From Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
Amazing tour! Thanks for providing such great content for free!! You deserve much more than what you get in return for these great videos. Thank you! :)
The Question of favorite zoo baby, In Columbus of 2015 we had a litter of 3 Amur Tiger Cubs, sadly 2 of them didn’t make it but the surviving cub called Chewy or Chewbacca from Star Wars which he now can be find at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. He was a survivor he even came up to the glass at the tiger exhibit and jumped onto the glass.
For a zoo baby, I've largely gone with Cincy, which leads to the current one being Fiona...who is still in a LOT of places connected to the zoo
My favorite baby is currently the young male golden takin kid at the San Diego Zoo
Was at the zoo just before this opened I was really impressed with the size of a lot of the enclosures and the amount of cover given to the animals there I think the snow leopard could maybe use an upgrade but overall it’s a great facility with a lot of happy animals
My favorite zoo baby: Shila the beluga whale at the Georgia Aquarium. I saw her in person when she was a month old
My favourite zoo babeis are probably meerkats and rheas
Favorite zoo baby, Tyonek the rescued beluga whale. He's a little marshmallow 😙🐋
I thought you weren't allowed to film here anymore. Also my all-time favorite zoo babies are probably Stubbley and Osceola, the Malayan tiger brothers born at the Virginia Zoo.
Why is he not allowed to film here anymore?
They threantend to sue after he tagged them in almost every social media possible
They threatened to sue because profiting off of one's copyright is illegal. So filming at every zoo and monetizing the footage, depending on their policies, is against the law. Which is why I now warn every new zoo of my intentions before filming. Tagging organizations on social media is not illegal.
@@ZooTours that’s good but nonetheless you would still be in big trouble if the Lincoln Park zookeepers actually see your video of their lion house I just hope you sneakily got past the entrance
Say what?
Favorite Zoo Baby: Redd the Baby Orangutan from the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC
My all-time favorite zoo babies are Pathi Harn from the Taronga zoo , and Omaha's two calves Sonny and Eugeina.
YEAH ME TOO
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Really hope they get some new hyenas there soon.
My favourite baby animal would be Gronk the baby Indian rhino from Zoo tampa
It's always great to know a bit about Zoo history in your videos, and this lion habitat does look impressive! I hope to see it for myself someday!
Also, REALLY enjoyed watching that little lion cub, so cute! And to answer your question, Adda and Grace the baby Gorillas from Animal Kingdom.
Answer to this episode's question: 11, 6 indoor and 5 outdoor? I was also not aware that the jaguar had no outdoor access. I also know that the zoo's last puma was a short stay because they received her during the process of moving their remaining animals of the lion house to other facilities.
Favorite zoo baby: Hudson from Brookfield. A real big boy now obviously.
I think my first answer could be wrong, but to be honest, I never paid much attention to the outdoor enclosures of the smaller. So my many memory is pretty foggy with that.
This makes me want to come back to Chicago real soon! Great job, Zach!
Like I get it the kovler lion house was outdated but that being said there was still room for alterations for each exhibit and still keep the extensive collection the y had imo and figuring out ways to have rotating outdoor enclosures for all the species wouldn't of been so bad and same went for the old lester e Fisher great ape house outdated yes but the amount the room each had was extensive if they took the concept with the old and the new I think it would of done good but I guess I like the nostalgia factor
My favorite zoo baby was moxie an African lion m’wasi and sukri’s cub at the Bronx zoo
Are you going to do a zoo tour of the phoenix zoo when the Predator Passage opens there in 2023?
My biggest problem with this exhibit is the lack of any real coherent theming. I think I’d move the snow leopard, Canada lynx, and red panda to other parts of the zoo, and replace them with say, severals, caracals, and fossas. That way, there could be an African theme.
MY FAVORITE ZOO BABIES ARE EUGINEA AND SONNY AT OMAHA
Bro i worked their all summer, heatbroken i missed you
Also what was the next episode going to be before you changed plans and went to North Carolina?
I live in sc i love the river banks zoo
My favorite zoo baby is a elephant
I think the lions here have hardly any privacy othervise amazing design
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Lion Cubs are Very Huggable and Pudgy but Lions are Dangerous.
What is the coolest part about ZooTampa? I’m going there as I write this.
Shoebill and Manatee complex! You won't want to leave
@@ZooTours thanks a lot
You guys should go to Brookfield zoo tropic world oh and also I’m a huge fan of you respond or tag me in the future video it will make really happy
He will this year I think.
Seeing a baby snow leopard behind the sence
Jiwa the Orangutan who was born at the phoenix zoo in 2014. He lives in Miami now.
Tobias the baby lowland tapir at Jimmys farm in Suffolk
My favourite zoo baby is an Indian and African Elephant
The Cubs just got put in a coffin💀💀💀
Yeah...from a life-long fan, The Cubs suck at the moment
Lucas or Fiona
Great video!I hope you film a video of the African ape exhibit