GOING TO BE HERE.
THE LOW TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO
STICK WITH US.
LONG WAIT, BUT THE REPTILE
EXHIBIT IS BACK OVER AT THE
HONOLULU ZOO.
GREAT NEWS.
LAST TIME I WENT, WHICH WAS A
LONG TIME AGO, EMPTY INSIDE.
THERE IS A BIG SIGN, EXHIBIT
CLOSE.
LONGER.
NOW LET'S CHECK IN WITH JAI
CUNNINGHAM HANGING OUT WITH SOME
SCALY FRIENDS THIS MORNING.
HEY, JAI.
Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
KELLY AND KRISTINE.
A LITTLE EARLIER I GAVE YOU MY
BEST IGUANA IMPERSONATION.
THE GREEN IGUANA HERE MUST BE
GREEN WITH ENVY.
NOW HE'S MOCKING ME.
HE'S IMITATING JAI.
HE'S SUN WORSHIPING.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
THIS ECTOTHERM TALKING ABOUT
COLD BLOODED ANIMALS.
THEY REQUIRE THE ENVIRONMENT TO
HEAT THEM.
HENCE THE SUN WORSHIPING.
LINDA IS THE NEW ZOO DIRECTOR.
TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THE
WONDERFUL CREATURES.
ENDANGERED.
SOME OF THE SPECIES AREN'T PETS
OR SHOULD NOT BE PETS IN
HAWAI'I.
THIS GIVES KIDS OF HAWAI'I A
CHANCE TO SEE THINGS THEY MAY
NEVER SEE.
EXACTLY.
THIS IS A GREAT FACILITY.
IT'S NOT JUST TO SHOW INVASIVE
SPECIES AND SPEARS THAT ARE NOT
ALLOWED INTO HAWAI'I.
IT'S WILL GO GIVING THE KIDS OF
HAWAI'I A CHANCE AND AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS
AND LEARN ABOUT THEM.
Reporter: GREAT THING IS
WE'RE LOOKING NOW.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU NAME A
CREATURE, THEY'RE PRETTY COMMON
AND, OKAY, THAT SHOULD BE THE
IMPACT NAME.
WHAT'S THIS?
LEOPARD GECKO.
YOU AND I WERE LOOKING, THEY
LOOK AS IF THEY'RE DIRT OR
ROCKS.
THAT'S SORT OF DEFENSE
MECHANISM.
A LOT OF ANIMALS HAVE
CAMOUFLAGE SO THEY'RE HIDDEN AND
BLEND IN WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THAT HELPS PROTECT THEM.
Reporter: THE FUTURE, THIS
ECTOTHERM IS A WONDERFUL STEP.
IT'S RIGHT BY RUSTY AND VIOLET,
AND IN BETWEEN THAT.
AND THE ELEPHANT EXHIBIT.
THE GREAT THING IS IT STANDS ON
SAME GROUNDS YOU USED TO TO HAVE AT
THE REPTILE HOUSE BUT IT'S
EXPAND.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE NATURAL
SUNLIGHT.
IT NOT ONLY TAKES ADVANTAGE OF
THE NATURAL SUNLIGHT BUT IT'S
BASED ON ANIMAL WELFARE.
IT'S A LITTLE BIGGER.
WE APPRECIATIVE THAT WE GOT TO
BUILD IT AND COMPLETE IT.
AND IT'S PART OF THE CITY AND
IT'S AMAZING.
SOME OF THE CREATURES.
BRAND NEW $3 MILLION ECTOTHERM
COMPLEX.
IT'S WORTH CHECKING OUGHTS AT
THE HONOLULU ZOO.
Kristine: THANK YOU..
JAI, ONE QUESTION FOR LINDA.
SHE'S BEEN GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO
COME ON OUR SHOW AS WELL.
FOR ZOO VISITORS, WHAT ELSE CAN
THEY EXPECT IN THE FORESEEABLE
FUTURE?
CAN YOU ASK LINDA THAT?
Reporter: CERTAINLY.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
LINDA, WE'VE SEEN THE ECTOTHERM
COMPLEX.
RIGHT ON END OF IT, THERE'S
SOMETHING NEW COMING.
YOGI BEAR WOULD LOVE THIS,
RIGHT?
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN A SUN
BEAR EXHIBIT.
WE HAVE SUN BEARS HERE AT THE
ZOO, AND WE'VE HOPING TO START
CONSTRUCTION MAYBE AS SOON AS
FEBRUARY OF 20138.