Zoos that flipped night and day so YOU can finally see what darkness hides.
Season 1 • Episode 13
LatestSpectacled bears in Zurich; the Congo comes alive at the Bronx Zoo; aquarium at the Mall of America breeds sharks.
There is a remarkable zoo in Nebraska that has enclosed its entire grounds and flipped night for day, allowing visitors to experience nocturnal animals in their natural habitat, when the animals are awake. In California, a zoo allows cheetahs to engage in free-roaming hunts. Another encourages rare, nearly extinct species to breed. This documentary is a close-up, behind-the-scenes look inside the world’s most fascinating and animal-friendly zoos.
Practical Effects
The reverse-daylight engineering is genuinely ingenious.
Direction
Mike Mathis finds drama in veterinary checkups.
Creator
Mike Mathis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'reverse lighting' concept pioneered here influenced modern aquarium design worldwide.
This predates the zoo reform boom by a decade—conservation discourse was very different in 2005.
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