June 2012-Little Penguins at Penguin Walkabout
13-06-2012
The Cincinnati Zoo contains the most little penguins with about 27.
Opened in the 1950\'s and renovated in 1985, and 2008, the Children\'s Zoo is a large 55,000 square foot attraction designed to make any guests enjoy interacting with many wildlife. The zoo\'s nursery resides here and features baby animals that come and go from different zoos. It has glass displays for Lucy the bearcat, Don, Tom, Rocko, and Jaz, the Bennett\'s wallabies, Adams, the Parma wallaby, and bat-eared foxes. On the side of the building is a wire, enclosed habitat for pigeons. The young animals have the opportunity to come out of their exhibit, and walk around the zoo while being guided by keepers. The play area designed for children contains small habitats for armadillos, and three species of tortoises (gopher, red-footed, radiated). Children may enter the Petting Zoo and feed and interact with dwarf goats and doll sheep. Blakely\'s Barn, that was added in 1997, has both indoor and outdoor paddocks with close viewings of four-horned sheep, cattle, llamas, dwarf goats, miniature cows, miniature donkeys, and alpacas. At the entrance of the attraction is Penguin Walkabout that opened in 1985. Little and black-footed penguins reside here.
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