I love naturalistic vivaria, too. The Art of Keeping Snakes, by Philippe De Vosjoli, and Natural Terrariums, by Philip Purser, are both fantastic resources on the subject. De Vosjoli writes at length about living (or "bioactive" substrate systems, which is an absolutely fascinating subject, and one I wish more herpers were interested in.

And you are absolutely right about Shedd's displays. A couple of the highlights for me were seeing the komodo dragon display and the group of caiman lizards in their habitat, surrounded by snail shells.

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