Nickel City Reptiles

The Bronx Zoo is the largest metropolitan zoo in the United States, consisting of 265 acres of natural habitats and more than 4,000 animals. The zoo was opened November 8, 1899 and focused on conservation-something he still practices today. The Bronx Zoo is owned and operated by the Wildlife Conservation Society (formerly known as the New York Zoological Society) and was one of the first zoos in America that moved animals from cages to sprawling reproduces living environments. Species are mixed to create a more realistic environment for the animals and zoo patrons. The Zoo charges entry fees to assist in the maintenance and preservation of species of the exhibition.

One of the jewels of the Bronx Zoo in eastern Congo Gorilla Forest, which includes more than 400 animals and 55 different species (and 22 gorillas), and 15,000 plants representing 400 species. The 6.5 hectare forest is the largest rainforest in the world man. The Congo Gorilla Forest is also home to Patty Cake, the first gorilla born in New York City. In addition, the Bronx Zoo has almost an acre of rainforest Inner Asia. Another interesting habitat, habitat Planes in Africa, where the zoo workers have incorporated a number of predators to prey separated by a complex system of ditches. Lions, zebras, giraffes and other animals of the savanna-dwelling live in this habitat.

Other attractions include the world of darkness, an exhibition within the nocturnal animals, Tiger Mountain, winning three acre Home for Siberian tigers, Himalayan Highlands, a habitat of an acre authentically decorated by a Tibetan monk, Baboon Reserve, with a simulated archaeological dig, the Bengali Express, a monorail around two miles through different habitats, aquatic Birdhouse, construction boom, and the world of reptiles. The petting zoo features a variety of interactive activities such as climbing a spider web, crawl through a tunnel of prairie dogs, crawling like a lizard of a hollow tree, and, of course, a petting zoo children.

The zoo has a special relationship with the bison and the snow leopard. The model for nickel buffalo buffalo was a resident of the Bronx Zoo. In addition, many bison in the American West today are descendants of Bronx Zoo bison. William T. Hornaday cultivated a deep interest in the American bison, which once numbered more than 50 million. In the 1890s, fewer than 1,000 bison were thought to exist in the wild. In October of 1899, Hornaday gained buffalo to the Bronx Zoo and began building a herd. In 1907, the Bronx Zoo has been able to carry fifteen to preserve Oklahoma Wichita Mountain. Shortly afterwards, the bison have been provided to Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. Many bison in the western U.S. today are descendants of bison at the Bronx Zoo. Similarly, the Bronx Zoo was the first zoo in the western hemisphere to exhibit and reproduce successfully the snow leopard, a total of 82 cubs were born between 1966 and 1999.

The Bronx Zoo has educational entertainment for the whole family and is open all year. Some attractions require a separate admission fee, children under 2 years are free.