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| White Handed Gibbon from Southeast Asia – Endangered. Apparently they sing to each other |
We have been visiting so many historical places here on the island I told Chuck I really wanted to see something different. We decided to go to the zoo.
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| Memorial of Durrell and his monkey |
Its actually the Durrell Wildlife Conservation center so I wouldn’t really call it a zoo. It was very underwhelming. We were disappointed.
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| Sumatran Orangutan – critically endangered – largest tree dwelling primates in the world. This was an old man |
The list of animals that should have been there that weren’t, were gorillas, bears, many species of monkeys and birds.
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| Mountain View Chicken Frog – critically endangered – they get their name because apparently they taste like chicken |
What we saw that wasn’t in the open, were behind a glass window in a house about 20-30 feet away that we couldn’t get close to.There were some orangutans out playing for a few minutes but we didn’t see much.
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| Cuban Iguana – vulnerable for endangered |
I understand the idea that these are mostly endangered or close to endangered species but I sure wouldn’t call it a zoo.
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| Blue Poison Frog – no threat of extinction – located in South America |
I hear that they named it the wildlife conservation center and attendance dropped so they named it back to the zoo.
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| Burmese Python – vulnerable – they are fed chickens or rabbits every 6 weeks |
I totally understand. When the most exciting part of the visit is watching the workers hide food in the ground for the pigs to dig up, its a pretty boring place.
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| Galapagos Giant Tortoise – vulnerable – can live up to 150 years. A kid was petting him on the head while the parents were taking pictures. This wasn’t a petting zoo. I was waiting for him to get bit but I found that they don’t bite unless its mistaken for food! Hmm.. little fingers, little carrots? |
But, again, it was something we haven’t seen before in Jersey so we take it in stride, enjoyed the nice beautiful day walking around.
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| Visayan Warty Pig – critically endangered – gets its name from the warts on its face |
We just kept telling ourselves some of these are near extinction and we were able to see them.
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| Orangutan |
Our donation of 15 pounds (entrance fee) contributed to their efforts.
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| Sculpture at entrance of zoo |
The bus ride and the walk were nice and enjoyable. We found a couple more of the Gorillas gone Wild statues around.
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| Gorillas Gone Wild! |
I’m not sure we’ll find all 20 before we leave the island but its nice to see them when you just happen across them.
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| Gorillas Gone Wild! |
Our next visit is the Orgueil castle. Its huge!
May God bless you all!
Chuck & Lea Ann
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