Animals and Exhibits
The grassy areas of the park are full of native birds and rodents, which come to the zoo for the food thrown to the animals by visitor. Nutria, rabbits, and peacock roam the park freely. A variety of monkeys and small mammals inhabit the zoo. Although some are in cages, others are housed on the islands in the zoo's many ponds, or roam free.
At the Farm of the Zoo (La Granja Del Zoo), visitors can pet and feed ponies, donkeys, sheep, and goats. This part of the zoo is also home to turkeys, chickens, roosters, pigs, rabbits, cows and horses.
At the Aquarium, visitors can see penguins, as well as fresh water fish including piranha and sea dwellers such as striped bream, grouper, black sea bass, sea catfish, and many tropical fish. The aquarium also has a seal show, for which visitors must pay extra.
The Reptile house is home to the zoos reptiles.
The Tropical Rainforest does not house many animals. It is a two story building displaying tropical plant life, and contains an indoor waterfall. A large iguana is kept on the grounds outside the exit from this exhibit.
Big cats at the zoo include white tigers, pumas, cheetahs, jaguars and lions. The lions are housed in a castle complex with its own moat.
Other animals at the zoo include red pandas, camels, llamas, giraffes, bison, hippos, and elephants. polar bears are housed in an exhibit that includes an underwater viewing area, Camels are exhibited amidst Moroccan-style architecture, the flamingoes are in a lake near the entrance near Byzantine "ruins," and kangaroos are surrounded by aboriginal paintings. The elephant house is built to look like the ruins of an Indian temple.
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