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Hours: 10a-5p M-F
10:30a-5:30p Sa-Su-Hol
Tickets: Adults $8
Children $3
Children under 3 FREE

Central Park Zoo

I had a day alone with the kids so I found the most kid friendly activity which was the zoo in Madagascar, the Central Park Zoo. It was easy to get to in the south east-ish corner of Central Park. It was a few blocks from the nearest subway station but once at the Park it was easy to find.

I quickly realized that besides charging for admission it's actually much smaller than the Lincoln Park Zoo back home in Chicago. It is however much better maintained and quite a bit "nicer" than our home town zoo.. I enjoyed the Rain Forest area which is an enclosed building with lots of vegetation and Rain Forest animals, mostly birds, but also bats and some tiny Deer. My girls seemed to like the Penguins the most. For days after the visit the only part they recalled was the "Penguins pooping".

The price of admission gets you into both the main zoo as well as an even smaller Children's Zoo just down the path. At the Children's Zoo there are lots of birds, another show area and two petting zoos, one with Goats and the other with Sheep. There are also things for kids to climb on and work off some of the junk food the surely had during the visit.
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A very cool Delacorte Clock outside the zoo.
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Great landscaping around the Sea Lion tank just inside the park.
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Sea Lion checking out the visitors.
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Climbing over a rocky barrier.
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Pooping Chinstrap and Gentoo Penguins.
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Huge Polar Bear entertaining the kids.
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Same Polar Bear doing a backstroke.
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Can you find a Snow Monkey?
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There he is.
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So cute and cuddly.
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Some type of Tortoise.
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Swan Goose.
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Sleeping Red Panda.
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Starting to wake up.
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A Turtle pond enclosure.
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A pair of Painted Turtles frolic.
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A Black-necked Swan in the Snow Monkey pond.
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My kids just loved the shows.
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My personal favorite was the Rain Forest building.
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Taveta Golden Weaver making a nest.
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African Pigmy Goose.
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This Pacu is a harmless relative of the Piranha.
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Fruit Bat.
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Very bright Scarlet Ibis.
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Steam generator keeps the building very Rain Foresty.
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I think I saw relatives of these Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches in the subway.
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Very cook Oriente Knight Anole.
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A sleeping Red Eyed Treefrog.
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Very cute Silvery Marmoset.
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Entrance to the Children's Zoo just down the path from the main zoo.
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Cute cuddly Dutch Rabbit.
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Quack, it's a duck.
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This was some type of Pheasant.
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Some pigeon.
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A goat in the petting zoo.
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More shows in the Children's Zoo.
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