Zoo Tours Ep. 86: The Desert Dome | Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo (2002)

The wait is finally over! The world renowned Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo is now the 30th feature on Zoo Tours. We're wasting no time by kicking off with one of its trademarks attractions that made this place one of the best zoos in the world: the Desert Dome. Big, beautiful, record breaking, and certainly jaw dropping. The largest of its kind in the hemisphere, under the world's largest glazed geodesic dome - which immediately became a landmark to the city. The Dome features plant and animal life from three deserts of southern Africa, Australia, and the United States. Foxes, mongooses, wild cats, and dozens more inhabit the cliffs and canyon crevices - and at many times are well above your eye line. So it's not just the sheer size of the building that draws you in, but the attention to detail from the convincing rockwork, aboriginal artwork, and arid environment that creates a real life desert expedition. Enjoy what is known as one of the most monumental exhibits in the world.

INTRO TO THE HENRY DOORLY ZOO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hrxLeO7nDY

Recorded in August of 2020, species list is bound to change.

Namib Desert

1. Hooded Oriole, white-winged dove, Scott's Oriole, Gambel's Quail, Magpie Shrike, Blue-bellied Roller, Orange Bishop Weaver, Red Bishop Weaver, Yellow-crowned Bishop, Speckled Mousebird, Cape Thick-knee
2. African Wild Cat
3. Blue-bellied Roller
4. Chestnut Weaver, Blacksmith Plover
5. Klipspringer, Nile Softshell Turtle, African Helmeted Turtle
6. Bat-eared Fox
7. Dwarf Mongoose
8. Cape Teal, Chestnut Teal, Australian Wood Duck, Hottentot Teal, Yellow-billed Duck, Cinnamon Teal
9. Puff Adder
10. Cape Cobra
11. Cape Cobra
12. Northern Sand Gecko
13. Red-billed Hornbill
14. Black Mamba

Red Centre of Australia

1. Rough-scaled Python
2. Lace Monitor
3. King Brown Snake
4. Rough-scaled Death Adder
5. Brown Tree Snake
6. Common Death Adder
7. Centralia Python
8. Collett's Snake
9. Woma Python
10. Taipan
11. Perentie
12. Kookaburra, Masked Lapwing, Tawny Frogmouth
13. Cunningham's Skink
14. Eastern Pilbara Spiny-tailed Skink

Sonoran Desert

1. Peccary
2. Ocelot
3. Burrowing Owl
4. Roadrunner, Burrowing Owl
5. Bobcat
6. Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana, Baja Blue Rock Lizard
7. Giant Mexican Horned Lizard, Common Chuckwalla, Baja Blue Rock Lizard, Common Collared Lizard
8. Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
9. Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana, Sonoran Desert Turtle
10. Turkey Vulture
11. Swift Fox
12. Arizona Black Rattlesnake
13. Cantil Viper
14. Beaded Lizard
15. Santa Catalina Island Rattlesnake
16. Mottled Rock Rattlesnake
17. Great Basin Rattlesnake
18. Sidewinder
19. Splitin Tetra
20. Coati

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