Pics at the L.A. Zoo "lair" exhibit

[jaleely]

We went to the Zoo yesterday! I must admit, I love the zoo, but after all the hype going into the Los Angeles zoo's new reptile exhibit...i was kind of disappointed. They still have their old area where they house some snakes, and bugs, which is super small...but this new places seems even more cramped. There were a few enclosures that were large, but still housed multiple snakes. There were tons of people trying to file thorugh, and there was very little room for viewing or moving around. Overall, seems like a weird rennovation, to make it more sucky! But, the animals were beautiful and my favorite was the Giant Chinese Salamander. As big as me!!! Everyone walked right by not realizing he was there because they were expecting something small. He looked like just a huge rock on the bottom of the tank!
I'll get to him. Anyway...I have here a lot of photos. Not the quality I'd hoped, as lighting was hard to manage, or at times direct sunlight was glaring on the glass.
Still, you'll get the idea, and there are some beauties!

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There were two
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This photo was taken at the end of the day, about 4pm, whereas the other two were taken at 11 am. Clearly a huge mover *lol*
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[jaleely]

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This little brat jumped across the tank just as i tried to photograph him! So no head pic *lol*
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[jaleely]

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[jaleely]

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Ah it kind of sucks. Many of these were too far away to really get a good photo. Plus there were *so* many people shoving and being in the way, that I couldn't even read the signs, more or less take a good photo of them. A lot of times i just took a photo of the sign, then waited to get close enough to read it, and see the animal. Anyway, apologies because the photos only kind of get worse. lol you do get the idea that these are the animals you might glimpse if you ever go to this zoo though.
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[jaleely]

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[jaleely]

These guys were sooo cute and active. Probably hated being together in their display lol
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[knox]

Great pics, Melissa! Thank you for posting them. That first Palm Viper is GORGEOUS!

[jaleely]

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[BarelyBreathing]

Fun! I love the Mangshan! Also, I've never seen a palm viper with black like that before.

[jaleely]

I loved the gaboon viper...he stayed flattened out and in the same spot all day *lol* he was huge!!

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This was the "nursery" area. A couple places with incubators, this section of "antivenom" lol and a bunch of five gallon tanks with baby snakes in it with only one hide :(

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[jaleely]

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this one wouldn't show it's head all day!
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[jaleely]

I was looking forward to finding this one for you Kim, but i could not find it in the enclosue! No one could, and we looked in the morning and the evening. lol
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Hedgehog!
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[jaleely]

Madagascar hissing cockroaches
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Prarie dog...there were many, all fat and greedy. lol
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[jaleely]

And for Barelybreathing...a real, HUGE, Komodo Dragon!
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This thing was bigger than me, though you can't really tell very well
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[jaleely]

One thing that's neat about the LA zoo is this whole area where they explore caves. It's like being in a real cave, and you can crawl around and end up in other places in the display. The lighting is also horrible, so though we saw one tiny snake with no name, and a tarantula with no name, there displays were pretty scratched up and hard to even see, let alone take a photo of. Here is the look of the cave though

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Here are some meerkats...that live next to the popcorn stand. Can you guess why they are out...begging??
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Even though the meerkats beg, this was over by the seals, which makes no sense *lol*
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[BarelyBreathing]

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[*Don't Mind Me*]

O_o I passed by that zoo today, anyways I heard of the new exhibit and was thinking about checking it out, hmm. Thank you for posting

[alessia55]

I can't see the photos either :(

[Wama]

No pics:confused:

[StudentoReptile]

Same here.

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[jaleely]

I edited the album title not realizing it edited the link. I changed it back...they should all show again now!
Woopsie!!!

[SidewaysAt100]

Thanks for all the awesome pictures, love all the animals, especially the Dumerils Boa, I can't wait till my Dumerils gets that big.

[BarelyBreathing]

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Aaron_S]

Melissa!!! You're really pretty!

[Wama]

Thank you. Looks like a good day out.

[Trent]

Cool shots!!

[Will0W783]

Awesome photos Melissa! Thanks for posting! :)

[jaleely]

Aww thanks Aaron! Hmm you're so sarcastic sometimes though, are you really talking about me, or the Komodo dragon? LOL

I think the hat really makes the photo *lol*

I wish they'd had more reptiles at the zoo. I feel like there wasn't enough there. It did take all day to look around. Maybe i'm spoiled by the san diego zoo.

[mykee]

I'm with Aaron, so pretty...

[jaleely]

Okay, now i know you guys are talking about the reptiles *lol*

Or being brats =P

ANYway...anyone else ever been to the Lair? Last time we went down to the zoo they were building it..i'm surprised it turned out the way it did. I still love that giant salamander though. I just wanted to hug it!