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Post by jimh on Mar 24, 2006 17:32:43 GMT -5
my sons scout den is doing snooz@the zoo tonight. they are spending the night at the zoo (i'm going too) and we take a walk through the place in the evening to check out the animals in thier night mode if you will. we sleep in one of the buildings, so it's not like we're putting up tents in the lion cage. ;D any other zoo's out there do something similar?
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Mar 24, 2006 20:32:59 GMT -5
I'd rather sleep with the lions than in the reptile house.
I've never heard of that program before, but I'm not suprised the stl zoo has it. The city and county have a lot of educational and entertainment places. Sometimes I wish I was more comfortable with the city and I'd go to some.
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Post by Jack on Mar 25, 2006 1:32:53 GMT -5
Never heard of that before... sounds like a great program.
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Post by jimh on Mar 25, 2006 14:53:18 GMT -5
guys, it was totaly cool. not only was it a neat program but it also fulfilled one of their badge requirements. they learned about conservation, the food web, enviroment issues and so forth. then around 10:45 pm we took about a hour & a half long hike through the zoo. the room where our den slept is one of the river life tutorials and has this water fall like stream in it which made it like camping by a stream with the sound going all night long. we got up around 6:30 then a morning hike through the zoo to see all the animals really up and active. i give the whole program a A++.
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Post by klsm54 on Mar 25, 2006 15:04:36 GMT -5
Sounds like a neat thing for the kids...  ...and Dads too... ;D |
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Post by twomoons on Mar 27, 2006 9:52:02 GMT -5
They offer a somewhat similar program at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, when ever the anacondas are hungry they let the homeless folk stay over night.
Put the rope around your cot just in case!
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Post by jimh on Mar 27, 2006 10:58:24 GMT -5
They offer a somewhat similar program at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, when ever the anacondas are hungry they let the homeless folk stay over night. Put the rope around your cot just in case! ;D ;D i'm telling ya, it was neat. one thing about the St.Louis Zoo, it has always been a Free Zoo. don't cost ya a dime to get in. now if you want to buy food or drink then get ready to bend over. but if all you want to do is take your kids to walk around and enjoy the day and see the animals you can go and not spend a dime. |
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Mar 28, 2006 0:02:53 GMT -5
Is there parking fees Jim (on a normal operating day)?
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Post by jimh on Mar 28, 2006 10:45:59 GMT -5
Red you got me there. i forgot there is a parking fee (3-5 dollars i believe) unless you join up to be a zoo member which gives you free parking. if you go there more than 4 times during the year it pays for its self. you also get a few train passes and other stuff i thought. i better go ask the general because i really don't have a clue.
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Post by calsibley on Apr 23, 2006 1:28:36 GMT -5
I wonder if anyone has been killed by animals escaping from these newer type enclosures? I know several people are killed some years at the Smithsonian Zoo in Wash. DC by committing suicide by jumping into the lion, tiger or bear enclosures. I'm guessing they are deranged to start with. I've looked at those enclosures fairly closely and don't feel all that comforted. What if the time of a power outage coinsided with a tigers decision to take a powder? I guess there's nothing to fear if you sleeping indoors though. Best wishes.
Cal - Montreal
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Post by bounce on Apr 23, 2006 8:23:16 GMT -5
We have a Zoo hear in the sticks allso, last time I was there the Tiger shure looked like he was looking at me like I was his next meal!!!! Turns out that he was indeed thinking just that as it was found that the guy runing the place was not feeding them and pocketing the money for himself.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Apr 23, 2006 10:09:46 GMT -5
In the city zoos, I think the dangerous animals are kept at a distance. Often, they are in a "pit" 30 feet below the visitor's level, behind glass, etc. In the rural "zoos" (which I use loosly), the dangerous animals are often on the same level and separated only by a tall fence or a fenced enclosure (small cage). These are kind of places where you can reach out and almost touch the monkeys and also you can drive your car through the place with no type of enclosures. Kind of place where a giraffe can stick his head inside the car window, pull your little kid out of the car, and swallow him whole  Seen it happen  |
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Post by calsibley on Apr 23, 2006 18:02:31 GMT -5
What came as quite a surprise to us involved the drive through zoo parks. Several of them are within about 80 miles of Buffalo, NY, not far into Canada but still pretty darn cold in winter. I would have thought lions, tigers and such would really have found it difficult surviving the cold, but apparently not. They frolic around like they're having the time of their live, oblivious to the elements. Best wishes.
Cal - Montreal
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Post by calsibley on May 25, 2006 22:22:53 GMT -5
I've had several times when I felt a tiger or leopard was looking directly at me. I mean it was as if I had all their attention. I find it unnerving, and it instantly gets me to checking the enclosure they're in. They never seem quite secure enough to me. Of course that's just me. There can be 20 people spaced out viewing them, but it always seems I'm the only one they're really looking at. Maybe I'm just a big chicken. Best wishes.
Cal - Montreal
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...and Dads too... ;D
Seen it happen 