San Diego Zoo

We couldn't visit San Diego and miss out on the world's best zoo! We spent and entire day exploring the zoo. They have so many intersting animals! They have the biggest collection of animals that are endangered and extinct in the wild than any other zoo I have ever been too. We really had a great time at the zoo.

Me and Flat Stanley outside of the zoo!

Michael and Flat Stanley on the aerial tram

One of the giant Panda bears. San Diego has the largest collection of giant Panda Bears in the United States. They have four of them. The giant Pandas are endangered. There are only 27 that live outside of China!!

I think the Polar bears were our favorite! They were so cute and cuddly! These cute little fellows weigh about 1500 pounds. Yikes! That is a big bear! Polar bears are a threatened species. San Diego zoo's Polar Bear Plunge is one of the world's largest Polar bear exhibits.

This playful Polar bear kept swimming out of the water, grabbing carrots, then swimming back to the glass and sitting up to eat his carrot! He was so funny!!

After he was full of carrots he grabbed a palm branch and rolled around on it for a long time to dry off

It was so funny just watching him roll around for the longest time

This gorilla kept making us laugh! He would come up to the glass and stare at all the people directly in the eyes. Sometimes he stood in the same spot, staring at the same person for several minutes before moving on to the next victim!

The cute little baby gorilla!

This is the Asiatic elephant, which is also endangered. You can tell this one apart from the African Elephant because it has smaller ears. They just put out enrichment toys for the elephant so he was playing while we were there. The container held carrots, and had only one small opening. The elephant would turn the container around until he could get the carrot out, then he would eat it. It was funny to watch, because he knew that the carrot came out of the little hole!

This funny looking thing looked like a skunk and a badger mixed together

Can you find Flat Stanley?

This peacock had such beautiful feathers!!

The koala bears slept most of the time we were there. Did you know that Koala bears sleep 18-20 hours every day?

We did catch the baby and momma Koala playing for a few minutes

This silly giraffe kept licking the pole!!

Overall I think the zoo was our favorite part of the trip! It was huge!! With over 4000 animals, I'm sure we missed a few. We will definitely go back some day!