Not In part, yes, but not necessarily the original Howlet Gorilla Cage or Gorilla Go Rium, I think they called it, which is basically an enormous big cage with all kinds of playground style equipment in it and a big deep straw floor before people started using substrate. That’s about as far removed from a habitat, gorilla habitat display as you could possibly get. But from a bio functional approach, the, the gorillas were able to use every single surface of that enclosure because it was a big mesh cage. They could climb up, you know, up the sides across the roof the whole bit. Whereas I’ve seen gorilla exhibits that were, you know, pruned lawns with a couple of dead trees in the middle or some, you know, wooden climbing frame and that was it. And so not a very interesting environment for gorillas, whereas this completely artificial environment for gorilla was absolutely superb. And the, the, the breeding success at, at Howlet and then in the, you know, at their sisters in Portland are, you know, a testament to how that worked and why, why it was a good thing. You said that one of the best parts of the zoo is like-minded individuals and that you can see something you’ve never seen before.
