Zoo Tours: Asian Gardens | ZooTampa at Lowry Park (1988)

Episode 87
To close off the year, we're exploring the colorful ZooTampa at Lowry Park, yet again another new park to the channel. We're kicking off with one of the first things you see, the Asian Gardens. A 1988 built temple themed loop through the tropics and swamps of China, India and Southeast Asia. So no surprise, it displays some of the rarest animals you'll ever see - some you may never see again. On this educational and fast paced adventure, we'll come across dragons for the first time, learn how a tiger survives in the wild, discover a crocodilian with a skinny snout, find out what on earth an anoa is, and meet a spirited rhinoceros that's only a few months old!
Full Species List:
1. Malayan Tapir
2. Komodo Dragon
3. Rainbow Lorikeet, Green-naped Lorikeet, Blue-faced Honeyeater (Sources state there's more but these were the only birds I saw/were signed)
4. Malayan Tiger
5. Lowland Anoa
6. Aviary: Yellow-billed Stork, Nene Goose, Javan Pond Heron, Masked Lapwing, Silkie Chicken, Lavender Orpington Chicken, Giant Asian Pond Turtle, Black Pond Turtle, Demoiselle Crane, Swan Goose, Southern Bald Ibis, Mandarin Duck, Separate Exhibit: Reeve's Muntjac, Malayan Box Turtle
7. Malayan Sun Bear
8. Indian Rhinoceros
9. Indian Gharial, Black Pond Turtle, Giant Pond Turtle
10. Clouded Leopard
11. Burmese Mountain Tortoise
12. Visayan Warty Pig (rotates with)
13. Babirusa

[@saruscrane4953]

Been there numerous times and you did a FABULOUS job covering this area of the zoo! I was lucky to see Jamie’s other calves Jaya & Jahi back in 2010 & 2012. I even recreated their exhibit in ZT2.

[@redtycooner1038]

Always nice to hear ZT2 mentioned

[@LFC_Muzza]

I recreate exhibits on planet zoo

[@noahm398]

This makes me want to go back to Zoo Tampa! Trivia Answer: San Diego, Cincinnati, & Smithsonian

[@Thekindofcoolkids]

My local zoo had Malayan Sun Bears but he is too old to be on display now he was one of my favorites 😢

[@hareezhaiqal3108]

Wow ! Tampa Zoo! Perfect Malaysian/Malayan Animal on the list ! Wish i could visit them one day!

[@elijahkuzniczci2938]

I love this zoo!! I grew up going there, back when it was called the Lowry Park Zoo. Good to see it's continuing to improve

[@adelebest3315]

We were just at Zoo Tampa yesterday.

[@0807jacob]

Trivia Question: Smithsonian's National Zoo, Cincinnati Zoo, and San Diego Zoo

[@ultimateparkmasters4735]

Great video! This is probably my 2nd favorite area of the park after the Florida wildlife area 😁

[@TheGamingTigerKing]

Nice job on the video, I want to see zoo Tampa now

[@ZoosTravelers]

Great Job with the Video! This is one of my favorite areas to walk around and linger.

[@wildandmagicalworldofflori8032]

It's so cool that you got to visit Zoo Tampa and see Baby Gronk! I was actually there the day they revealed his name!

[@brennandropik1671]

did this video get reuploaded?

[@teddydalton8507]

That's a great exhibit.

[@JOCOPTV]

Marvelouss

[@dinomation]

This exhibit looks really cool and I hope I can visit someday.

[@kalang6621]

Hi I am from Malaysia and I am your new Follower

[@Dylan-Hooton]

Answer: Fresno Chaffee Zoo, Zoo Knoxville, and Cincinnati Zoo.

[@CarLos-cl7un]

Fresno Chaffee Zoo is underrated

[@aliciahurtado7795]

Yeah

[@ohyes8949]

YES!

[@lesliechu8879]

Whoa!! ZooTampa's Asian Gardens attraction! Oh, if you visit the San Diego Zoo Safari Park soon, you should visit the Australian Walkabout ; nevertheless they featured 2 new duck-billed platypuses! Anyways, cool zoo episode! Cinders & Dimetrodon!🐯

[@Teddyredd]

If you come to New York I can give you a tour of the Bronx zoo. I used to work there!!

[@dawn3898]

Beautiful zoo, but the enclosures are too small in my opinion

[@khemarasum1341]

I went there before It Was In July 2023

[@michaeledrupt9197]

The enclosures seemed rather small for most of the animals especially the rhino and "pig" enclosures.

[@asher8754]

It’s deceptive the area we can view is only a small percentage of the entire exhibit they have other privacy areas they can go to if they don’t feel like being near people

[@heliotropeskies5918]

the size of the enclosures in this video are a bit deceptive, a few have areas to get away from people and a lot of them are strangely shaped which makes filming them a little hard. theyre aza accredited which is a difficult thing to achieve and they must have some level of adequate husbandry, but a few of the enclosures could use updating. the clouded leopard enclosure is one of the larger clouded leopard enclosures ive ever seen though, or at least when compared to the atlanta zoo its larger and more well dressed

[@eyelovelamp1]

Can you do more columbus zoo tours?

[@ryshi1299]

Want are you not doing bronx zoo

[@rex1759]

This zoo needs updates. Enclosures look in bad shape.

[@Didiplayz7]

what does Secrets of the zoo have to do with Zoo Tampa. Its from columbus zoo

[@ZooTours]

They featured Tampa last year