点评:We were in town visiting friends and decided to go to the Toledo Zoo. We were there for about 4 hours and did not see everything! Completely missed the Museum of Natural History and the Ziems Conservatory that is within the zoo:( The Reptile House was under construction but we wouldn't have had time to go through it anyway. LOTS to see and do! Give yourself at least 5 or 6 hours if you want to see it all and especially if you have littles that love a good splash pad to cool off in!
This zoo has a lot of little, fun, novelty things that I have not seen in a zoo before. For example, in the Arctic Encounter Exhibit they had an Artic Blast chamber that was really cool to give kids (and adults) an idea of how fast and hard the winds of arctic blow. Plus, its a quick way to cool off if you are there when it is hot out. It costs $2 but you can easily fit 3 kids in the chamber or two adults. The orangutan outdoor exhibit has a button inside the enclosure that the orangutans can push that activates a shower head outside the exhibit to shower people with water going by. They didn't do it while we were there but that would be pretty funny to see! Inside the orangutan nursery room, they have an ultrasound of one of females when pregnant that was cool to see.
Fountain water is free, thank goodness. I've been to other zoos that charge $5 for a bottle of water and do not hand out fountain water. Food is expensive (as most zoos are) but portions are a good size, so you could easily split a dinner. We will definitely be visiting again:)
翻译:我们来城里探望朋友,决定去托莱多动物园。我们在那里待了大约4个小时,却没能看完所有东西!完全错过了自然历史博物馆和动物园里的 Ziems 温室 :( 爬行动物馆正在建设中,但我们反正也没时间去参观。有很多可看可做的事情!如果你想看完所有的东西,至少要留出 5 到 6 个小时,尤其是如果你有喜欢在戏水池里消暑的小朋友的话!
这个动物园有很多我以前在动物园里没见过的小玩意儿,既有趣又新奇。例如,在北极邂逅展览中,他们有一个北极爆破室,非常酷,可以让孩子(和大人)体验北极风有多快多猛烈。此外,如果你在天气炎热的时候去那里,这是一种快速降温的方法。它花费 2 美元,但你可以很容易地在室内容纳 3 个孩子或 2 个大人。猩猩户外展览的围栏内有一个按钮,猩猩可以按下按钮,启动展览外的淋浴喷头,用流过的水为人们淋浴。我们去的时候他们没有这样做那里虽然有点小,但那看起来一定很有趣!在猩猩保育室里,他们正在做一只怀孕的雌性猩猩的超声波检查,看起来很酷。
谢天谢地,喷泉水是免费的。我去过其他动物园,每瓶水要5美元,而且不提供喷泉水。食物很贵(大多数动物园都这样),但份量很足,所以你可以很容易地分一份晚餐。我们一定会再来的:)