Sunday, February 10, 2008

Toledo Zoo

The Toledo Zoo is becoming more well known every year. The zoo is known for it's ability to create outstanding exhibits in the little space it works with (about 65 acres). The zoos' Polar Encounter is known as one of the best in the country, this exhibit gives visitors the idea that seals and polar bear share the same exhibit. The zoos' Hippoquarium is the first underwater viewing exhibit of hippos ever. The Toledo Zoo has grown faster and faster. It's latest area is called Africa!, this area is home to African wild dogs and a large 5 acre exhibit that houses the zoos' giraffe, zebra, antelope, and birds. Visitors have the chance to ride a train around the large exhibt to get even closer. The zoo has built around it's old architecture and helped to mesh the new with the old. It's constantly changing and developing new things. The zoo has plans to build new exhibits for the elephants, rhino, and hippos. The zoo has a large collection of fish, primate, and has renonvated it's Children's Zoo making it better.

North Carolina Zoo

The North Carolina Zoo is known as having one of the longest walking trails in the country for zoos. This zoo has two main regions, North America and Africa. North America is broken into 4 regions. Everglades(gators, snapping turtles, pumas, and waterfowl), Arctic(sea birds, polar bears, and seal lions), Prairie(bears, wolves, elk, and bison), and temperate forest(otters, bobcats, snake and fishes). The African region has a gorilla (within the year they are to recieve a group of male gorilla from the Columbus Zoo), chimpanzees, giraffe, elephant, rhino, antelope, and much more. The zoo also has a desert region and avairy. The zoo is in the process of developing better exhibits for the elephants and rhinos. Though the zoo doesn't have the most high-tech things it makes up with it's sure size and nature.