Dallas Zoo

[RachelS.]

I went to the Dallas Zoo today. It's a sucky zoo, and it isn't as big as the Fort Worth Zoo (which is 100x better). A few of the animals that they had exibits for weren't even there. But they still had a pretty nice small reptile house with really nice enclosure setups :).

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My favorite goanna: the Perentie!!!

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beautiful eyes :)

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Well, hello!

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They fed some of the herps while I was there.

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This guy was sooooo ADORABLE! He was looking at me and striking at the glass... what a cutie!!

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awww look at his little nose :D

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blurry :(

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[RachelS.]

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stupid guy kept provoking this tropical ratsnake to make it eat the mouse. I mean, c'mon if it doesn't want it it's not hungry... plus that mouse is waaaay too small! Do they just feed them more often or something? Btw, this stupid kid (he was older then me and stupid!) next to me was like "it's not gonna eat it because it's dead", and I was like "no, it's just not hungry, my snakes eat pre-killed and thawed out rats" and he goes "it won't eat it because the mouse is dead." I just walked off.

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they aren't very good shots :\

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peekaboo :p

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they had 2 of these in seperate enclosures... this is the smaller of the two and very active!

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[RachelS.]

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BIG!

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weird... do crocodile lizards get greener with age?

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not too surprising... I catch these guys all the time :)

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hehehe

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this krait was so quick, I really couldn't get a head shot :\

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ugh... at least you can see it's colors

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black maaaaammmmmbaaaaaa

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Can you spot the gaboon viper?

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oooo cuuute!

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[RachelS.]

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Chuckwallaaaaaaa! :D

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awww :)

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I knew I had another pic of this guy somewhere... heh ah well

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terrible pic. at least you can tell it's a snake

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*drools*

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gotta love gouldii

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ZZZzzzz

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hey, man, wanna smoke? lol

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didn't get a sharp pic because the little kids kept pushing me!!

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[RachelS.]

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at least I got a shot of it!!! uh oh... is that cacti? ;)

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What kind of snake is this? I forgot...

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maybe if I stay still like this they won't see me!

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this king cobra was at least 9' long... pretty good sized

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Does this look awkward to you, or what?

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Take a nice good look at this picture ;)

Thanks for looking!!

[Greg West]

Tons of picks. I can't imagine what you consider a good zoo. Lots of animals in my opinion. The Cagary zoo used to have a pretty good reptile house, but it has since been torn down. Be thankful you can see that many cool reptiles in one place.

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[Matt_K]

Great pics Rachel, looks like you had a good time!! I feel sorry for those out there that have dial up!!! :D

[Andy_G]

Wow! What do you consider a "good" zoo? That's a lot of herps for one zoo to keep! I love all of em too :). Great pics!

[Dom]

those are amazing cages and the animal looked in great condition ..

Tx for posting all the pics

[Tim_Cranwill]

Wow, great shots! Thanks for sharing with us... :)

[Burmies]

I think that the dallas has some nice looking herp. I get this from what I can see in the pics you have taken there. My favorites are the ones with the snakes.


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[Steeve B]

thanks Rachel you just made my day with those goanna pics, they have a pair did you see only one? kind regards

[Melly18]

wow lots of pics took like 3 minutes to load the whole thing :P hehe :) thanks for sharing with us.

[RachelS.]

hehehe thanks guys for all the wonderful comments!

[katev17]

Woah Rachel! You're like me with the camera lol... very nice shots you got though, I'm jealous :P ... You must have had so much fun! Better have had enough for the both of us :P heehee

Thanks for sharin, :)
Kate

[Sean_.E.]

GREAT pics!

"terrible pic. at least you can tell it's a snake" Are you sure thats not a legless lizard?

[honduranfreekk]

Hey Rachel GREAT pic,s girl I just loved them all and thank you very much for posting and sharing such a great time :) :)

[RachelS.]

Sean, yup I'm sure ;)

[Xetox]

Nice.... The KC Zoo had like 3 reptiles the last time I was there so consider yourself lucky!

[Mike177]

nice i havent been to the dallas zoo in a wile but i agree fort worth zoo is much better. but boath zoos could do a little better on some large constrictors. the dallas zoo has a burm and thats it but the fort worth zoo has a burm too but they have some other good stuff like bloods and such but in all fort worth has some good venoumus

[peregrinefalcon]

WOW!!! Zoos around here have like three tortoises and an iguana! That must have been awesome, thanks for sharing the pics! :D
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[RachelS.]

You're welcome everyone... glad you enjoyed the pics :)