点评:The Memphis Zoo, which was ranked the No. 1 zoo in the United States by TripAdvisor in 2008, based on viewer opinions, is home to more than 3,500 animals representing over 500 different species. Located in Overton Park, in Midtown Memphis, it opened in 1906 and has grown to cover 76 acres with 19 different exhibits in three zones. Viewing all the exhibits requires a walk of about two miles. Operating seasonally, trams provide visitors with a guided tour of the exhibits. Along the way, there are several gift shops and eateries, several gardens, a children's playground and several family picnic areas. Visitors also can enjoy a tented 5,400-square-foot ice skating rink, camel rides and giraffe feeding. The East Zone brings hallmark features of Yellowstone National Park to the zoo, including a 25-foot replica of Old Faithful Geyser, and is home to grizzly bears, timber wolves and black bears. The exhibit also is home to polar bears and American bald eagles, African elephants, white rhinos, giraffes, zebras, gazelles, ostriches, flamingos, parakeets, even two honey bee hives. The Central Zone showcases red pandas, gorillas, orangutans, lemurs, monkeys, baboons, African lions, cheetahs, leopards, tigers, jaguars, hippos, Nile crocodiles, aardvarks, wombats and vultures. The West Zone, specifically built for the Komodo dragon, the largest lizard in the world, also features a variety of colorful birds, an aquarium that houses piranhas, eels, turtles, archer fish, pufferfish and lionfish, a 1900s farm that is home to horses, goats, prairie dogs, chickens, sheep, cows, pigs, ducks and donkeys and a herpetarium that contains snakes, including a Burmese python, a green mamba and an Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, American alligators, snapping turtles, tortoises and frogs.
翻译:孟菲斯动物园在2008年被TripAdvisor评为全美最佳动物园(基于用户评价),园内饲养着超过3500只动物,涵盖500多个物种。动物园位于孟菲斯市中心的奥弗顿公园内,于1906年开放,如今已发展成为占地76英亩、拥有三个区域共19个展区的大型动物园。参观所有展区大约需要步行两英里。动物园提供季节性运营的观光电车,为游客提供导览服务。沿途设有礼品店、餐厅、花园、儿童游乐场和多个家庭野餐区。游客还可以体验5400平方英尺的帐篷式溜冰场、骑骆驼和喂长颈鹿等活动。东区将黄石国家公园的标志性景观引入动物园,包括一座25英尺高的老忠实喷泉复制品,这里也是灰熊、森林狼和黑熊的家园。展览区内还饲养着北极熊、美国白头鹰、非洲象、白犀牛、长颈鹿、斑马、瞪羚、鸵鸟、火烈鸟、鹦鹉,甚至还有两个蜂巢。中央展区则展示了小熊猫、大猩猩、猩猩、狐猴、猴子、狒狒、非洲狮、猎豹、豹、老虎、美洲虎、河马、尼罗鳄、土豚、袋熊和秃鹫。西区是专门为世界上最大的蜥蜴科莫多巨蜥建造的,这里还有各种色彩斑斓的鸟类、一个饲养着食人鱼、鳗鱼、海龟、射水鱼、河豚和狮子鱼的水族馆、一个 1900 年代的农场(饲养着马、山羊、草原犬鼠、鸡、绵羊、牛、猪、鸭和驴)以及一个爬行动物馆(饲养着包括缅甸蟒、绿曼巴蛇和东部菱背响尾蛇在内的蛇类、美洲短吻鳄、鳄龟、陆龟和青蛙)。