San Diego Zoo Tomorrow
@DeborahDiane (40055)
Laguna Woods, California
May 11, 2016 6:30pm CST
As if this week has not been busy enough, tomorrow we are going down to San Diego to enjoy the world famous zoo there.
It should be a fun experience. We used to go all the time and we were even members of the zoo for a few years. However, we haven't been there in years.
I'll have to get some photos of the zoo and share them here.
Do you have a favorite zoo or animal park in your area that you love to visit?
(The coyote in this picture is NOT at the San Diego Zoo. I will get some photos of the actual animals there, soon.)
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
11 May 16
Enjoy your trip to the zoo....that's one zoo I'd love to visit
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
The San Diego Zoo is fabulous and we were able to see nearly every exhibit!
@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
This is a very special zoo. It is one of the largest in the world and also has 140 conservation locations around the world where they work to preserve endangered species and often reintroduce animals into the wild that were born in the zoo's Safari Park here in Southern California.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
15 May 16
@DeborahDiane That sounds like a great place, and I'm so glad that they work on conservation too.
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
@jaboUK - Yes, conservation is their actual focus and it shows.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
12 May 16
I have never been to the San Diego Zoo but have always wanted to.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
16 May 16
@DeborahDiane No I have never lived in California but have visited three times.
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 May 16
@BelleStarr - I'm glad you have visited in the past. Hopefully, you'll get a chance to visit the San Diego zoo during one of your future trips.
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
Didn't you live in San Diego for a while ... or do I have you confused with someone else? The San Diego Zoo is a very special place!
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
12 May 16
Don't forget hats and sunscreen. The weather should be glorious, but the sun will be strong tomorrow. Have fun!
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
The nice thing about the San Diego Zoo is that 90 percent of it is shaded by the rain forest plants that they imported to duplicate a natural rain forest. It is a beautiful zoo and we had a great day there! Today we spent at the beach ... with plenty of hats and sunscreen. This has been an exhausting week with our kids and grandkids!
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
@ElizabethWallace - They have gone, now, and I miss them already! The house was way too quiet today!
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
15 May 16
@DeborahDiane When do they all go home? Hopefully before you and hubby are completely worn out.
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
@JudyEv - It is really nice when the zoos attempt to breed animals, especially endangered species, and return them to the wild.
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
The San Diego zoo is one of the largest in the world. None of the animals are in small cages. Their habitats are spacious. The zoo also operates a Safari Park where animals are bred and returned to one of the 140 conservation spots that the zoo operates around the world. It is a very special zoo.
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@JudyEv (325809)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 May 16
@DeborahDiane Sounds a great place. Several of our zoos have breeding areas outside of the main zoo too. The main zoo is usually in the middle of a city.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
14 May 16
I know you've had a busy week with family- so you'll need a rest when they leave but so nice to be with everyone!
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
It has been so wonderful to be with our family. They leave tomorrow and, until then, I can only poke my head in here for half an hour or so a day ... if that much!
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
@MarymargII - Yes, I get a little flak from my husband about my computer time once in a while, too! No time to do that when I'm with the grandkids, though!
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
15 May 16
@DeborahDiane I get it and don't get to writing too much when they're around. My husband likes it though- as I'm away from the laptop where he says, "I hole up for hours" --ha!
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
We loved the zoo and today we spent relaxing at the beach. This has been a very busy visit with our daughter!
@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
13 May 16
i'd love to come'n visit that zoo myself :) there's a zoo here (2nd largest'n the state...) but i always leave their most saddened by the cagin' 'f the animals, their small quarters. the one'n albuquerque's much nicer, they've gone to great lengths to make the habitats fer each more natural fer each species. shame the powers that be here'll not fork o'er those funds.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
15 May 16
@DeborahDiane shhh, don't tell nobody, but i'm a silent contributor to the san diego zoo's work actually. i admire all they do 'n the great efforts made to do jest that. shame that here'n my own state such aint true. 'tis most depressin' to see the animals here'n their small enclosures - barren dirt, weeds, concrete - that's purty much all they've got. i see such's cruelty myself.
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
@crazyhorseladycx - Wow! I'm impressed that you are a contributor to the San Diego Zoo's work. They really are working to improve life for animals around the world. It would depress me to see animals in small, barren enclosures, too.
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
The one in San Diego goes to great lengths to make the habitats nice for the animals, too. In addition, they operate a Safari Park just north of San Diego and they have been so successful at building their herds that they have been able to reintroduce animals to some of the 140 conservation parks they sponsor around the world.
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
They also have two of the few Pandas that are in captivity in the United States. I will have to write an article and include some photos.
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 May 16
That is a great zoo. I went there often during the year or so when I lived in SD. Have fun!
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 May 16
@DeborahDiane That is great to hear!
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
It is a truly fabulous zoo and now they have over 140 conservation projects going on all over the world.
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
I'm glad you have been to the San Diego Zoo ... it is such a wonderful place and we had a fabulous day there.
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
Ha Ha! We have lots of snakes in the San Diego Zoo, too! The only butterflies were a few wild ones that flit around occasionally.
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
I love a high quality zoo. They do a lot of good in the world and today they work to protect endangered species!
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@Hannihar (129482)
• Israel
12 Nov 17
I love zoo photos and really want to see them. I have been to San Diego and we went to Disnelyland and I loved it so much. I had an Aunt that lived there and cousins that lived in Aneheim. My favorite ride was the Small World one and I cannot to this day get the song out of my head.
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
13 Nov 17
@Hannihar - Yes, the music in "It's a Small World" certainly can stick in your head for years! We have ridden that ride several times with our grandkids, and I think I know all the lines to the song! LOL
@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
13 Nov 17
@Hannihar - Yes, Disneyland is a lot of fun!
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@Hannihar (129482)
• Israel
13 Nov 17
@DeborahDiane
I love that song and the place. I still talk about going there. It was such a fun place to go to.
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@zebra2222 (5269)
• United States
15 May 16
I've heard great things about the San Diego zoo. The Detroit Zoo is a pretty good zoo as well.
@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
Yes, they do roam wild in many parts of the world ... including here in Southern California.
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
Our daughter and her husband who live in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York have taken her son (one of our seven grandkids) to the Bronx Zoo several times. He loves it, too!
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@DianneN (246838)
• United States
16 May 16
@DeborahDiane I'm not too far from Hastings-on-Hudson!!!
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 May 16
@DianneN - It's a charming little town. Our daughter just posted some photos of a backyard party she hosted over the weekend, with the kids rocking in the hammock. She said the weather was very pleasant for her party!
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 May 16
I agree! The Polar Bears are wonderful to see and they seem to enjoy their environment so much!
@sgbrown (1638)
• United States
12 May 16
I would LOVE to visit the San Diego Zoo! My camera and I would have a great time! You are lucky to have such a wonderful zoo nearby. It is a 2 hour drive either north or south for us to visit a zoo. We do have an animal rescue park about 30 minutes away, but most of these animals are in cages and that makes me a little sad... 
