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[William Vannerson <William_Vannerson@ama-assn.org>]

>>We are opening a large amazon exhibit in 2000.<<

That would the the "River Journey" exhibit.  Below is a quote from a
Shedd press release on it from their web site at
http://www.shedd.org/extra5.html

River Journey 
"River Journey," opening in the spring of 2000, will take guests on a trip
through the seasons in an Amazon flooded forest that will loop through
what are now Galleries 1 and 2. Travelers begin this journey on the
banks of the Amazon River in the dry season, when land and aquatic life
alike are concentrated in and around catfish holes and "leaf reefs." 

As the seasons change in this tropical region, steady rains come and the
forest floods. The flooding creates enormous opportunities and changes
for all life along the Amazon, including the people who live there. 

"River Journey" will examine how the people of the Amazon are utilizing
the environment around them and the fragile interdependence between
humans, animals and the natural world. The Amazon's yearly flooding is
essential to the lifecycles of the plants and animals that live there. It is
important for all of us to learn how human influence can dramatically alter
this critical lifecycle through mining, farming, logging and over-fishing.
The exhibit will also compare and contrast life on the Amazon and life
here in the Midwest. 

Walk along a meandering boardwalk that cuts through waist-high pools
of piranhas, catfish, freshwater stingrays, sideneck turtles, caimans and
other South American aquatic animals. In the trees, boas and anacondas
may drape themselves on overhead branches, while little anole lizards
and big green iguanas skitter through the leaves. 

Also present in this habitat may be Amazonian mammals, toucans,
macaws and other raucous rain forest birds, and various insects,
including butterflies. Curious guests can get an up-close look at the vast
diversity of this tropical world through interactions with staff experts and
animals found in the Amazon through special educational programs. 


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