Tag Archive: Zoo

May 15

Audubon Zoo: The Kid Friendly Wild Side of New Orleans

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The Audubon Zoo is one part of the Audubon attractions that can be found in New Orleans and in our humble opinion it is the best attraction of the three. While the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas and the Audubon Insectarium were well put together, our experience at the Audubon Zoo makes the other two …

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May 01

Baton Rouge Zoo: Geaux Wild

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Baton Rouge Zoo is the number one year-round family attraction in Louisiana’s capitol city.  It is a medium sized zoo with several of the more prized species like tigers, Asian elephants, and giraffes that entertain the quarter of a million guests that visit the Baton Rouge Zoo each year.  This zoo was a nice stop …

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Apr 10

Caldwell Zoo: Big Zoo in a Small City

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The Caldwell Zoo located in Tyler, Texas is one the best small city zoos that Karen and I have ever been to.  It is a relatively large zoo at 84 acres and houses more than 2,000 animals including African elephants, black-footed penguins, lions, a white tiger, and black bear.  The exhibits were spacious and well …

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Mar 30

Top 10 Zoo Exhibits

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Karen and I have been working our way towards seeing all of the top tier zoos in the United States and hopefully someday we will be able to see some of the top zoos in the world.  No zoo that we have visited has been perfect but there have been some very exciting exhibits to …

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Mar 13

Fort Worth Zoo: A Texas Sized Zoo

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The Fort Worth Zoo is one of the highest rated zoos in the United States having been rated a top zoo by various newspapers and other publications.  So going in Karen and I had pretty high hopes for the zoo, and though it did not disappoint, Karen and I did not see what the fuss …

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Feb 21

Dallas Zoo: A Safari of Fun

Giraffe Close Up

Karen and I have been to the Dallas Zoo twice and have enjoyed both our visits because it just seems to get better each time.  Our first visit was in the early fall of 2010 when they first opened the Giants of the Savanna African exhibit which could be the best exhibit we have ever …

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Jan 19

Como Park Zoo: Go for the Conservatory stay for the Zoo

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Como Park Zoo is a small area zoo that is one part of St. Paul’s Como Park entertainment complex which includes the Como Town Amusement Park, the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, and the Como Park Zoo.  The beautiful Como Park Conservatory is well worth the drive there and their zoo is a nice bonus.  Even though …

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Jan 04

Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History

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Sioux Falls South Dakota should feel very lucky for such a small town they have such a gem in their Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Musem of Natural History.  Karen and I are zoo fanatics and no matter where we travel if there is a zoo chances are we are stopping.  We have found that outside …

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Dec 05

Henry Doorly Zoo: Like Taking a Trip around the World without leaving Omaha

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The Henry Doorly Zoo located in Omaha, Nebraska has some of the most amazing exhibits to visit and those places will have any visitor thinking that this is the greatest zoo in the states.  Unfortunately other areas of the park will have any visitor thinking that this is just an ordinary zoo.  The Henry Doorly …

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Nov 14

Minnesota Zoo: One of the Best Zoos Around

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Karen and I were really impressed with the Minnesota Zoo.  In fact, Karen said that it was her second favorite zoo just behind her favorite which is the zoo in Memphis.  What we liked so much about the Minnesota Zoo was the fact that they had very cutting edge exhibits and it seemed like every …

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