Today we used a Delaware County Libraries Museum Pass to visit Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown, PA.
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| Thomas Kimmel Percussion Garden |
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| Hmm, is there a bison by the yellow caboose? |
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| The zoo is on the banks of Stony Creek |
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| The goal of Project Holocene is to show both the beauty and fragility of many species that are currently under threat of extinction |
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| Two-toed Sloth by Russell Ronat |
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| Treetop Adventures |
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| Yes, a Bison bison/American Bison |
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| A Lego sloth outside Harmony Hideaway |
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| The real Choloepus didactylus/Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth is napping in a basket |
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| Cyanocorax chrysops/Plush-crested Jay |
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| Eudocimus ruber/Scarlet Ibis |
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| Cyrtonyx montezumae/Montezuma Quail |
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| Aquila chrysaetos/Golden Eagle |
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| Haliaeetus leucocephalus/Bald Eagle |
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| The snout of a Panthera onca/Jaguar |
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| Catagonus wagneri/Chacoan Peccary and "peclet" |
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| One may feed the giraffes for a fee (Giraffa camelopardalis/Northern Giraffe) |
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| Capra hircus/Nigerian Dwarf Goat |
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| Ovis aries/Jacob Sheep |
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| Twang has a piece of pool noodle over his horn, since he tends to bully the other sheep with it |
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| The green-roofed Canopy Gardens Hall |
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| Ailurus fulgens/Red Panda |
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| From the top: Dendrobates auratus/Green & Black Poison Dart Frog, Dendrobates tinctorius azureus/Dyeing Poison Dart Frog, and Dendrobates leucomelas/Bumblebee Poison Dart Frog |
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| Carousel |
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| Lutra canadensis/North American River Otter |
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| Swimming river otters |
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| Branta sandvicensis/Nene (Hawaiian Geese) |
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