Miami Zoo
Sunday October 15, 2006
Miami MetroZoo is fast becoming one of the best zoos in the nation. Its climate allows it to keep a wide variety of animals from Asia, Australia and Africa like no other zoo in the country. One of the first free-range zoos in the country, the exhibits are entirely cageless. Animals are grouped according to their geographic territory and animals that live together peacefully in the wild are placed in exhibits together. Other animals in the area are separated by moats. Looking out across the African plains, for example, you see the animals apparently co-mingling much as you would on a safari. The trees, foliage and even soil mimic as closely as possible the native habitat of the animals.
Comments
The Zoo was great, except for the lack of information about the animals. They gave you general information, but not about each animal. Where did the elephants come from? Were they born there, or brought in from somwhere? Which were the baby gorilla and baby chimps mom? How much do they weigh? Were there any offspring from the silverback? Not only was I thinking where is the personal information on each animal, but I heard alot if people asking the same thing.