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* The underwater tunnel below the polar bear pool. Not only is it air conditioned, but you may be lucky enough to witness the bears' graceful dives, skillful fish-catching, clumsy water polo, and other adorable shenanigans! You might have to stake it out a bit, as the bears spend only 10% of their day underwater. But the sight is well worth the wait. (On a blazing hot July afternoon, we spent an hour there and saw a bear swim three times).
* The rare and striking Amur leopard. There are just a couple dozen of these left in the wild. So it's a special treat to see one in the flesh. When we stopped by, the leopard was right next to the glass, yawning at delighted toddlers just a few inches away.
* The elephant/giraffe savanna, where you can snap interspecies portraits of the world's largest land mammals next to the world's tallest land mammals. The contrasts are striking: gray vs. yellow, fat vs. thin, etc. The baby elephant is adorable too, especially when the ears go flapping.
* The fast-moving shark tanks. You can snap a terrifying pic that makes you and your friends look like the stars/victims of Sharknado.
* The jellyfish tanks. The aquarium lights rotate through a dazzling array of neon colors. Put Pink Floyd on your iPod and it's just like a 1980s laser spectacular.
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