winter

An example of the signage.

An aviary for a pair of sibling black kites, named Sonic and Rogue.

An example of the signage.

Inside the indoor housing for sulcata tortoise.

The indoor housing for sulcata tortoise.

An aviary for a common raven.

The enclosure for sulcata tortoise with their house in the background.

The enclosure for sulcata tortoise.

An interactive sign on the lengths of tongues. It squirts water if you get the answer wrong.

A wild robin in the snow.

The entrance to the gift shop, which was being used as the main entrance during my visit.

Another aviary in the car park area, home to Billy, a black-headed parrot which enjoys wolf whistling visitors into the zoo.

A view into the Turkmenian eagle owl aviary which is situated outside the zoo grounds in the car park area. It is home to a single individual named Thor.

Home to a single individual named Thor and situated outside the zoo grounds in the car park.

The entrance to the zoo which was closed during my visit.

This image is a somewhat, loose memorial to the world renowned Winter the Dolphin, who recently passed away on November 11th, 2021, due to an uncontrollable gastrointestinal infection at the age of sixteen.

This is the former enclosure for snow leopards and is now the enclosure for 2 (1.1, although they are brother and sister) black leopards. This photo was taken in the winter, so there is snow in the enclosure.

Most zoo enthusiasts visit temperate climate zoos in the summer months, for obvious reasons. Are there any temperate climate zoos that you think are better to visit in the winter rather than the summer? I personally enjoy my winter visits to the Minnesota Zoo much more than my summer visits.

Fairly simplistic question here folks. I have never visited a zoo in a country/city where it gets very cold or snows in winter. I was just wondering, how do the tropical animals (let's say macaws, Asian elephants, orangutans etc) cope in winter? Are they kept indoors during winter? Or maybe...

Sorry, don't remember witch one it is!