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From: Linda H
Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 5:42 AM
To: Nathan Duvivier
Cc: Linda Henry; Tim Bouts; Jeremy Lannoy; Pascal De Beck; Juan Pedro Escarabajal Martinez
Subject: RE: Land of the Cold_Penguins facility

Hi again. Just to be clear, I am located in the San Diego SeaWorld. We also have a SeaWorld in
Orlando. The Orlando park is the newest of our three Penguin exhibits. San Diego is the oldest and
coldest. San Diego average air temperature is -3.9C and average water temperature is 5.6C. This may
help us with the smell component of our rookeries.

In the Orlando park the average air temperature is about 3C. Water temperature is about 9.8C. See
photo below.
Below are the platforms that are added and removed seasonally. During my visit in September they
were still in storage as shown in photo.

Close up showing the supports that it sits on (they are upside down in the photo)
The below photo shows the smaller grating that is installed on top of the larger grating to keep the rocks
from falling through the holes.

You can see that the sections are cut to fit the topography/footprint of the habitat.

Orlando also uses Synexis to help with odor in the guest areas.
https://synexis.com/

Hope this helps. I will send some photos of our habitat from work today. Feel free to call. Ii work from
0630 to 1500 daily at 1-619-226-3600 extension 2407. I am home from 1600 and usually go to bed
about 2100. Times are all Pacific Standard Time.
Cheers, LMH

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From: Linda Henry

Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 5:10 AM
To: Nathan Duvivier
Cc: Linda Henry; Tim Bouts; Jeremy Lannoy; Pascal De Beck; Juan Pedro Escarabajal Martinez
Subject: Re: Land of the Cold_Penguins facility

Hi Nathan. Yes. Many people are surprised we do not clean our nesting areas. And yes, it does get
smelly. But in my park in San Diego (the one photo of loose rocks ) the guests that come behind the
scenes do not complain. Our space is small by comparison to your habitat. And we have a full air change
every 30 minutes. The space is also positively pressured which means it does push out to the guest
area. But few complaints from guests.

In our Orlando park ( the photos of the imbedded rocks ) they have a walk through exhibit similar to
your design. They elevate the rookery By about 15-16 cm on a platform. Then they flush out under the
rookery with a hose. This helps alleviate the smell.

In both our parks, the snowy areas are melted and renewed daily. We just do not disturb the nests once
the birds are building nests, laying eggs, incubating and rearing chicks. To clean in the loose rock nesting
area would mean getting the eggs wet or disturbing the nesting process. We just put in our rookeries. I
will take some photos for you today. I will look for photos of Orlando’s platforms.

Thanks for the cool photo. What great fun and enrichment for these two species. Talk to you again
soon. Lmh

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On Oct 7, 2020, at 4:28 AM, Nathan Duvivier <Nathan.Duvivier@pairidaiza.eu> wrote:

Hi Linda,

Thank you very much for your answers.

This is very useful and much appreciated.
We’ll follow your advices and not use the prefab slabs and build the beaches more like yours with the
pebbles imbedded in mortar.
We’ll also allow some loose areas for nesting.
What would be the average size manageable by the birds?
I’m really surprised to read that you don’t clean the nesting areas for as much as 7months.
Because you have open public areas like us. Does the public not complain about the smell?
Is the melting and renewing of the snow cap through the winter period enough to keep “under control”?
For your pleasure, you’ll find here attached a few pics of our walrus and bears playing together through
the separation glass