Oh yeah, I tend to forget about the San Antonio Zoo for some reason. I wonder if it has to do with San Antonio having so many other attractions...
As a native Texan it's interesting to see you say this, because in the 80s and 90s, Fort Worth was generally considered to be neck and neck with...
I went to Dallas World Aquarium 3 or 4 times between 1994 and 1998 when I was in college. I cna vouch that during its first few years it was MUCH...
Sadly, they are readily for sale in pet stores here in the US, so I've seen them upclose and personal a lot.
They can be, they are often sold as "freshwater flounder" in pet stores, though they do better with some salt in the water.
My national parks: United States Badlands Big Bend Biscayne Everglades Grand Canyon Great Smoky Mountains Guadalupe Mountains Hawaii Volcanos Hot...
Anyone interested in sea turtles who finds themselves in the Houston, Texas area should visit Galveston Island, where the NOAA (National Oceanic...
You don't have to go that far, here in the US we have the hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus), a small flatfish, about the size of the palm of a grown...
I think you sum it up pretty well, and I am a fish enthusiast who does have a lot of interest in fish behavior. I can get lost looking at each...
I'm one of the rare big fish nerds on this site, I'm more into aquariums than I am zoos, and I am an fish keeper myself, with a garden pond full...
Very cool to know, as my family and I will be in Tennessee over Spring Break in two weeks, starting in Chattanooga, and I intend to take the fam here.
Fireants, oh so many fire ants. Sea nettle (jellyfish) Moon jelly Red paper wasp Yellowjacket wasp Scorpion (unsure of the species, most likely a...
Oh I remember seeing that jaguar box at Dallas World Aquarium when it was first put in, I found it appalling even back then. Up until then I had...
Do you have examples of US zoos you think have gone too far with tacky aesthetics and ambience? I actually went to one last week. It was the...
I wish, but not with the size of the setup. I used a standard 55 gallon aquarium. I made a fake rockwork wall, with two "land" areas cantileved to...
I hear what y'all are saying about theming and its costs to the zoos, and rising gate fees, but if I may I'd like to offer another perspective....
I just have fish, mostly various south american tetras, a couple dwarf cichlid species, corydoras cats. The land area is just plants. It would be...
I'm in general agreement with you, both on naturalistic exhibits being the basis for judging US zoos to be better than Europe, and for European...
I'm partial to the Moody Gardens Rainforest Pyramid, as I've been going there since I was a teenager when it first opened. I also like Dallas...
This is sort of a simplification, but the further west you get in the Hill Country, the cheaper the land. Land close to Austin, or Fredericksburg,...
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