Do any of you make up your own animal facility? (insects, birds)

[Nataliep1990]

I don't know if this is in the right thread but it is to do with nature I think.

I have been putting to paper my own fantasy zoo called Bonita springs aquarium and bird park.

Manatee Lagoon Complex
Before you walk into the building, you pass a bridge over a pond with a few american crocodiles inside of it. Natural birds will come and go as they please, but some may not make it out!

The main feature of this building is the outdoor manatee lagoon. The lagoon has indoor viewing and outdoor viewing, underwater and above-water. There is freshwater in the lagoon. The west indian manatees are the stars of this exhibit. The spotted gar, florida gar, longnose gar, channel catfish, largemouth bass, and bowfin will keep the smaller fish species (discussed in a minute) from taking over the lagoon. The redear sunfish, bluegill, and grass carp will keep insects at a minimum, including mosquitoes. The florida softshell turtles will also keep smaller fish at a controlled level. Roseate spoonbill, white ibis, black crowned night heron, yellow crowned night heron, great blue heron, green heron, tri-colored heron, little blue heron, great egret, snowy egret, cattle egret, and wood stork will be enclosed in this large exhibit as well. Antique-looking wooden bridges will be crossed over the water for visitors to walk through, and large cypress trees and fine netting over the top will keep the birds in and provide them natural nesting and roosting places.

As you move around the indoor section, a large exhibit has indoor viewing, and contains american alligator, alligator gar, blue catfish, redear sunfish, and golden shiners.

A large tank inside the building features mississippi map turtle, western pond turtle, florida cooter, barbour's map turtle,, and western mosquitofish.

There are individual indoor exhibits with glass viewing windows for the following species:
Baltimore oriole
Land hermit crab
Florida pine snake
Two-toed amphiuma
Grey rat snake
Green tree frog
Greater siren
Loggerhead musk turtle and western mosquitofish
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
Corn snake and yellow rat snake
Alligator snapping turlte
Water moccasin
Everglades rat snake
Timber rattlesnake and copperhead
Black rat snake

As you pass through a hallway out, you see large tanks in the wall. These are surrounded by informational signs featuring things about invasive species in Florida. The species per tank are:
Argentine black and white tegu
African rock python
Green iguana
Burmese python
Nile monitor
Cane toad
Green basilisk lizard and knight anole
Cuban tree frog and brown anole
Blue tilapia and spotted tilapia
Bullseye snakehead
Mayan cichlid, midas cichlid, oscar, jaguar cichlid, butterfly peacock bass, and sailfin pleco

I'll end this post here. That will conclude the Florida native building.

I do have more to add if anyone is interested.