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Tiger Trail: 7 Reasons Your Kids Will Enjoy It (Though #5 Upset Me)

The new Tiger Trail exhibit is really amazingly well done. Visitors to San Diego wonder, Is it worth the drive up to Escondido to see the San Diego Zoo Safari Park? Will the kids enjoy it as well or better than the Zoo? The answer is yes, yes, and yes! The Tiger Trail exhibit is child-friendly. But you don't have…
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Z is for Zoo – San Diego Zoo

 (This is part of a series, Blogging from A to Z April 2014 Challenge. My theme for the challenge is Quintessential San Diego from A to Z, focusing on those things that are  typical, or perfect, or classic examples of San Diego life. Today is our last one, Z!) What could possibly be more Quintessential San Diego than the San Diego Zoo?…
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K is for Koalas

(This is part of a series, Blogging from A to Z April 2014 Challenge. My theme for the challenge is Quintessential San Diego from A to Z, focusing on those things that are  typical, or perfect, or classic examples of San Diego life. Today is K.) Koala and Her Joey at the San Diego ZooPhoto by Penny Hyde What do koalas have to…
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The Pangolin – Palawan’s Little Ball of Wonders

by Donna Amis Davis / @DonnaAmisDavis Pangolin See this cute, unusual little animal? It is a pangolin, also known as a scaly anteater. Some have described this animal as a walking pine cone, or an artichoke with a tail. During a recent trip to the San Diego Zoo, this little guy was featured in a Keeper Talk. We were fascinated,…
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