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Photo Albums » Spring Trip to the Zoo
Member of: Museums, Refuges, and Zoos

This album focuses on some of the African exhibits at the North Carolina Zoo. For a look at a few of the North American exhibits, see my previous zoo photo album.

Elephant eating some hay in the elephant exhibit (link to larger image)
Elephant eating hay and drinking from a small pond (link to larger image)
Large elephant watching two others (link to larger image)
Black snake slithering through the rhino exhibit (link to larger image)
A 3 foot long black snake (link to larger image)
Interesting golden brown plant (link to larger image)
Art sculpture of a cheetah atop a boulder (link to larger image)
An interestingly textured green flower (link to larger image)
Japanese beetle sitting on a leaf (link to larger image)
Meerkat playing in a tube (link to larger image)
Meerkat on guard duty (link to larger image)
Two tortoises eating lunch (link to larger image)
A tortoise really focused on his lunch (link to larger image)
Two Fennec foxes taking a snooze (link to larger image)
Two white-backed ducks taking a swim (link to larger image)
Dwarf crocodile lounging in the water (link to larger image)
Two Hottentot Teals having a face to face talk (link to larger image)
Gigantic African bullfrog (link to larger image)
Savannah Monitor Lizard (link to larger image)
Flock of flamingos outside the aviary exhibit (link to larger image)
Lone flamingo looking into the nearby pond (link to larger image)
Looking into the aviary from the outside (link to larger image)
White, bumpy stalk on a tropical plant (link to larger image)
A bunch of red tropical flowers (link to larger image)
Ants working on the center of a lavender flower (link to larger image)
View across the tree canopy in the aviary (link to larger image)
Giant spiral ginger plant in the aviary (link to larger image)
Whorled white petals on a Pinwheel Jasmine flower (link to larger image)
Glowing fronds (link to larger image)
Blue-crowned hanging parrot taking a drink (link to larger image)
Green leaved plant with an exquisite white texture (link to larger image)
Pink tropical flower, known as a Shooting Star (link to larger image)
An alien looking plant with orange stalks and purple berries (link to larger image)
Male fairy bluebird (link to larger image)
Many different tropical plants at the aviary (link to larger image)
Water fowl taking a shortcut across the water (link to larger image)
Pineapple growing in the aviary (link to larger image)
Beautiful red and yellow flower (link to larger image)
A beautiful flower growing above the exit door from the aviary (link to larger image)
Purple Bengal trumpet flower (link to larger image)
Victoria crowned pigeons walking brazenly by me (link to larger image)
A gloriously lit tropical plant in the aviary (link to larger image)
Stunning color and texture on a tropical plant's leaf (link to larger image)
Macro shot of a tropical leaf, complete with dew drop (link to larger image)
Interesting root structure on a tropical tree (link to larger image)
Dwarf lobster claw plant (link to larger image)
Bright red female eclectus parrot (link to larger image)
Reddish pink pattern on green leaves (link to larger image)
Yellow lollipop plant (link to larger image)
Beautiful lavendar flower (link to larger image)
Croton plant with red, green, and yellow leaves (link to larger image)
Peering into the center a yellow flower (link to larger image)
Yellow and green collared lizard (link to larger image)
Desert box turtle soaking up the sun (link to larger image)
An Isla San Esteban Chuckwalla (link to larger image)
Patas monkeys take a break (link to larger image)
Lion family napping in the mid-day heat (link to larger image)
Lion cub looking cute and looking for trouble (link to larger image)
Lion cub resting in the shade of a tree (link to larger image)
Reticulated giraffe standing tall (link to larger image)
Family of Canadian Geese taking a swim (link to larger image)
Snapping turtle walking across the mud (link to larger image)