For the first time in over 20 years there are baby lions at Woodland Park. There are currently 4 cubs of the South African subspecies in the maternity den:
In the off-season the gorillas are under cover quite often, the orangutans and siamangs have decent indoor viewing areas that are still impressive, and every species is still on exhibit. During the last few years Seattle has been receiving perhaps a handful of days of snow and that is it, so other than the giraffes (who spend half the year in their barn and small outdoor yards) all of the animals at the zoo can be seen year-round. It is a temperate climate similar to Britain, so lots of rainy, drizzly days but close to zero snowfalls.
It is a difficult exhibit to judge as it winds around past a pond and some viewing windows, but I would estimate that this photo shows less than 50% of the enclosure. The giant rock is off limits to the lions, although it is not unusual to see them basking in the sun at the base of the rock on the ledge. There are tall trees to provide shade, but the grass in the foreground is actually part of the visitor viewing area as there is a hidden moat that you cannot see in the photo. This 1980 exhibit actually holds up extremely well over 30 years later, as at certain points it doesn't seem as if there is much space between lions and humans even though a deep moat separates the two species.
I now looked at the exhibit on google maps, and it looks nice (withe an accessible dry moat for the lions). From what angle (compared to the google image) is this photo taken?
I now looked at the exhibit on google maps, and it looks nice (withe an accessible dry moat for the lions). From what angle (compared to the google image) is this photo taken?
Without knowing the Google map image it is difficult to state what angle the photo was taken from. As one first approaches the enclosure (across from the Patas Monkey exhibit) then that is where the photograph was shot from.
