Georgia Aquarium’s Georgia Explorer exhibit is a wonderful place to immerse oneself in one or all of their three different touch tanks as well as learn about the various marine life that can be found in Georgia’s rivers and off its coast. The first touch pool is my favourite as it has the social and…
From the African Plains of Kesho Park you venture down the long, steep hill to the Canadian Domain. With the new Tundra Trek exhibit many of the animals that were once found in the Canadian Domain can now be found there and over the next few years the rest will follow. But for now down…
Also out on Toronto Zoo’s savannah is Kesho Park Headquarters, a cabin set up like an African safari outpost, where visitors are surrounded by animal skins, horns and tortoise shells that can be touched, as well as pictures and information on conservation issues. Interactive exhibits like this are great for adult and children alike and…
Perched atop the Small Mammal House are a cat, wolf and bear statues. The Smithsonian National Zoo has a wonderful assortment of statues like these, most with happy children clambering over them for a photo-op. Statues range from otters at play, a sloth bear and her young, giant pandas and many more including a bronzed…
The Smithsonian National Zoo was founded in 1889 by an Act of Congress for “the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people.” Located in Washington, D.C. the National Zoo, free to visitors, is set on 163 acres of Rock Creek Park and is now home to 2000 individual animals of 400…
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