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Central Park Zoo

I thought that going to the zoo in the winter would be a bit crazy, but it was actually kind of fun. I took my friend’s daughter with me, and her being 4 years old, had never been to a zoo before, so it was fun to see her reactions to all of the different animals. The image that is the most engraved in my mind would definitely be the snow monkey. There was one that looked like it wanted to kill something…I guess he woke up on the wrong side of the tree that morning. I didn’t take offense though, it was understandable considering the environment. The snow monkey is part of a program put in place to maintain healthy populations because their population has been in danger recently.
We saw the feeding of the sea lions and I got really excited. I haven’t seen anything like this since I was maybe around 12. They looked so big and awkward, but they were awesome. I was partially biased though because it reminded me that I was going to the Galapagos in the winter and would get up close and personal with them eventually. The pool had glass walls, so you could see them swim in the water, and it was amazing how these animals that I thought were awkward were suddenly not awkward in the water.
I did not expect there to be that many people, but surprisingly, there were a lot of people, maybe because it was close to the holidays. I thought it was really cool how there was information about the conservation of the animals available and that there are programs that work on maintaining populations around the country and the world.  There was a program that talked about how recycling and green living would help save amphibians…which I thought was really interesting. It made me wonder if the decline in populations was a natural decline, or if it was cause by human industrialization or changes in the environment.

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