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If there's one thing we humans cherish more than enacting our dominance on the rest of the natural world by trapping innocent animals, binding them, stealing them from their natural habitat and locking them in a cage against their will for the rest of their meager existence, it's gawking at those animals at the zoo!
Alright, alright... Don't get your panties in a knot and go and cue the Sarah McLachlan ASPCA theme song in your head now; I'm just joshing you. Besides, zoo animals have it pretty good living in captivity... I think.
Anyways, I can't imagine there being a better zoo than Toronto's. All of the main attraction exhibits have great and close views of all their animals, and many of which have a lower and upper viewing area. I stood 15 feet from a bunch of gorillas pounding their chests, came face to face through the glass with a pacing Siberian tiger, listened to a pride of lions "purr", watched a polar bear back stroke past me in her swimming pool and was so close to a giraffe munching on a tree I could have touched it. That giraffe even inadvertently flung spit onto us when he snapped a branch back in our direction! Cool, huh?
Not to forget that the Toronto Zoo has a giant panda exhibit on display now as well. You can't just go and see pandas anywhere these days, you know.
Only bummer I found was with the zoo being huge and you getting pretty thirsty walking it in the heat, I couldn't seem to find a water fountain anywhere. So, be sure to pack plenty of water and comfortable shoes.
Sarah McLachlan is Canadian anyways. Even she must know that the Toronto Zoo rocks.
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