Meeresaquarium Exotarium Nautiland e.V. — Attraction in Sonneberg

The worst experience of my life, turtles and meerkats were together, many baby meerkats were crushed by the turtles in the small space, meerkats in poor condition, malnourished living in a very small space next to the feces and urine of the turtles, while the mother tried to catch her dead young, the turtles passed over it and the rest went to the windows where they could be calm, the habitat was poorly adapted in a ROOM, they had no ventilation, the tortoises were quite big like the tortoises locked up with meerkats in a room of about 9 m2 or less, all this while all the people, especially children, overwhelmed the meerkats, which are very sensitive animals, added to this, this was in front of a play space for children, THIS WAS IN A BUILDING IN A SECOND OR THIRD floor, I don't remember well, it's like having meerkats in a room in your house with giant tortoises, I don't know how that is allowed, I'm from Ecuador and here we are extremely aware of giant tortoises and how they should be in wide open spaces where they comply their functions not in a ROOM, I was dismayed, they should be limited to having aquatic animalsm, and turtles, birds and meerkats especially must be rescued and I repeat this was in a building in a town in Germany. Added to that they let the poor meerkats suffer with their dead children while children and adults shouted and took photos and the turtles moved where they could since in that space there were many ornaments that made it impossible for the turtles to walk, directing them where they were forced to. meerkats lived or rather tortured to stay, they did not have any system of tunnels, that is A ROOM or where they dig to have their young, having them in the middle of the path of the crowded turtles, CONSIDER THAT THEY HAD A THIN LAYER OF SAND ON THE FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THE POOR MEERICATS TRIED TO CATCH THEIR CRUSHED BABIES FULL OF BLOOD BETWEEN THE LEGS OF...

Vor 2 Wochen überraschte ich meine Enkeltochter mit einem Besuch im Merresaquarium in Sonneberg und gleichzeitig auch ein wenig mich! Die Anreise mit dem Auto dorthin war sehr angenehm, da sich, direkt vor dem Gebäude, ein großer, wenn auch kostenpflichtiger Parkplatz befindet. Schnell sind wir dann in das Aquarium hinein und zählten an der Kasse 6,50 €... Da die Enkeltochter unter 3 Jahren war, war ihr Eintritt frei! Jacken schnell an die Garderobe gehangen und los ging der Rundgang! Es erwarteten uns 3 Etagen mit Aquarien, Terrarien und Gehegen. Wir konnten viele kleine und große Fische bestaunen, kleine und große Schlangen, Kaimane, Haie, Schildkröte zu Land und zu Wasser, Frösche, Chamäleons und viele Gekkos. Unser letzter Weg führte uns dann in die 3. Etage zu den Streifenhörnchen und den Erdmännchen, welche sich ihre Gehege mit den Riesenschlidkröten teilen. Meine Enkeltochter war von all den schönen Tieren sehr angetan und fragte immer wieder neugierig... Was ist das... wieso... warum ...? Der krönende Abschluss unseres Rundganges war dann der Indoor - Spielplatz mit Klettergerüst und Wellenrutsche! So konnte das Kind sich dann austoben und die Nana sich dann ein wenig ausruhen und die glücklichen Kinderaugen genießen. So vergingen 2 Stunden wie im Fluge und mein Resümee ist... Das Aquarium ist einen Besuch wert und auch hier gilt das Motto : "Wenn einer eine Reise tut, dann kann er was erleben!“. In diesem...

We can highly recommend this aquarium. While it is not‘ polished’ it it cosy and accomodating. We felt like the animals are treated with respect (ie have enough space, and the enclosures are setup with love and attention to detail). Some of the negative comments are not in line with our experience - don’t be discouraged by them. All in all an interesting experience that kept us entertained for 2.5h (even though we would have liked to stay...