The Russells took a ferry one hot, pretty day and visited the Taronga Zoo, across the harbor from downtown Sydney.

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The Russells took a ferry one hot, pretty day and
visited the Taronga Zoo, across the harbor from
downtown Sydney.
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The Taronga Zoo is located in a wonderful
setting along the harbor with great views of the
Harbor Bridge and other sites. As a zoo, I would
have to rate it as OK. The best part of the
day was the Seal Show and the Bird Show. But,
the zoo was clean, had some great foliage, and it
was a nice visit for a few hours. Here are a few
of the many shots taken that day.
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The first cute feller we met was a huge Komodo
Dragon.
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My, what nice teeth you have!
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There were three or four elephants in their area
they looked healthy enough.
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The Fisher Cat was a vicious looking animalsort
of a fuzzier Wolverine. It likes to live in the
trees, we were told.
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Huge necks, long tongues, and pretty eyes and
eyelashes made the young giraffes glamorous.
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A family of four young giraffes had a great time
eating leaves given to them by their caretaker.
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A young Koala Bear munches down on some
eucalyptus leaves in a special enclosure for the
Koalas.
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A humongous Kodiak Bear looks for some apples
that the feeder tossed in his cage.
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Some of the most fun animals to watch are the
little Meercatssort of a cuter Prairie Dog that
is very active.
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On some artificial rocky mountains, these Bighorn
Sheep seemed to love climbing and sunbathing.
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The Tapir is one ugly animal. It doesnt seem to
do much, either.
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Two Giant Tortoises were rocketing around their
pen looking for scraps of lettuce to eat.
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A mule in pajamasthe Zebra.
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The Seal Show was very enjoyable. The seals are
so personable and the trainers did a good job
with them.
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The slippery seal would scamper to a high perch,
then play catch with a ball or dive off into the
water below.
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A real showoff, this seal liked to milk the
audience for applause.
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A simple game of catch the ball and toss it back.
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The Bird Show was fun, toosome pretty
interesting birds would fly very close to us in
the stands, then return to their trainer.
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The falcons and eagles and even the parrots that
flew around were well trained and fun to watch.
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The cute little parrot did some tricks for her
trainer and the audience.
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A majestic Golden Eagle was part of the show.
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This Cockatoo would take money from visitors,
drop it in the box, and then get a treat from his
trainer.
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It was a fun day at the Taronga Zoothough it was
hot and humid, we enjoyed walking around and
seeing the animals. The ride over on a ferry, as
with all of our ferry rides, was niceand the
views of downtown Sidney and the harbor full of
boats spectacular.