Mrs P had the day off today, so I took off as well and we hit the zoo. Neither of us had been in years and we had a blast. If we didn't already have plans tomorrow, we might very well be going back. The
Birmingham Zoo is a smaller zoo and is in the process of renovating and updating its facilities, and it's a hell of a lot better than I remember it from last time. Some of the most interesting exhibits:
- Babec, the gorilla with a pacemaker
- Giraffe feeding (for a $1 donation you get to hand feed the giraffes)
- The white tiger
- The Butterfly House - a really amazing display
- The Lorikeet House - another walk-though exhibit
- Alabama Wild, a new addition to the zoo showcasing local wildlife. Excellent and informative.
Click on the meerkat to see more zoo pix on Flickr!
2 comments:
Aww, a picture of a sea lion. I love sea lions. Them and penguins. What, no penguins at that zoo?
Nice white tiger, too.
I haven't been to the local zoo for a few years, three or four, I think. They keep adding all this cool stuff to it, but I just haven't found the time. It's really become an all-day sorta thing.
If you watch the College World Series, you can see part of the zoo behind the right field bleachers.
The sea lion in the foreground is Julie, the fourth oldest sea lion ever. She's 30 (average life span is 20-30 years for one in captivity, 15 or so in the wild) and is blind.
No penguins in our zoo. Too cold maybe?
The white tiger was very cool. We happened to come up when no one else was around. It felt like we were the only people in the place.
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