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 The zoo entry walkway spanning Anthony Wayne Trail  The main entrance arch with a very cute little boy posing. Note, this page encompasses a couple visits to the zoo. Not unlike with The Henry Ford, we have a membership which allows us all the visits we want  Jared checking out some seals dancing in the water  Our big boy hanging out in a cave. What's in that cave you say?  Why it's a polar bear!  The boys hanging out along the African savannah  And here we see (in my opinion) the two coolest animals in the area too, the zebras and giraffes Quick video of the giraffes and the safari train too  Inside the zoo aviary, lots of birds  Like most aviaries, many rooms are wide open, meaning the birds are flying around free, within touching distance at times  I'm not even going to bother trying to identify these things, just enjoy the pretty birds   Jared enjoying his time amongst the birds     Here's a cute little bird with its own tiny nest on the wall  Monkies!  Jared checking out a silverback gorilla. Pretty brave for a kid, even with a thick pane of glass  Jared riding a more "tame" gorilla  The zoo has a ton of beautiful landscaping, including this small water garden  Inside the arboretum - very hot in here  Jared playing with some ducks in the pond outside the arboretum  Devin reminding us that he's around, but a little more immobile in his stroller - and grabbing for the camera  In the reptile house, here's a Chinese alligator. It's only about 2 feet long  Jared with a diamondback rattler  Some of the snakes are very colorful  And beautiful  Here's a full-size cousin to the alligator above, the river crocodile. No, I didn't get too close for this picture  check out this snake, plus you can see his old skin  I believe this is a komodo dragon  Devin happy with all the wild duckies in the zoo  Here we go, one of the coolest animals, the elephants  This area will be the new elephant habitat this fall  More construction  My personal favorite big game animal, the rhinoceros  Jared's current favorite, the meerkat  Look Daddy, Timone!  They were pretty playful and social, posing for pictures a lot  Jared riding one of the bronze tigers. I can't believe I didn't get a shot of the real ones. Oh well, next time  This just ruled. Near the entrance they have a habitat for injured bald eagles, how cool is that?  Not a very exciting picture I know, but this was in the waterfowl exhibit. A mother duck was swimming with her babies as they were learning how to swim. It was adorable, trust me  Jared with a friend of his, Erica, riding the gorillas again  My little boy being a flutterby!  Here's a good shot of the African safari train engine. It's beautiful, but they cheated a bit (it's diesel)  Wildlife on the savannah  Some vultures  Now some vultures and a boy  Along the way they give you a tour and all that. Here they describe that leopards hide their kills in trees sometimes to save them for later  More wildlife  Even more - zebras, giraffes, gnus's, greater kudu  And some impalas too. No, the croc isn't real  Jared enjoying the hippo on the safari carousel  The reptile house had a few animals you could check out and touch, like this lizard  And this tiny snake  Jared checking out the snake  The zoo opened up this new area called Nature's Neighborhood, which is focused on the kids. It's very cool, and filled with lots of points of kiddie interest like this wading river. I promise next time I'll get more pics of the overall compound  As close as I ever want to get to one of the spiders in the bugs exhibit. This thing was the size of a CD!  Jared and Erica posing on the tigers again just before we left  And a final shot leaving the zoo, returning across the walkway you saw in the first picture |
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