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Sunday, September 15, 2013

Visit the Zoo and San Diego Aquarium

By Alex Horton


Zoos in San Diego include the renowned San Diego Zoo where animals thrive in tropical jungles, African forests, and reproduced natural habitats serving as home to thousands of unusual animals, some of which have been saved from the point of extinction. A big surprise included in the zoos in San Diego is an aquarium camouflaged as a well-liked theme park tourist attraction.

San Diego Zoo

Enough cannot be said about the magnificence of the 100 acre San Diego Zoo. Found in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, the San Diego Zoo is home to over 800 species and 4,000 animals including the giant Panda. The zoo in San Diego is fanatical about protecting and conserving species. At the zoo in San Diego endangered wildlife are bred in in the zoo environment only to be released in their environment. There are many animal areas for viewing animals in their natural environment at the San Diego Zoo. One of the most popular animal areas is the Polar Rim where visitors can see the Polar Bear, Arctic Aviary and Reindeer exhibits. Nearby is Panda Canyon, which is home to the world-renowned San Diego Zoo's Giant Pandas. The Lost Forest animal area is a tropical habitat for many endangered animals and includes apes, monkeys, hippos, and an enormous assortment of birds. Kids are exposed to nature and fauna in an individual way in the Discovery Outpost in the children's zoo, insect house, crocodile and turtle exhibit, reptile house, and the Sea Lion Show. Step into the magical Hummingbird House to look at hummingbirds enjoying life in an interesting indoor tropical jungle setting, complete with waterfalls.

SeaWorld

The most visited San Diego aquarium is found inside SeaWorld. Visitors can walk through the planet's biggest underwater tunnels to be amazed by sharks in their habitat as they swim overhead. Come face to face with Shamu and other killer whales as they swim up to the glass wall of their million-gallon pool. The most original and beautiful aquariums in SeaWorld are the the California Tide Pools and the Cirque de la Mer. Visitors are astonished by the strange and colorful ocean life on show in the Cirque de la Mer aquarium. The California Tide Pool gives visitors an outstanding opportunity to essentially reach in and touch the puzzling sea creatures that dwell in a tide pool, like sea urchins, anemones and star fish.

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Another popular San Diego aquarium is the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography where giant aquariums bring the puzzle of ocean life close enough to touch with more than 60 habitats full of Pacific marine life. Some popular exhibits include ""There's Something About Seahorses", Coral Displays and Kelp Forest, Living Tide Pools where visitors can touch ocean life, Shark Reef & Hall of Fishes, and much more. The Birch Aquarium is unique in that it concentrates on local San Diego coastal marine life and also does conservation and research with the UCSD (University of California at San Diego).




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