Sunday, December 7, 2014

Saint Louis Zoo


Our July 2014 visit to St. Louis continued with a visit to the zoo.  The Saint Louis Zoo was established in 1910 as an outgrowth of the 1904 World's Fair.  It is consistently rated as one of the top five zoos in the United States.  Marlin Perkins was one of the former directors of the zoo.  The zoo is located on 93 acres in Forest Park and houses more than 700 species of animals and almost 18,000 total animals.

Pedestrian bridge from the South parking lot

The Zooline Railroad from the pedestrian bridge

A pair of Capybaras

Egyptian Geese

Some of the fish in the Hippo Harbor

Cheetah

Asian Elephants

Black Bear

Pallid Sturgeon

Aldabra and Galapagos Tortoises

Orangutan

Caribbean Flamingos

Jaguar

Grevy's Zebra

Bactrian Camel

Addax

Takin

Okapi

Giraffe

Sarus Crane

Banteng

Babirusa

Speke's Gazelle

Soemmerring's Gazelle

Red-flanked Duiker and East African Crowned Crane

Somali Wild Ass

Transcaspian Urial

Ring-tailed Lemur

Lion-tailed Macaque

Coquerel's Sifaka

Admission to the zoo is free.  Parking is $15 per vehicle in either the North or South lots.  Parking is reduced to $10 during the off-season.

The zoo website is http://www.stlzoo.org/.

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