Aviaries for otters and seals at the Moskvarium

The aquarium exposition at the Moskvarium created by our company in 2015 is constantly being improved. For example, in 2017 under the giant graphic waterfall we made a decorative pool for koi carps with a powerful life support system, in the center of the ring aquarium with the loach we built a cylindrical aquarium, an aquarium for mudskippers and four-eyes.

In late 2019, after a month of hard work together with colleagues from the Moskvarium, we transformed the New Guinea aviary. Its dimensions limited the growth of tropical plants. It was decided to re-equip this space as an aviary for two Asian tailless otters that the St. Petersburg oceanarium gave to the Moskvarium.

Under the supervision of our experts serving the Moskvarium the otters started to get accustomed to their new enclosure. Its space has everything they need for active, well-fed and healthy life of the smallest otters in the world.

There are two ponds, which we connected by a channel, equipped the bank with a clearing and "fallen" trees. We created polymer-concrete rocks with a cozy cave. We painted the walls as a tropical forest. The aviary turned out to be equally comfortable for animals and visitors. Outside, through three large windows you can see the entire exposition on land and under water. It is important that access to the large window of the aviary is now easier for visitors in wheelchairs - instead of stairs there are ramps with railings on both sides. Inside, the otters have a recreational shelter in addition to dry land and water.

Simultaneously with the creation of the otters enclosure, our specialists and colleagues from the Moskvarium were involved in the renewal of the Baikal seal exhibit. Here they replaced the ornamental relief of the shore, in order to increase the area of the animals' rookery, and renewed the artistic painting of the aviary walls.