Today, I finally went to the Praha Zoo. The zoo is 111 acres and has about 4,600 animals that cover 630 species. I was pretty impressed with the size of the zoo, and particularly surprised by the openness of the layout. In fact, the zoo has been named by Forces as the 7th best zoo in the world. (#1 is Animal Kingdom is Orlando, Fl., and #5 is the Bronx Zoo in NY.) Not too many cages or glass enclosements here... a lot of the animal exhibits were instead very open. Think open enough for bats to come flying into your hair...
Orangutan and monkeys
Polar bear!
Kangaroos
Zebras
Lion
Penguins
Seals - it's feeding time!
I planned on going to Petrin Hill in the evening to go up to the observatory, but it's another rainy and cloudy day in Prague, so there won't be too much luck seeing the stars tonight. I'll go another time during the day when I can enjoy the ride up more as well as the rose garden at the bottom.
And after a 5 day weekend, it's back to classes tomorrow!
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