So last Saturday we had our first big out in the Jacksonville world adventure as a group and we went to the Zoo here. I have not been to many zoo's, but I can say that I am sure this one is above the average AMAZING! The exhibits were so spacious and nicely kept and they had many different ongoing research projects and it was just wonderful. They had all kinds of animals (typical of any zoo) and they had them separated by native region. The land of Asia was pretty cool but my favorite was the South America exhibit. I mostly have a bunch of pictures from the day but we were also able to view some tiger training.Then we participated in a little bit of behavioral research, but mostly we just gawked at all the pretty animals. Here, take a gawk yourself :)
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| The crew: Elyse, Julia, Tony, Amanda, Brittany |
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| Tony the stowaway |
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| This is baleen from a whale |
A bunch of cetacean skulls...
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| These little guys are whale mites! They look like little aliens and they are what attaches to the whales and gives them their identifying white markings. |
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| Loggerhead Seaturtle skull, bigger than Jake's! |
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| Manatee skull |
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| The infamous Bonobo chimps! |
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| This fabulous guy just became my new all time favorite bird, sorry Killdeer |
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| Butterfly Hollow |
It was a great day at the zoo, thats for sure. Elyse and I managed to hit every exhibit and see all the animals. Success!!!
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