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The National Aquarium at Baltimore has a wonderfully replicated rain forest on the top floor. Maybe there is one in Iowa, also, but this one is really great...it's also a world class Aquarium. Get more information about them at their web site: http://www.aqua.org/. I could not find much at the website about the forest per se, but lots of info about the aquarium. Trust me...the rain forest is there...I was so hot & it was so muggy in there...I can't describe it.
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I visited one last year in Galveston, TX. It was fantastic - all sorts of birds, fish, butterflies, and other creatures lurking around, and yes, the humidity is something! Quite a learning experience - I envy the field trips that schools close by can offer their students...
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The city of Des Moines has thrown around the plans for an indoor educational rainforest, but it's met a lot of opposition and hasn't been built yet. The Botanical Center, though, is full of tropical plants and birds with a huge banana tree right in the center. It's a lot of fun.
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The city of Des Moines has thrown around the plans for an indoor educational rainforest, but it's met a lot of opposition and hasn't been built yet. The Botanical Center, though, is full of tropical plants and birds with a huge banana tree right in the center. It's a lot of fun.
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Bill - The Cleveland MetroPark Zoo also has quite a nice Rainforest, which includes animals, birds, insects, butterflies, some snakes, and a very large, very old and mean looking crocodile. There's also an area that, on a timed schedule, 'showers' throughout the exhibit.
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Just a quick update to this old post: The rainforest will be built in Coralville, Iowa, to the tune of several million dollars. It will be a "destination" of sorts -- much development around the area. I think it's supposed to be tourist-ready by 2008...but I'm not certain. A
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Just a quick update to this old post: The rainforest will be built in Coralville, Iowa, to the tune of several million dollars. It will be a "destination" of sorts -- much development around the area. I think it's supposed to be tourist-ready by 2008...but I'm not certain. Anyone have more specific info?
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The rain forest in Coralville Iowa is not even a done deal yet. There is still lots of opposition. It will be interesting to see if it ever gets built, and what form it will take in the end.
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