Zoo News Sunday: Miami Dade Zoo

Hi everyone in Bloggerville. Zebee here. Today we’re off to the Miami Metro Zoo in Florida. Ready? Let’s go!

I’m checking out the interactive Zoo map!
This is really cool. You can move things around, zoom in and when you move the cursor over one of the little circles, up pops what ever it is. If it’s an animal, you get a picture and information about them. I really like this, but we must move on. . .

There’s a new exhibit, Amazon and Beyond. Read about the Village Palza, Cloud Forest and more.

Want to ride a camel? You can in the children’s zoo.

At Animals and Attractions you can check out the Featured Creature, children’s zoo and more.

What to know what’s going on? Check the Events and private party link. Here you’ll learn about close encounters, tours and more.

Interested in finding out about their educational programs? They have lots of field trip options, teachers resources, zookeeper for a day and overnight programs to name a few.

They have a Meerkat camera. Cool! You can see them at feeding time in the morning and lunch.

Wow! The Miami Metro Zoo has lots going on. Maybe my boss Joy will take me there one day soon so I can see it all again. Got to go, we are having a party in a few days for Jabari, he’s going to be 5 years old. See you Tuesday.

posted by Zebee aka Joy Delgado
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Zoo News Sunday: The Nashville Zoo

Welcome to the Nashville Zoo. Hi, Zebee here and today we’re in Tennessee. This zoo is a totally wild experience, so sit back and have a great virtual tour of their zoo.

Let’s start off by looking at the zoo map. Defiantly worth clicking on it to enlarge. This map has pictures of all the animals with their name and a number so you can find them on the map fast. Looks like they are planning lots of expansion here in the near future.

Live in the area and want to know what’s going on? Check out the Events calendar.
It lists all the neat things they’ve got planned for their guests. Member night July 11 looks like fun. The zoo’s 66,000 square foot Jungle Gym will be available for you to swing on and play like the gibbons. I want to go!

Animal information gives you the list and links to all the animals at the zoo. Click on any animal and learn all about it.

There are lots of educational programs at this zoo. The list includes: adult programs, camp programs, home school programs and lots more.

Check out the Nashville Zoo next time you drive through, or if you live there join and become a member. If you do, remember I want to go to the member’s night in July.

Okay Bloggervillers, it’s time for me to take my afternoon nap. I’ll see you back here Tuesday with more ‘V Zoo’ happenings.

posted by Zebee aka Joy Delgado
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Zoo News Sunday: National Zoological gardens of South Africa

Good Sunday morning to you, Zebee here. Want to go on a trip with me to a far away zoo? Well, at least it is for me. Today we’re off to the National Zoological gardens of South Africa. This zoo has lots to be proud of. First off they are 111 years old. They are also on of the top 10 ranked international zoos in the world. So, let’s get going.

Their tours look interesting. They have aquarium tours at night, camping tours, a two hour night walking tour and a variety of organized group tours.

They have a really god education section. They have daily school programs, holiday courses and even a ZooMobile that comes to your school!

Friends of the Zoo host a monthly Zoo Fun Run/Walk. The event raises money for the Friends of the Zoo as well as gets you into the park early in the morning to walk and run around looking at the animals before the general public gets in!

The zoo does a lot for conservation of the species. They have two different game breeding centers.

Don’t forget to sign up for their newsletter.

I had fun, didn’t you? But it’s time for me to go home. So, I’ll see you all back here Tuesday for more fun ‘V Zoo’ happenings.

posted by Zebee aka Joy Delgado
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Zoo News Sunday: The Houston Zoo

Ready for today’s zoo adventure? Zebee here and today we’re traveling to the Houston Zoo.
Their mission is to provide a fun, unique, and inspirational experience fostering appreciation, knowledge, and care for the natural world. I think this is a really good mission, don’t you? Okay, onto the rest of the site.

First off, they have a really cool home page the graphics get you excited to click and go deeper into the zoo. They have a revolving picture with links to take you to things that are happening at the zoo. The day I visited here are some of the things they were highlighting:

Meet Miles, the New Baby Giraffe - Here you can click to see photos of Miles, learn how he’s doing and watch a few videos of him.

Summer Camp Zoofari - Want to go to a really cool summer camp at the zoo? Send your parents to this link then and have a great summer!

Nest on down is a block titled “Zoo Daily News”. Here they give you a short blurb and link to read the whole article about what ever you need to know about zoo news. Things like if they are working in an area, any new areas that are under construction, etc. This is also where you can subscribe to their newsletter.

Want to know what’s coming up in the future? Check out the Events calendar. When you get there, you can choose your month to view. You also can read any press releases and articles from past newsletters.

They have podcast links, featured videos, meet the keeper talks link (they have over a dozen different keeper talks a day!) and a link to animal news featuring all new babies! This is my favorite. I love looking at baby pictures.

Well, I think you have a pretty good idea of what goes on at the Houston Zoo. Have fun exploring the web site. I’ll see you Tuesday with more fun from the ‘V Zoo’.

posted by Zebee aka Joy Delgado
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Zoo News Sunday: The Portland Zoo

Good Sunday morning all my fans in Bloggerville. Zebee here.

Today and for the next several weeks I will be going to only one zoo and telling you all about it. Why the change? My boss Joy and her husband Julio are underway sailing their boat from Puerto Rico to Florida. She didn’t want either this blog or her blog to go silent for all that time. So we got together and wrote posts for about 6 weeks. (She has to do the typing. Can you picture me typing? Hoofs don’t do well on a keyboard!) They are all done and waiting to pop up on the right day. So please do continue to stop by. It will be lots of fun here at the ‘V Zoo’, I promise.

Okay, on with today’s zoo. My boss Joy’s mom lives in Portland, OR. When Joy’s children were little, they lived there too. Zoo visits were a regular outing. Come with me into the Portland Zoo where they are “Inspiring our community to create a better future for wildlife.”
Hop into the Portland Zoo.

Let’s poke around the zoo and see what’s there.

If you live in the area, you really must sign up for their newsletter. You can do this right from the home page. Also on the home page you can click on links to things like:

Animals - Read animal fact sheets, take a virtual tour behind the scenes and much more.

Conservation - See what the Portland Zoo is doing about helping to conserve the world’s wildlife and environment.

Education - Read about school field trips for schools, homeschool program, family adventures available and more.

Groups Scoop - Learn all about having a group event at the zoo. Guess what? You can plan an overnight at the zoo! How cool is that!?!

Kidzone - Here you can play games, meet the zoo babies, learn how you can help out with conservation and lots more fun stuff.
And lots more.

Coming this summer, the zoo is opening a new exhibit, Predators of the Serengeti. Check out the virtual tour and read about what animals are going to be there.

Want to keep up with all the special events at the zoo? Go to the Events page and pick the month you want to visit. I picked April. During that month they have:

Keeper talks daily so you can learn about their animals.
Zoo’s Gone Wild Spring Break Party from March 23 – April 5
Rabbit Romp on April 11
Second Tuesday on April 14
Elephantastic! on April 18
Party for the Planet on April 26
Run for the Cheetah on April 26
Go to the April Events to read about all these great events. I want to go. Will you take me?

I guess we’ve traveled all over the Portland Zoo today. I don’t know about you but I need a rest, right over there under my favorite tree.

See you back here on Tuesday with some more fun from the ‘V Zoo’.

posted by Zebee aka Joy Delgado
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Laughing Zebra – Books for Children
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