a few shots from a walk at the zoo

Good Morning, and have a greta day

Today I will share a few shots from a visit to the Buttonwood Park zoo here in New Bedford, its a fairly small Zoo and to be honest I wish they could expand it to have more space for the animals to be able to roam a bit more, but that said last year I bough a season ticket and visited a few times and ended up speaking with a few of the staff there, and i must say I have bene impressed, not one did I get the impression its just a job to bring in the money, every staff member I spoke to clearly had a love for anaimals and a passion for taking care of them and was very knowledgable about the animals and their needs which did changemy feeling about the zoo, I still wish it was bigger but at least I know the animals are cared for

and as I was writing this I just remembered my season pass ended at the end of March, after I fisnish writing this post I will go onto their website and renew my membership for another year.

Starting off with this little guy, I know the photo doesnt have anything to give a sens eof scale but as far as turtles go and my knowledge of them he was a smaller one.
I know one of the staff told me what type of turtle it was but I guess my brain doesnt retain things like it used to and I forget what she told me

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I have noticed the bee hives on most visits tot he Zoo, but this is the first time I saw them attending to them

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and I think this is a red crowned crane

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one of the bison
Bison of Bufflo I wondered about the names and found out

While "buffalo" is often used colloquially to refer to the American bison, they are not the same as true buffalo (like Cape buffalo or water buffalo) found in Africa and Asia. Bison are native to North America and Europe, while true buffalo are native to the Old World.

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and to finish off the playful otters

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And that’s all folks

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