| From award-winning attractions to lesser-known | | | | suppliers are actively involved in butterfly |
| exhibits, the Detroit Zoo has a number of venues | | | | conservation efforts in their home countries. The |
| to enjoy all the animals in their habitats. Here are | | | | farms supply their stock of caterpillars (immature |
| just some of the dozens of exhibits to visit by | | | | butterflies) with appropriate food, called a host |
| limo or luxury sedan: | | | | plant, and care for them until they form a |
| The Arctic Ring of Life | | | | chrysalis. Every week the zoo receives a |
| Given the Significant Achievement Award by the | | | | shipment of 200-300 chrysalises of up to 40 |
| AZA, the Arctic Ring of Life will take you on a | | | | different species of butterflies from the butterfly |
| trek to the North Pole. You can experience the | | | | farms. Over the course of a year the zoo |
| tundra, open sea and pack ice of the Arctic | | | | receives about 70 different species of butterflies. |
| environment, and the animals that are distinctively | | | | Great Apes of Harambee |
| adapted to life there. | | | | The Great Apes of Harambee exhibit features |
| Amphibiville | | | | large, outdoor exhibits for chimpanzees and |
| At this Winner of the AZA Exhibit Award, | | | | gorillas, as well as large dayrooms for each. |
| Amphibiville you can see amphibians in their natural | | | | Completed in the late 1980's, the exhibit replicates |
| habitat. The exhibit includes a 2-acre wetland | | | | native African habitat of these two magnificent |
| teeming with bullfrogs and other wildlife, and it is | | | | primates. |
| home of the National Amphibian Conservation | | | | Behavioral enrichment, such as stocking artificial |
| Center (NACC). | | | | termite mounds with treats and scattering food in |
| Australian Outback Adventure | | | | the lush vegetation is used to promote natural, |
| You can now enjoy some of our most fascinating | | | | healthy behaviors. In fact, the chimpanzees and |
| animals in a whole new way. You now have the | | | | gorillas spend their days much as they would in |
| chance to get face to face with our 16 red | | | | the wild: foraging for food, grooming, playing, and |
| kangaroos – from inside the Australian | | | | raising young. |
| Outback Adventure exhibit. | | | | You'll enjoy viewing the natural behavior of the |
| The Wildlife Interpretive Gallery | | | | chimps and gorillas from the various viewing |
| Located in the zoo’s oldest building, The | | | | stations. |
| WIG has been completely restored and | | | | Penguinarium |
| reconfigured and houses the Butterfly | | | | The Detroit Zoo was the first zoo in the U.S. to |
| Hummingbird Garden, a coral reef aquarium, a | | | | build a facility exclusively for penguins. The |
| theater and an art collection. | | | | Penguinarium was completed in 1968 and contains |
| Wild Adventure Simulator | | | | life-support systems that maintain the |
| Come and experience the country's first | | | | environment necessary for penguins to live in |
| zoo-based virtual reality voyage. The simulator | | | | captivity (air temperature maintained at |
| blends theater and technology into a unique | | | | 45degrees F. and water at 45 degrees to 50 |
| educational, entertainment mix that appeals to | | | | degrees F.). |
| audiences of all ages. | | | | Penguins range through much of the southern |
| Butterfly Garden | | | | hemisphere. They live along the coasts of South |
| The Butterfly Garden at the Detroit Zoo features | | | | America, Africa, and Australia, as well as most of |
| butterflies from Costa Rica and El Salvador. The | | | | the islands found between. The three different |
| butterflies are raised by butterfly farmers who | | | | sides of the Penguinarium resemble the habitats |
| breed them from captive stock. None of the | | | | of species exhibited at the Zoo. |
| butterflies are collected from the wild and our | | | | |