This new Rainforest exhibit in the Orlando Science Center used to be the former Kids Town. The temperature controlled environment is warm lush and humid.
Birds flew overhead. They were just quick flashes of color and movement, so I didn’t catch any in my sketch.
A sloth rested in a circular shaped hammock and never moved the entire time I was there. If he did move, he did so so slowly that I never noticed. Ropes up inn the branches were highways for a tamerin monkey.
A marsupial was quite curious about me and chomped on some of the foliage. I heard he is a bit of an escape artist. I named him Houdini.
One of the handlers was kind enough to dig out a turtle from his hidden cave. I had a few minutes to sketch him in the corner before he crawled back inside. Behind me a 17 foot waterfall cascaded down into a pool filled with freshwater fish. I must say this was the most relaxing exhibit to sketch and I never knew where some wildlife might pop up. All the live landscaping seemed to be thriving with all the light pouring in through the huge windows covered with blue and green art.