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The San Antonio Zoo is an excellent place to learn and enjoy animals that many of us will never get a chance to see in the wild. We renew our zoo pass every year.
This Koi pond is just to the left of the entrance when you are coming in, past the gift shop. They're always expecting some food, but since there is none available for purchase at this location, we do not feed them.
This is a pretty duck. We didn't find the sign to identify him. He's not a wood duck, but he sure is beautiful!
These lilly pads are located at the entrance of the Tiny Tots Nature Spot. There is a sandy swimming area just around the corner. We hang out there a lot to cool off. It's very natural-looking.
And this... is the entrance to the all-new African animal exhibit. It's indoors. They only have phase I finished. Phase II is expected to be finished next year some time.
These would be examples of fossils in a cave wall. We recognized a few of them from our Zoology II study - Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day. If you don't know about the Apology elementary science books, these are excellent in-depth studies of particular areas of science and they are written according short earth creation (not long earth theories and certainly not evolution... sorry evolutionists). We are currently studying Apologia Astronomy for the summer. We're hosting a summer Astronomy club to go along with it. Boy, do we have fun! Check out the books at http://www.apologia.com/.
Oh, a python... and a curious one too.
Picture perfect opportunities exist all over the zoo. This is one of the many statues located near the snake house.
The Toucan is always lovely. He was being picturesque today... and so was Taylor? Daniel was going along with it.
The Jaguars always look like they want to hunt. They're either sun-bathing or pacing. At least one of them is pacing every time we come. Poor guy. They probably need a larger area to live in, which I'm sure they'll get eventually.
The play area with the big slides is no longer there. This is one revamp with which I was disappointed. The petting area is okay. They goat of course and cute and sweet. But, I think the way they had it before was better.
The zoo and surrounding well-gardened attractions are always lovely and well-kept. I love taking pictures of flowers. I'm not going to have time to identify these right now, but if you know, please post it. These look similar to forget-me-nots, but more crinkly at the edges.
I see this one around here a lot. It's one of my favorites! Flowers are another one of God's fingerprints that he leaves on this world. To observe the complexity, color, variety and detail of flowers is just amazing. It an expression of His amazing complexity and grace on us. What a wonderful thing they are!
This Koi pond is just to the left of the entrance when you are coming in, past the gift shop. They're always expecting some food, but since there is none available for purchase at this location, we do not feed them.
This is a pretty duck. We didn't find the sign to identify him. He's not a wood duck, but he sure is beautiful!
These lilly pads are located at the entrance of the Tiny Tots Nature Spot. There is a sandy swimming area just around the corner. We hang out there a lot to cool off. It's very natural-looking.
And this... is the entrance to the all-new African animal exhibit. It's indoors. They only have phase I finished. Phase II is expected to be finished next year some time.
These would be examples of fossils in a cave wall. We recognized a few of them from our Zoology II study - Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day. If you don't know about the Apology elementary science books, these are excellent in-depth studies of particular areas of science and they are written according short earth creation (not long earth theories and certainly not evolution... sorry evolutionists). We are currently studying Apologia Astronomy for the summer. We're hosting a summer Astronomy club to go along with it. Boy, do we have fun! Check out the books at http://www.apologia.com/.ANYWAY, we were familiar with the trilobites there in the wall. You can see this to the left of the ammonite Taylor has her hand on. (She is particularly interested in ammonites.) The trilobite is the the large dark creature there with vertical looking lines. These guys are extinct as far as we know. They used to cover the ocean floor and could roll up like pill bugs that kids (and our cat) like to play with today. There were several species of them ranging from 1/4 inch long to ocer 2 feet! The name trilobite means three lobes. Those vertical lines you see are separates into three sections and yes, each section is a lobe. Some had eyes and some didn't. Some had eyes on long stalks like snails. The eyes were not soft, but more like crystal rocks and functioned a lot like the eyes of a fly with multiple lenses. Very interesting creature!
Ammonites were named after an Egyptian god named Amun, but are said to have been extinct for 65 million years. The god had a rams horn behind each ear, which look similar to an ammonite. Hmmm... I wonder if Egyptians named them because they found live ammonites or fossilized ones.
Ammonites were named after an Egyptian god named Amun, but are said to have been extinct for 65 million years. The god had a rams horn behind each ear, which look similar to an ammonite. Hmmm... I wonder if Egyptians named them because they found live ammonites or fossilized ones. Mrs. Hippo here is relaxing in her spa as the surrounding fish clean her. How good that must feel! If you saw her living quarters before, you know this is heaven! Great job SA Zoo!
Oh, a python... and a curious one too.Picture perfect opportunities exist all over the zoo. This is one of the many statues located near the snake house.
The Toucan is always lovely. He was being picturesque today... and so was Taylor? Daniel was going along with it.
The Jaguars always look like they want to hunt. They're either sun-bathing or pacing. At least one of them is pacing every time we come. Poor guy. They probably need a larger area to live in, which I'm sure they'll get eventually.
The play area with the big slides is no longer there. This is one revamp with which I was disappointed. The petting area is okay. They goat of course and cute and sweet. But, I think the way they had it before was better.The zoo and surrounding well-gardened attractions are always lovely and well-kept. I love taking pictures of flowers. I'm not going to have time to identify these right now, but if you know, please post it. These look similar to forget-me-nots, but more crinkly at the edges.
I see this one around here a lot. It's one of my favorites! Flowers are another one of God's fingerprints that he leaves on this world. To observe the complexity, color, variety and detail of flowers is just amazing. It an expression of His amazing complexity and grace on us. What a wonderful thing they are!
Last, but not least, we rode on the Brackenridge train. When we plan a trip to the zoo, we have to make sure we have $7 to ride the train. Unfortunately, no discount for having a zoo pass. Daniel is a huge train fan, so we can't escape the zoo without a ride. AND, for the first time, we got to ride in the back!
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