Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum - Interesting facts
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...around 60 members of staff are in charge of animal care, technical equipment, life support systems, organisation and supervision of the exhibition, administration etc.
...800,000 litres of water flow through the pipes every hour, get filtered, cooled or heated until they reach their destination.
...apart from professional animal care by keepers, biologists and veterinarians, there also has to be a technical infrastructure including craftsmen, technicians, taxidermists and others.
...animal food has to be carefully prepared or also grown. Around 1850 crates of vegetables, fruit and herbs are fed per year, most of them from organic farms. To this are added approx. 600 square metres homegrown wheat. Frost food has to be stored. Our animals need approx. 6 tons of fish per year and around 800 kilogram of crabs, mussels etc. We also have to breed the most diversified animals to be used as food.
...the tropical hall has an air temperature of 25° C with 80-100% humidity. Apart from many plants and animals, there is a tropical stream carrying 80,000 litres of water that is filtered once every hour. Several times a day we create rain from specially processed water.
...water and air in the penguin compound are constantly filtered, cleaned and cooled for the animals, who prefer a cold climate. A well-engineered lighting system simulates the seasons with long or short days, with sunrise and full daylight.
