Zoo Too - Insects, Tiger!

So, for the big birthday I had recently, I was given ZSL membership (thanks siblings!).  which means free entry, and other nice things.  And travel on London Transport is now free as well.  So I went back to see one or two creatures I might have missed last time.  I didn't have my DSLR with me, so the pictures (from my phone camera) are a little fuzzy.

Zoo 6 - All the Rest...

Some more photos from ZSL.
These first few are from the newly-themed 'Africa' section.

 Warthog.

 Really, plese don't look at me this way!

 Piranha!

 Big fat old toad

 Axolotl.

 Lurker

Zoo 5 - Various Primates! and Butterflies!

A small comparison

Lunch at home...

... and lunch at the Zoo...

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Zoo 4 - Improvements

The Zoo day did impress me enormously.  It was easy to get tickets online, and there was little or no queuing to get in, despite the fact that it was very busy.  But those are merely operational niceties, really.

What I really liked was the new way they have decided to focus on different geographical areas, as well as showcasing the star animals of course.  So the  river terraces in he north are Africa-themed, and there is an Indian theme surrounding the tigers.

They have also, finally, begun to make some kind of sense of the Clore elephant house (the elephants and rhinos are thankfully long gone - to Whipsnade, I think.

The penguin pool was, however, unused....

... and they still haven't found a use for the Mappin terraces.

Yetthere were other pleasures as well.   I do enjoy a good aviary...