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| - Three keys for adults to enjoy this particular zoo.
1. Arrive as early as possible - it's cooler, less crowded and the animals are more active.
2. Buy a membership - members may enter an hour prior to opening, when it's more 'cooler', more 'less crowded' and animals are more 'more active'. The $45 package incl two guest admissions, complimentary Zoolights tix and a couple ride freebies in addtn to unlimited zoo admission. Now I pop in for a jog or power walk at 7 or 8am, once a month or so, and feel like I really get my money's worth.
3. It helps if you like to quietly observe animals. Sounds obvious, but there's no SeaWorldesque shows or truly iconic draws banging you over the head here, like Shamu, polar bears or giant pandas. But there IS a blase anteater coexisting with a red wolf. A gymnastic young orangutan. Playful otters and all the cool cats. Baboons. Javalina and a 700 lb tortoise. Bighorn sheep loping impossibly along slippery buttes. Zebras that look like paintings, posing with giant Maribou storks.
Plenty to see, if animals interest you. Arrive early, avoid summer.
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