Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey #5 out of 6

The section led into a beautiful lobby with a wonder mobile of fish schooling in a circle.  To the left was a room where you could pet little rays, and then a spacious corridor with large window overlooking Philadelphia's downtown led to an auditorium and the stairs to the second level and the Kids Zone area.

 From the petting pool room you could also look out of tinted glass to the outside park and area where the African Penguins are displayed.  The exhibit is on the end phase of a renovation, but it was also clearly too cold even for penguins of this species.

 More windows in the corridor area and with old folk rocky chairs, too!  I loved that thoughtful addition.  And another shot of downtown Philly.

Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey #6 out of 6

The final area to visit is on the second level and contains the Kids Zone, but don't let this deter you from climbing the stairs.  You'll find a nice range of animals in this area and several beautiful salt water aquariums, too.

 Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman, Paleosuchus palpebrosus

 Waxy Monkey Tree Frogs, Phyllomedusa sauvagii

 Axolotl (Mexican Water-dogs), Ambystoma mexicanum

 This tank was complete with two under glass bubbles for kids to poke their heads into for a fish-eyed view

 Clownfish with anemone and some other species like the Blue Tang above

Wintery Philadelphia

Last Sunday in single-digit windchill Philadelphia.

My Little Garden Zoo in Winter

Most of the animals in my own Little Garden Zoo go into "storage" for the winter months.  But some occasionally still make appearences in the "jungles" in my Sunroom or other locals in my home.  The colony of Meerkats, for example, have set up shop in the planters lining the south western window of my living room.

 I swear, sometimes they can almost look animate.

You would not know it to look at it, but this rock came from the top of Table Mountain in South Africa... 

Elsewhere a quartet of Cape Buffalo are foraging in the Buddha Gardens.

And nearby I spied a family of Sumatran Orangutans.  All proving that winter doesn't curtail all of the possibilities in my Little Garden Zoo.

Order Primate to Suborder Strepsirrhini: We Have Cousins, People!

The result of my current exploration of animals that share our Order in the Web of Life.  These are our lesser cousins.

DNA Graphic

I love looking at closely we are related to other forms of life on the evolutionary DNA ladder.  I made this graphic to share some of them.

Where The Lemurs Are

Where the Lemurs are!  I made these graphics to show in which zoos you could find members of the 12 species of Lemurs currently kept in U. S. zoos and safari parks.  I have not included the Duke Center for Lemur Studies in North Carolina because it is not open to the public in general, but I acknowledge its excellent research in Lemur species survival and conservation.