A lot of Belgians have tried because it's had so big success in Belgium that they tried and opened one of these things in Spain for example, but they always failed.
That happened in the 1860s… when many slaves revolted against the wealthy… especially sugar plantation owners who fled in search of a new place to set up shop.
At the end of 2013, Reiss sold a majority stake in the company to Bain Capital, which allowed the company to expand manufacturing in Toronto and Winnipeg and eventually open a store in New York City.
These self-contained life-support systems keep everything inside from drying out, and it meant that reptiles and the early ancestors of mammals could travel, see the world, set up shop in every corner of Pangaea.