Well if you ask that question to me and Colin the answer would require no thought and be a definate NO WAY! We didn't even know they had a zoo in Darmstadt, but when we read about it we put it on our 'must do soon' list and headed out the first free day we had. It is a small zoo, but very well done. They call themselves a "vivarium" which is defined:
vi·var·i·um (vī-vâr'ē-əm)
n., pl. -i·ums or -i·a (-ē-ə).
A place, especially an indoor enclosure, for keeping and raising living animals and plants under natural conditions for observation or research.
They did a great job with their habitats and it was nice to see the animals behaving like we imagine they would in the wild instead of pacing and begging like we have seen before in other smaller zoos. We also got to see some types of animals that we hadn't seen before...like the Mara, which are large relatives of the guinea pig and come from South America, and the Asian bearcat which looked kind of like a wolverine but had a prehensile tail.
We are getting ready to go on a long weekend trip to Holland....so check back in with us next week to see how that went. TTFN!
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