Hello All!
So Mom, Dad and I all went to the zoo the first Sunday here in Anchorage. I finally had time to upload the pics. It's a very neat place. All the animals there were previously injured or orphaned and unable to be released back into the wild. All the animals are also from cold weather climates, so either native to Alaska, the Tundra, Siberia, etc. The zoo is very resourceful. There are numerous animals killed by vehicles here (moose mostly, but also deer and others). The "road kill" are brought to the zoo via the Dept of Wildlife/Forestry and fed to the larger predators. So, while I think it's sad that wildlife is killed, I'm glad that it is not wasted.
We took the "behind the scenes" tour and our gracious tour guide was Dan, an intern from Wisconsin. It was a two hour tour that lasted two and a half. I didn't take as many pics as I should have since I was busy asking questions. So I'll have to go back and take more pics for everyone. There were polar bears, brown (grizzly) bears, brown bears, bald eagles, red foxes, arctic foxes, grey wolves, a coyote, musk oxes, a female snowy owl, magpies, ravens (way bigger than the crows in Sacto), a two-humped camel that I can't remember the name of, caribou, moose, harbor seals, river otters, a wolverine (no, not Hugh Jackman), a snow leopard, Siberian tigers, Dall sheep and others.
The cool thing about the ravens, when their keepers bring them food, they bring more food than the birds need. If no one is around, the ravens call out to the wild ravens. Wild ravens flock to the cage and the captive birds pass food out to the wild ravens. In return, the wild ravens bring the captive ravens trinkets. The keepers have found coins and other shiny objects in the cage.
I'll definitely go back. They have nature lectures on Tuesday nights and free concerts on Fridays.
Take care! The slide show will be posted next.
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