Saint Louis Zoo.

Hello All.

Just today I went with my parents, and brother and sister(Technically, were not related, and my Real Dad is deceased, but its easier to refer to them as such because my mom is Close Friends with them) To the Saint Louis Zoo, one of the best Zoos in the Nation. I managed to get a quite a few photos of the animals we seen. My new Camera is a wondrous piece of tech, allowing me to take photos of animals that are Very far away without Blur.   Since I Just got home, I will Start this with some photos, and post more later.

First off, theres these Statues that we seen as we walked to the zoos entrance.

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Once inside, the first live animal we see are Ducks

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and some Sea Lion Sculptures

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From here, we took the little train around the zoo to get an idea of were everything is at, while on the train, I managed to get the rear end of a Tiger.

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Heres my Sister, Brother, and Dad on the train
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Once we were done on the train, we walked through a river exhibit, first thing we saw was a Blue and Gold Macaw.

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yes its not looking at us, but there was no way to get at its face.


Second Animals in this exhibit are a few bears that I thought were spectacled, but were not.

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Next were these creatures, I think there called Bush Dogs, and they were hiding in there pin

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Im sure We all know what this is, The largest rodent on earth (Capybara)

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next is the Black Rhino, but at this time, he was not around. But these Ibis birds were in his place

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On up the exhibit, there were these Painted Hunting Dogs, that were all lying against the wall.

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and then the rhino decided to show himself as far away as possible, but thanks to my camera, I got a decent shot of him.

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RED RIVER HOGS.  Thanks to CollectA, there my favorite Pigs.

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There was this cage on the pathway with birds in it. But Getting Pics of all of them was a bust, so I just got this one that stood close to us

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And now we have the animal that everyone was happy to see, despite it being the most dangerous animal from Africa
Before I saw this creature in person on dry land, I always wondered why Safari LTDs Hippo Figures are Purple, but here I can see Why.

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Here's a shot of them Swimming.

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Spotted Hyenas

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Cobra Statue

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Asian Elephants. There were a lot of them, I think they were separated by Sex, but I don't know for sure.

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Also This lizard was roaming freely, and it tried to attack My Sister.      

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Just Kidding, its another sculpture.

Mommy Elephant and Baby.

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also a Juvenile

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FISH

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also, a giant Beetle

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We then made our way into the children's Zoo, were we found some more interesting animals. There was this little building that housed some small creatures, and one enclosure had these Echidnas walking around, it was a pain to get a good photo of them, because they just keep moving.

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There Room mate on the other hand, was just lazy, and sat in his tree. (Its a Tree Kangaroo)

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In that building, there were also Meircats, they were adorable little things that wanted attention, I managed to get some good shots of them.

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What for wonderful pics of a wonderful zoo, all the phantastic and unusual species!! A echidna, bush dogs and many more!!!!!!

Thankyou for this wonderful tour   

It looks like a great zoo, with the animals being happy   
I like it that the animals are able to hide, so the visitors need to actually look for them   

Your pictures are so wonderful, it is like being there ! I can't wait to see more    

Very interesting, many thanks for showing!  

Inside the building, there were are these Fennec foxes, but they were curled up and sleeping.

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After we were done in the Building, My family found a little Show, that showed off some animals.  The Show started off with a Barn Owl, but I alredy seen one of those  during Eagles Days in Iowa. So I took a look ahead, and found some Domestic alpacas

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But then I saw something new at the show. So I got back, sat down, and took a Picture.

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Then they brought out an Eagle

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Then Finally, the were hinting at what the next animal was. They said it ate Ants, so I thought it was going to be a little Tamadua, but then when I looked to my side, there comes this weird creature, that I never expected in a children's zoo. It was a Aardvark!

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Sorry about the blurry pic right here, my camera did not adjust correctly to get its face.

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After the show, the woman started walking the creature as if it were a Dog, I was amazed at how tame it seemed, and I never thought that I would get this close to a Aardvark in my life.

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here's my sissy, Who posed for a picture

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We were now in the Playground area of the park, there was not much here. There was this Hollow Hippo Statue that the kids could climb in. and a Slide that goes through a River Otter tank.

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I did not get any pics of the otters, but I did get a picture of this statue of them.

