Went to the Minnesota Zoo today! DU DEATH!!!

Here are the pics! If you want an ID on an animal, Jason will probably have to provide that! :rolleyes:

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We were kinda worried because it was kind of chilly and rainy off and on but most of the animals were surprisingly active! There were ALOT of pics that didn't come out well because of the glass so this is just the Cliffs Notes version! :rolleyes: We had a great time and I can't wait to go again! :D

sweet, I love the shark picture and the tiger one. Nice pictures:gj:

:clap::clap::clap: Looks like you have an awesome Zoo!!!! Great Pics!

Is it wrong to love Otters SO MUCH!!!! I just wanna give them noogies,:D and zerberts on their bellies! :P

I love zoo pics, thanks for sharing. The seahorses are amazing.

ok what is the last pic?

I believe it's a moose with it's head turned sideways looking at the camera.

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Originally Posted by twometal

I believe it's a moose with it's head turned sideways looking at the camera.

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I dont think any zoo has a moose ;).It looks like a goat of some type

i wanna go to the zooo but its been nothing but rainy and cold in new jersey and its APRIL great joke guys you can turn the heat on now LOVE THE PICS is that a wolverine i see or some type of badger

Oh I love Weedy Sea Dragons ! Great pics....Nothing is better than a day at the zoo :gj:

please tell me its a Takin.... thats not the full name but i saw one of the only like 8 in the usa in Ohio... they are the coolest things you will ever see

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-takin.html

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sweet, I love the shark picture and the tiger one. Nice pictures:gj:

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Thanks!

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:clap::clap::clap: Looks like you have an awesome Zoo!!!! Great Pics!

Is it wrong to love Otters SO MUCH!!!! I just wanna give them noogies,:D and zerberts on their bellies! :P

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Melanie LOVES the otters, in fact the zoo is building a new exhibit that opens in may that will have russian boars, and bear and otters OH MY!:rofl:

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I love zoo pics, thanks for sharing. The seahorses are amazing.

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Seahorses are the one fish that I know almost absolutely NOTHING about. lol

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ok what is the last pic?

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See below... :D

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Originally Posted by twometal

I believe it's a moose with it's head turned sideways looking at the camera.

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Not a moose.

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I dont think any zoo has a moose ;).It looks like a goat of some type

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This zoo has a moose. It was actually darted and the vets were planning on doing some work on her.

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Originally Posted by Monty

i wanna go to the zooo but its been nothing but rainy and cold in new jersey and its APRIL great joke guys you can turn the heat on now LOVE THE PICS is that a wolverine i see or some type of badger

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Wolverine.

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Oh I love Weedy Sea Dragons ! Great pics....Nothing is better than a day at the zoo :gj:

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They are pretty neat, VERY colorful.

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please tell me its a Takin.... thats not the full name but i saw one of the only like 8 in the usa in Ohio... they are the coolest things you will ever see

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-takin.html

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Good call Nick, it IS a Takin! They actually have a group of like....8.:rofl:

i went to the wilds in Ohio a few years back and they have 2. the migrate in China during a certain season so they will walk around the edge of the 1000 acers thinking they are migrateing... they have an odd body shape and walk like a bear.

if anyone has a chance to see one SEE IT!

Those seahorses are intense. I was thinking about getting one.

Looks like you both had a wonderful time. I love otters too, and I become so peaceful while watching dolphins. I could watch them all day. :aww:

What? No pics of the Komodo dragons??? (do they still have those)

I remember a number of years ago when my oldest boy was a tiger cub in the cub scouts, we got a special behind the scenes tour of the tiger house at the MN Zoo. It's a building where the off display animals stay and where everyone is fed. They had a yellow line painted on the floor that was about 3 feet from the bars, you had to stay on the other side of the line so that the Tigers couldn't reach through the bars and grab you, but 3 feet is pretty darn close to a full grown Tiger. They had one large adult male there on a breeding loan that was huge, I was surprised by how big they really are. He was feeling kind of peckish and wanted to be fed so he let loose with a roar while we were standing there three feet away from him. Every hair on my body stood on end and I could feel my bones vibrate. It made me feel rather insignificant in the over all scheme of life, but it was AWESOME.

The MN Zoo does a VERY nice job of naturalistic displays.

Goat!!!!!!!!!!

great shots,you didn't go to the reptile house ???

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i went to the wilds in Ohio a few years back and they have 2. the migrate in China during a certain season so they will walk around the edge of the 1000 acers thinking they are migrateing... they have an odd body shape and walk like a bear.

if anyone has a chance to see one SEE IT!

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They are awkward looking animals thats for sure.

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Looks like you both had a wonderful time. I love otters too, and I become so peaceful while watching dolphins. I could watch them all day. :aww:

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The dolphins weren't real friendly that day, although we did get some short video clips of them swimming around...really majestic animals.

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What? No pics of the Komodo dragons??? (do they still have those)

I remember a number of years ago when my oldest boy was a tiger cub in the cub scouts, we got a special behind the scenes tour of the tiger house at the MN Zoo. It's a building where the off display animals stay and where everyone is fed. They had a yellow line painted on the floor that was about 3 feet from the bars, you had to stay on the other side of the line so that the Tigers couldn't reach through the bars and grab you, but 3 feet is pretty darn close to a full grown Tiger. They had one large adult male there on a breeding loan that was huge, I was surprised by how big they really are. He was feeling kind of peckish and wanted to be fed so he let loose with a roar while we were standing there three feet away from him. Every hair on my body stood on end and I could feel my bones vibrate. It made me feel rather insignificant in the over all scheme of life, but it was AWESOME.

The MN Zoo does a VERY nice job of naturalistic displays.

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There's your komodo. :D They do a pretty good job with displays, only animal I saw pacing was the sun bear, he looks all tweaked out anyways.

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Goat!!!!!!!!!!

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There were TONS of goats, the pygmy goats were my favorite.

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great shots,you didn't go to the reptile house ???

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Thats the one thing that dissapoints me about the MN Zoo. There really isn't a reptile house. The area where they keep the most reptiles is always pitch black lit with Red bulbs....there's only a big burm, green tree python, a few frogs, turtles, and some geckos. Not really much variety.

This horse was VERY pretty...but looked grumpy but I did get this nice shot of him. He was a draft horse something or other...
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Why the long face?:8:

You just posted the horse pics so you could use that line! :P I'll post the videos of the dolphins in a little bit!

Here are the clips... nothing real exciting... just swimming...

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The Minnesota zoo has some nice naturalistic enclosures but like was said not a whole lot of reptiles. Did you guys get a chance to make it to the Como zoo?

No, we didn't but I'm sure we'll make it there sometime in the not too distant future! :D

Not as nice but still fun to walk around and the gorillas are pretty cool.

ok im jealous i never seen a wolverine and they are one of my favorite predatory animals

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ok im jealous i never seen a wolverine and they are one of my favorite predatory animals

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Haha! You should've seen how jealous my sister was of the dolphins! :gj:

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Goat!!!!!!!!!!

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I LOL! :8:



Great pics Princess. :)

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Haha! You should've seen how jealous my sister was of the dolphins! :gj:

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tell her ive been swimming with dolphins in keywest and manatees in new port ritchie in florida

the dolphin vids are deff awesome though i wish i had a zoo like that but all i have is the philadelphia zoo and my fav thing there is the reptile house and the nocturnal room

Best picture of Jason I have ever seen :gj:

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Best picture of Jason I have ever seen :gj:

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You obviously haven't seen my private photo collection! ;)