I’ve been struggling for some profound insights concerning this display. I discovered at this display that I prefer dioramas that depict the animal’s natural habitat to just displaying the animal in a glass box. I’ve previously covered the fact that the African continent is big enough to put USA, India, Argentina, Western Europe, and China in with ease.
There really isn’t any way to capture the remarkable biodiversity and diversity of ecosystems Africa encapsulates. Think of America, with our costal planes, moutains, deserts, rolling planes, tropical zones, swamplands, marshlands, and other environments… and then multiply that by by three. That’s Africa.
 Akeley Hall of African Mammals |
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