I can understand all the low scores that are given, mainly because of the fact that they hate to see the animals captive in synthetic environments which are much smaller than they'd enjoy out in the wild. But, if you feel like that, I don't actually believe that this place would have been GOOD for you to peruse period, so why you went is really beyond me. Is it not similar to visiting a zoo? It was very cool to be in the rainforest-ish setting with the birds and monkeys roaming freely - free enough to walk up to you. I'll admit other aspects were cool, but none cooler than that area. The penguins were great to see in person. That was actually one of the very few highlights of visiting Montreal, as well as going up the tower. Go there, but if you hate seeing animals in any sort of captivity, than don't go there.