Beardsley Zoo - Features

Features

The Beardsley Zoo is divided up into five sections:

  1. South American Rainforest - includes Boa Constrictors, poison dart frogs, Scarlet Ibis, Yacare Caiman, ocelots, saki monkeys, Black howlers, Pygmy Marmosets, Golden Lion Tamarins, Agoutis, and more.
  2. Predators - contains Amur tigers, lynx. The area formerly housed an Andean Bear, but he was sent to another zoo in May 2012.
  3. Alligator Alley - holds a wide variety of ducks, American alligators, Gray Foxes, North American River otters, Sandhill Cranes, and bald eagles.
  4. Hoofstock - features Andean condors, red wolf, maned wolf, Chacoan peccaries, prairie dogs, bison, Pronghorns,a Llama,a turkey vulture, and a Barred Owl.
  5. Farmyard - contains a collection of domestic breeds and wild animals that might be found in rural Connecticut,such as Guinea Hogs, Dexter Cattle, Snowy Owls, Cotswold Sheep, San Clemente Goat, Nubian Goat, Narragansett Turkey, Poultry, and more, along with Greater Rheas.

The zoo also has a carousel and one of the largest greenhouses in Connecticut. At the entrance to the zoo, a pair of brick buildings that had served as trolley barns for the city of Bridgeport now hold administrative offices.

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