Gorilla Climb latest attraction at Toronto Zoo

This summer at Toronto Zoo you can climb like a gorilla—though fortunately not with them.

The new Gorilla Climb Ropes Course, opened last week, offers visitors the chance to experience “a series of moderate to challenging climbing elements,” says a Toronto Zoo news release.

Participants will be attached to a swing line, allowing them to safety climb to a height of three stories to view the gorillas in the Gorilla Rainforest Exhibit from above.

“We are always looking for new family fun experiences to offer at the zoo,” Toronto Zoo’s Shanna Young wrote in an email to the Epoch Times.

Young added that the partner who worked with the zoo on the Conservation Carousel at the front entrance is the same one who helped build the ropes course.

The Gorilla Climb is a seasonal attraction and will cost $8 per person.

White lions and new offspring

The zoo has several new offerings this summer, including the permanent white lions exhibit that opened in May. There have also been several births, including an African penguin chick and a polar bear cub named Hudson.

It is the last year for Sharks at Stingray Bay, an interactive experience that allows visitors to touch stingrays and sharks which are housed in a 1,450-square-foot pool.

So far in 2012, attendance has been positive, Young said, owing to a combination of the zoo’s attractions. “Winter and spring weather cooperated as well, with people wanting to be outside to enjoy the zoo.”

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