Omaha's Zoo

Online sources indicated that Omaha had a world class zoo. Those sources weren't kidding. We spent one whole day of our trip at this zoo (okay, almost a whole day . . . we left from Kansas City that morning, so four hours was spent driving to the zoo). We had the time but not quite the energy to see the whole complex (there's an aquarium that we skipped). But what we did so was quite amazing. Here are some photos. 

A smart looking owl. 

A tired cat. 

A majestic beast. 

Same beast, different angle. 

Mother and child. 

They had aardvark enrichment. Seriously, aardvark enrichment. 

A hungry giraffe. 

Sherry commented on how much space it seemed the animals had here, and she's right. The habitats were large. In one building, there was a spiraling path that allowed one to see the animals up high or down low. And in that same building there was a subterranean level where we could see beavers, sloths, and bats on exhibit.

And the beavers were building a dam!

Sherry and I had some concerns about the trip lacking things that spoke particularly to Caroline's tastes, so an entire day at the zoo was a concession, a bit, to the youngest member of our trip. I'm excited her favorite animal was there, even though a trying-to-be-helpful staff member said, no, there weren't any sloths.

Hmmm. I guess the zoo is so large the workers can't keep straight what all is there.

It was also exciting to see the beavers working away at their dam in a fake swamp.

The animals seemed happy.