Ideal for families looking for a new adventure without having to leave town, Sea Life Bangkok has recently opened the brand-new Rainforest Zone, which is home to nine exotic wild animals, and added new entertaining shows to its schedule, allowing visitors to observe the daily lives of reptiles.
Located on floors B1 and B2 of Siam Paragon, the aquarium has turned some of its space into a mysterious jungle in four themes, boasting sophisticated forest structures and aquatic plants. Visitors can feel as if they are in a tropical forest while walking through Tree Top, and observing how a poison orange dart frog uses its vivid colour as camouflage, how a fish hook ant catches and cuts its prey, and how a monitor lizard attracts females with crests.
"Sea Life Bangkok prioritises diverse ecosystems in order to instil knowledge and understanding among visitors through an enjoyable journey. We focus on providing new experiences that meet the interests of customers of all genders and ages, so we have redesigned our Rainforest Zone to optimise the learning experiences, as well as emphasise our leading role as an edutainment provider," said Alex Ward, a general manager of Bangkok cluster at Sea Life Bangkok.
"The rainforest has a complex ecosystem. A family group can bring their little explorers during the semester break to experience the excitement of the simulated rainforest atmosphere, while teenagers can enjoy the new photo spots of the rainforest, or a group of enthusiasts into rare and unusual animals can find the endangered sailfin dragon and colourful peacock tarantula."
The Cave next door simulates the formation of stalactites and stalagmites in the rainforest and is home to a variety of exotic insects, including hissing cockroaches, which hiss like snakes during mating, Asian forest scorpions, whose black shell glows green when exposed to UV light, and peacock tarantula spiders, which can pan out at the bottom and wave to attract females.
As you walk further, you will notice that the Tree Trunk represents an ecosystem, with species living in the centre of the trunk and branches that receive little sunlight, providing a safe haven for little creatures. It is home to a magnificent sailfin dragon lizard and a leopard tortoise with a leopard-like carapace of black patches.
The journey concludes at Forest Floor, which serves as a nursery for newly hatched trees with a variety of water sources. This final zone has the Living Wall, which displays a diversity of forest flora and rare reptiles like reticulated pythons. Using the interactive Laser Eyes function, an infrared screen will imitate images from snake eyes, which can collect heat radiation generated by an object in order to detect prey lurking in the bushes well at night. Visitors may also sit ringside for "Keeper's Talk...Tales From The Animal Keeper" during the day.
Find out more details at visitsealife.com.
(Photos courtesy of Sea Life Bangkok)
(Photos: Thongrob Promchin)
(Photos courtesy of Sea Life Bangkok)
(Photos: Thongrob Promchin)
(Photos: Thongrob Promchin)