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After we were done with the children's zoo, I begged my parents to let me go inside the Main entrance, because inside, were three famous Models of three Sea creatures hanging from the ceiling

Giant Squid

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Great White Shark

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and a Hammer Head Shark

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But when we were inside, there was something that caught my eye in the zoos educational room, Is that What I think it is?

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Oh Yes it was, a Giganotosaurus Model, and a Small Ornithopod Dinosaur.

Wow! Looks like you had a great time, thank you for sharing photos with us! I love the photo of all the painted dogs lined up against the wall

Stunning pictures   

Arrrhw ! Those fennecs ! And the eagle ! And a tame AARDWARK    

All so beautyful, - the sharks, - everything

I wonder what species the lovely, weasel-like critter is ? I WANT ONE     

Flying sharks, dinosaurs... Fantastic zoo   

I would love to see some tree kangaroo   

Thank you for sharing   

Those statues are beautiful and so are your pictures! Thank you for sharing your trip to the zoo!

After my visit to the North entrance, we made our way to the Reptile house. But on the way, we stopped by the lake to see the various water birds that were roaming freely in the water.

Swans

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Ducks

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and Pelicans,

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On are way, we made a Trip through a Underwater Tunnel with Sea Lions swimming

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And then we made it to the outside of the reptile house.   Outside are some Galapagos Tortoises

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and a Hidden Alligator

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Inside the house there were many species of reptiles and amphibians, but due to the need to keep up with my family, I was not able to get them all photographed.

Hidden iguanas

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Hidden Soft-shell Turtle

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Green Tree Python

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Fire Salamander

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Mexican Beaded Lizards (There a lot bigger then I Expected)

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Another Tree Constrictor

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and a Diamondback Rattlesnake with his Turtle Friend (or is it his lunch?)

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and now we come to the big guns

I forgot what these were called, I thought they were Gavials, but the sign had a name that started with T

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Next are the Giant Green Anacondas that were in separate pins

This one was under water

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This one was more Visible

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Finally, we have a black monitor

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Look like a great zoo  

Takama wrote:

I forgot what these were called, I thought they were Gavials, but the sign had a name that started with T

There are two sorts of crocodiles which are called "gavials". To explain you have to know that the family of crocodiles is devided into caimans, real crocodiles and gavials.

The only "real" gavial is the ganges gavial. The other "gavial" is the sunda gavial. He belongs to the real crocodiles, so he is sometimes called "false gavial", the latin name is "Tomistoma schlegelii" that could be the name with "T"  

Whos up for some PRimates?

Unfortunately, my camera was acting funny, and I could not get decent pictures of any of the creatures, but I will post them anyways.

Ringtail Lemurs

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Here's one that did something nasty after I snapped this photo

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Here's a Monkey that kept itself hidden

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Little Black one

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Up close
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White Ruffed Lemurs

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Here's my little Brother looking at one

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Here's one cleaning himself

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Another little Monkey with my Brothers Reflection

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here's an interesting one

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and now the Sifakas

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Outside the building is this statue of what I believe is the man who started the zoo.

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here's a Close up of the little chimp

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Arrrhw, Takama, this is fanatstic   

Evrything looks so perfect, - clean, large, comfortable animals and awesome species   

I can't stop scrolling up and down, looking at your beautyful pictures ! Thankyou ever so much for sharing   

Using Flaslight in a Nocturnal House isn't okay for the animals-by the way, EVERY zoo dosen't alllow it.

Ok, Its been a while since I posted here, so here's the last photos from my trip.

At this point, My family was getting hungry and thirsty, but the cost of food and drink in the zoo is ridiculous. But Me, being overweight, and have a heart condition had to rest for a bit on that hot Day.  These were the last animals we saw, before we called it a day and went home.

Here's a Lion

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and Lioness

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Leopard


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Gravy's Zebras

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Bactrian Camels

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Addax

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Not sure on what these are. Im sure someone here defiantly knows.

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Okapi.  Beautiful animals, My family was astonished to hear me tell them they were related to Giraffes (This was before any of us seen the sign)

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Red Kangaroos

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large bird

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and different kinds of Gazelles

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Peccary's?

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A Nyla

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BONGO BONGO

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and Finally, Wild Asses

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That concludes My trip to the Saint Louis Zoo. I hope you enjoyed my photos as much as I enjoyed the trip. Later this summer I going back to saint Louis to see there Science Center and Dinosaurs.

Gorgeous photos and such beautiful and unique animals! I believe that is a takin!