Going to one of the Best Zoo's in America tomorrow

[royalfan5]

The Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. http://www.omahazoo.com/ I'm going with my Mom and 9yr old Cousin because I want to spend time with my family before I move far away in all likelyhood in a year, and the zoo is pretty sweet. In all seriousness, if your ever in Omaha checking out the zoo is a must. It's well worth your time.

[Beano's Fourth Chin]

Oh great. Zoo smack.

[OUinFLA]

I thought you were going to travel to Stoolwater.
I was going to ask if you are out of your mind.
Now I dont have to ask.

[proud gonzo]

The Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. http://www.omahazoo.com/ I'm going with my Mom and 9yr old Cousin because I want to spend time with my family before I move far away in all likelyhood in a year, and the zoo is pretty sweet. In all seriousness, if your ever in Omaha checking out the zoo is a must. It's well worth your time.

i've never been their but I'm going to go out on a limb and say the Sedgwick County Zoo kicks the Omaha Zoo's A5S

[royalfan5]

i've never been their but I'm going to go out on a limb and say the Sedgwick County Zoo kicks the Omaha Zoo's A5S
Has the Sedgewick County Zoo ever been voted the best Zoo in America like the Henry Doorly has?

[Mjcpr]

Oh great. Zoo smack.

Beano called this one a full hour beforehand.

[JohnnyMack]

What about that Tulsa Zoo/Microsoft thingie?

And hills.

[walkoffsooner]

Has the Sedgewick County Zoo ever been voted the best Zoo in America like the Henry Doorly has?
That was't on my ballot. Must have been an independent thing.:)

[JohnnyMack]

http://www.microsoft.com/games/zootycoon/zoo2/favorite-zoo.asp

Yeah **** your Nebraska zoo. Bill Gates says we rule. Hills.

Out.

[royalfan5]

http://www.microsoft.com/games/zootycoon/zoo2/favorite-zoo.asp

Yeah **** your Nebraska zoo. Bill Gates says we rule. Hills.

Out.
Omaha has hills too. It's on the Missouri River, that gives it bluffs. Nebraska doesn't flatten out till Lincoln.

[OUinFLA]

BajaOklahoma alert !

Please add zoo smack to your long list of smack varieties.

Seriously
:D

[StoopTroup]

Hmmmm....

http://americasbestonline.net/zoos.htm

[Beano's Fourth Chin]

http://www.microsoft.com/games/zootycoon/zoo2/img/ss/ss_zookeeper_6.jpg
(http://www.microsoft.com/games/zootycoon/zoo2/ss.asp?image=ss_zookeeper_6.jpg)

[SicEmBaylor]

I always thought the San Diego zoo was the best.
But Tulsa's is pretty good. I'm taking my sister next week.

[GottaHavePride]

Man, the things you find digging through the posts you missed while spending 4 days in San Diego.

OK, the results of my up close and personal comparison:

The San Diego Zoo rocks, but some of the exhibits at the Sedgwick County zoo are actually better. Granted, San Diego is about 4 times the size of Sedgwick county, but I would say SC's (I hate that abbreviation - I will now refer to it as Wichita) gorilla exhibit in particular is way better - larger apes in greater numbers with enough room to actually function as a community. I expect that's what happens when Jane Goodall help design it.

In summary - S.D. is huge, and has a way larger variety of animal than you get in Wichita (most notably koalas, pandas, polar bears, sea lions, etc.) but the individual exhibits in Wichita are larger and designed to show off a population in a native-type environment, not just one or two animals in a small habitat. If you want that sort of thing in S.D. you have to drive 30 miles north to their Wild Animal Park. I didn't have a car and an extra day so I didn't go see that park.

Really the two zoos are fairly comparable - Wichita could easily be a part carved out of San Digo's zoo.