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ÌÞÊ/Àiià - Y EXPERIENCES RELATING TO URBAN FORESTRY AND ANIMALS IN ZOOLOGI CAL FACILITIES SPAN ALMOST YEARS AND ) HAVE DEALT WITH MANY SPECIES OF ANIMALS FROM BIRDS TO APES TO LARGE CATS !NIMALS CAN CERTAINLY DAMAGE AND EVEN KILL MATURE TREES 7HEN SPACE IS LIMITED AS IT IS IN THE MAJORITY OF SITUATIONS TREES WILL BE DESTROYED $ESIGNERS OF ZOOLOGICAL FACILITIES MUST PHYSICALLY EXCLUDE THE ANIMALS FROM THE TREES OFTEN VIA DISCRETELY PLACED AND CAMOUFLAGED ELECTRICAL WIRES )N MY FIRST ZOOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE THE FACILITY WOULD RELEASE A DOZEN OR SO PAIRS OF MACAWS AND THE OCCASIONAL COCKATOO EACH MORNING AND BRING THEM BACK INSIDE TO THEIR ROOSTING CAGES EACH EVENING 0AIRS OF PAR ROTS WOULD FLY OUT OF THE PARK TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF WHATEVER NEIGHBOR HOOD PALMS OR TREES WERE IN FRUIT AND THEY hSUBDIVIDEDv THE PARK INTO TERRITORIES WHERE THEY HAD THEIR FAVOR ITE PERCHING TREES 4HESE PARROTS COULD BE VERY DESTRUCTIVE )F THEY DECIDED ONE DAY TO CHEW THROUGH A INCH CM LIVE OAK BRANCH THE HUMANS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROPERTY AND LIVES BELOW THAT BRANCH HAD TO BE REALLY AWARE 4HERE IS ALSO THE FACT THAT TREES GROWING OUTSIDE OF AN EXHIBIT MAY EVENTUALLY BE hACCESSEDv BY THE ANI MALS THAT ARE THE MOST INTELLIGENT /NE VERY WINDY MORNING ) SAW A YOUNG FEMALE ORANGUTAN CLIMB TO THE TOP OF A STRUCTURE WITHIN HER SPACE IN AN ATTEMPT TO REACH THE FRONDS OF A PALM TREE 3HE STOOD ON THE TOP OF A INCHWIDE CM POLE ABOUT FEET M OFF THE GROUND AND KEPT TRYING TO GRAB ONE OF THE PALM FRONDS BLOWING IN THE WIND ) WAS NOT ONLY IMPRESSED WITH HER CONCENTRATION AND DETERMINATION BUT HER ABILITY TO BALANCE ON TOP OF THIS POLE IN THE HIGH WIND ;-ANY SPECIES OF PALMS EVOLVED IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO HURRICANES OR TYPHOONS AND SOME OF THESE SPE CIES ARE AMAZINGLY FLEXIBLE AND RESIL IENT 4HIS GROUP OF PALMS THAT HAD BEEN PLANTED OUTSIDE OF THE EXHIBIT Ê>>}>ÃÞÊÊÊÀ`>ÊÃVvvÃÊ>ÌÊÌiÊV>ÊÊÌÀÕÊ«ÀÌiVÌ°Ê*ÌÊLÞÊivvÊ-ÃÊ Ê>ÃÃÛiÊÛiÊ>ÊÃÊÌÀ>ë>Ìi`ÊÊÌiÊÕÃÌÊ<°Ê*ÌÊ ÕÀÌiÃÞÊÕÃÌÊ<Ê WAS 7ININ PALM 6EITCHIA WININ A TOUGH SPECIES WELLSUITED FOR WINDY TROPI CAL LOCATIONS= 4HE ORANGUTAN FINALLY GRABBED THE END OF A FROND AND PULLED THE PALM CLOSER 3HE SUDDENLY SHOT OUT OF THE ENCLOSURE LIKE A ROCKET WHILE FORTUNATELY MAINTAINING HER GRIP ON THE PALM )T WOULD HAVE BEEN PRETTY FUNNY EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT A YEAROLD ORANGUTAN WAS NOW OUTSIDE OF HER EXHIBIT 3HE SEEMED SCARED TO DEATH AND REMAINED CLINGING TO THE PALM WHILE THOSE OF US BELOW FIGURED OUT WHAT TO DO 7E FINALLY HAD TO DART HER AND CATCH HER ON A BLANKET FIREMANSTYLE WHEN SHE FELL FROM HER PERCH 3HE WAS NOT INJURED BUT ) HAD TO CUT DOWN TWO OF THE PALMS IMMEDIATELY SO SHE WOULD NOT ESCAPE THAT WAY AGAIN 7HEN DESIGNING AND MAINTAINING EXHIBITS ) ALWAYS HAD TO BE AWARE OF TREES GROWING BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE EXHIBITS ) HAVE SEEN TREES CRUSH BARRIER FENCES AND CAGES WHEN THEY FAILED DURING HURRICANES 4HE