Coral and seastars
Active Member
The wildlife world zoo somewhat in its entirety.
Very recently sometime this week I went to the Wildlife world zoo. Although not being as excited for the more developed phoenix zoo, I still had my hopes up, and it surely did not disappoint in diversity and amazement. Also I will post the species list sometime this upcoming week. For now i’m just showing highlights and the basic journey I took.
-Entrance
I started off my journey with the common entrance and saw some nice blue and gold parrots though I was somewhat worried about their well being. At least they arent like the parrots a few years back which were on uncomfortable branch’s while it was flooding.
The gift shops had some black and white cichlids which I believe are either frontoss or convicts. A few minnows were sprinkled around as well. There were black handed spider monkeys in the log flume ride. I went to see some primates (Red ruffed lemur, black white colobus, etc I will detail more in the species list later this week). Then I saw some unsigned finches (sad, I know though one was white with a long tail and red beak). After that i went to the monkey and apes area which had some happy and stressed gibbons though most seemed fine. The siamangs we’re doing their calls louder than ever being deafening but exciting.
-Mid area
I saw some nice animals such as llamas, parma wallaby I assume? Addra gazelles and some emus and eastern gray and red kangaroos in the kangaroo walkabout. Rainbow lorikeets called in the lord walkabout exhibit. A lonely singing dog from new guinea looked at us and followed us like a domesticated dog although i’m pretty sure they might be domesticated although again there is debate over this topic. Society and zebra finches flew in a cage that through a tunnel was connected to the other, a very nice feature for the birds. Dana gazelles and stanely crane were also majorly present. I saw 2 tortoises mating.
-American section
This section was the majorly theme park section, with 2 rides in sight, the parrot coaster and the giant coaster next to the llamas. There was also a yellow drop ride. The biggest highlights for me were the mexican alligator lizard, degu, porcupine (I didn’t see) southern flying squirrel, tamarins, and the grison tayra and the arctic fox that if an arctic fox was to be in arizona, somewhere like flagstaff would suit its needs better, as it’s colder. The snow was fake.
-Safari park
The aviary is still unfinished. Many people including me pet a giraffe. There were lions, many asian american and african birds, some asian animals, clouded leopards and pygmy hippos, koi and black spider monkeys, black mangabey who (to much dismay of me) showed off, the second instance of something crude since I saw those mating tortoises… There were red river hogs which I didn’t have to wait until november 22 for the phoenix zoo to get them, leopards, red ground hornbills, and lesser flamingos.
-AQUARIUM
The log flume ride was great, soaked me a lot. I also saw some african penguins, leopard sharks, garibaldi and kelplings, rainbow wrasse, lobster, red tailed hawk stuck to a branch, araiprima, and much more ill have to list another time.
Overall a 7/10 not because it’s bad but because it’s richness in species such as the bush baby and BETTONG? I was particularly excited for bettongs as they to my knowledge are the only of their kind in arizona, were in two exhibits on their own and with the bush babies. They were entertaining to say the least. Anyways, i’d say more of an 8.5/10 (definitely not because of the bettong) but a few small exhibits such as the gibbons and basically most of the birds (and that large crane that kept making loud noises at me akin to a mini thunder).
I’d recommend this zoo to a lot of people. Although the phoenix is better to me.
Very recently sometime this week I went to the Wildlife world zoo. Although not being as excited for the more developed phoenix zoo, I still had my hopes up, and it surely did not disappoint in diversity and amazement. Also I will post the species list sometime this upcoming week. For now i’m just showing highlights and the basic journey I took.
-Entrance
I started off my journey with the common entrance and saw some nice blue and gold parrots though I was somewhat worried about their well being. At least they arent like the parrots a few years back which were on uncomfortable branch’s while it was flooding.
The gift shops had some black and white cichlids which I believe are either frontoss or convicts. A few minnows were sprinkled around as well. There were black handed spider monkeys in the log flume ride. I went to see some primates (Red ruffed lemur, black white colobus, etc I will detail more in the species list later this week). Then I saw some unsigned finches (sad, I know though one was white with a long tail and red beak). After that i went to the monkey and apes area which had some happy and stressed gibbons though most seemed fine. The siamangs we’re doing their calls louder than ever being deafening but exciting.
-Mid area
I saw some nice animals such as llamas, parma wallaby I assume? Addra gazelles and some emus and eastern gray and red kangaroos in the kangaroo walkabout. Rainbow lorikeets called in the lord walkabout exhibit. A lonely singing dog from new guinea looked at us and followed us like a domesticated dog although i’m pretty sure they might be domesticated although again there is debate over this topic. Society and zebra finches flew in a cage that through a tunnel was connected to the other, a very nice feature for the birds. Dana gazelles and stanely crane were also majorly present. I saw 2 tortoises mating.
-American section
This section was the majorly theme park section, with 2 rides in sight, the parrot coaster and the giant coaster next to the llamas. There was also a yellow drop ride. The biggest highlights for me were the mexican alligator lizard, degu, porcupine (I didn’t see) southern flying squirrel, tamarins, and the grison tayra and the arctic fox that if an arctic fox was to be in arizona, somewhere like flagstaff would suit its needs better, as it’s colder. The snow was fake.
-Safari park
The aviary is still unfinished. Many people including me pet a giraffe. There were lions, many asian american and african birds, some asian animals, clouded leopards and pygmy hippos, koi and black spider monkeys, black mangabey who (to much dismay of me) showed off, the second instance of something crude since I saw those mating tortoises… There were red river hogs which I didn’t have to wait until november 22 for the phoenix zoo to get them, leopards, red ground hornbills, and lesser flamingos.
-AQUARIUM
The log flume ride was great, soaked me a lot. I also saw some african penguins, leopard sharks, garibaldi and kelplings, rainbow wrasse, lobster, red tailed hawk stuck to a branch, araiprima, and much more ill have to list another time.
Overall a 7/10 not because it’s bad but because it’s richness in species such as the bush baby and BETTONG? I was particularly excited for bettongs as they to my knowledge are the only of their kind in arizona, were in two exhibits on their own and with the bush babies. They were entertaining to say the least. Anyways, i’d say more of an 8.5/10 (definitely not because of the bettong) but a few small exhibits such as the gibbons and basically most of the birds (and that large crane that kept making loud noises at me akin to a mini thunder).
I’d recommend this zoo to a lot of people. Although the phoenix is better to me.
