The exhibition is housed in an outdoor, temporary structure made from sea freight containers -- a reminder of the fact that the artists involved in the project come from a very poor district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital.

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The outdoor climbing frame, built by the army, is the largest man-made structure for apes in the world, and will encourage the chimpanzees' natural curiosity and intelligence.

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In fact, the resulting tube-like structure was but the overture to a major symphony of cat-related outdoor enclosures, a veritable pet Disneyland, if you will.

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The structure spans 15, 000 square feet, and sits 500 inside plus 250 more on an outdoor deck with sweeping views of the Sierras, and most of the time it functions as just another on-mountain ski lodge with restrooms and dining, albeit a very modern and environmentally friendly one with great food (and a full blown barbecue smokehouse outside).

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