The Henry Doorly Zoo

Our first stop at the Zoo was the Desert Dome. It was an exhibit of all different kinds of deserts. There were African, Austrailian, and North American deserts in the exhibit. There were lots of snakes and lizzards, plus some warthog type animals and a puma. It was very intersting to see the differences in desert plant and animal life. Each part of the exhibit had plant life from that desert to go with animals from that particular type of desert.

The bird in this picture was very interesting to me. He was having a staring contest with that tree, so I decided to sit and watch him a while. It didn't matter how many people walked past, he would not quit staring at the tree. I watched for quite a while and he never moved! It was a live bird though, I could see it breathing!

There was also an exhibit called Kingdom of the Night in the Desert Dome. It was all about nocturnal aminals and their habitats. They had a cave area with bats and fish, and then a swamp area with the white alligator and other swamp life. It was quite the switch to go from that exhibit back out to the sunshine!!