Zoo Tours: The Africa Loop | Jacksonville Zoo

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EPSIODE 111

Jacksonville's Master Plan

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Welcome to the channel's debut of the Jacksonville Zoo! The land of 2,000 animals, over 1,000 plants, and a wave of Award Winning features. Before we dwell in the new, a true visit will first bring you to the old. The Africa Loop is a 14 acre boardwalk trek over the dry plains, forest, and savanna oasis. This week's episode is full of... well... it's best put in bullet points.
• One of the Southeast's premeire aviaries
• A record breaking Tortoise
• A Crane courtship ritual
• THREE BABY antelope
• A Reptile House
• An Elephant with a THRILLING backstory
• A Lion ROAR off
• A Giraffe Sprinting Marathon

Full Species List:
River Valley Aviary
1. Abdim's Stork, Yellow-billed Duck, African Spoonbill, Spotted Dikkop, Ruddy Duck, Waldrapp Ibis, Hadada Ibis, Marbled Teal, Yellow-billed Stork, White-faced Whistling Duck, Hammerkop (Separate exhibit connected and viewable from the flight cage)
2. Milky Eagle Owl
3. Blue-bellied Roller, Violet Turaco, Cape Teal, Boat-billed Heron, Tawny Frogmouth, Waldrapp Ibis

Plains of East Africa
4. Greater Flamingo
5. Aldabra Tortoise
3. Warthog
4. Wattled Crane
5. Eastern Bongo, Yellow-backed Duiker (Wild Wood Storks are signed here)
6. Cheetah
7. Southern White Rhinoceros, Greater Kudu, Grey Crowned Crane, Red-necked Ostrich
8. Blue Crane (Used to display Okapi)
9. Grevy's Zebra

Reptiles of the Seronera
10. Gaboon Viper
11. Taylor's Shield-tailed Agama, Pancake Tortoise
12. Turquoise Dwarf Gecko
13. Poison Dart Frogs (Empty)
14. Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko
15. Puff Adder
16. Cape Cobra
17. Meller's Chameleon, Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko
18. West African Green Mamba
19. African Rock Python, Western Plated Lizard
20. Warren's Girdled Lizard, Pancake Tortoise

Elephant Plaza & the Mahali Pa Simba

21. African Bush Elephant (Two exhibits, one is viewable from the giraffe deck)
22. Blue-bellied Roller, Straw-colored Fruit Bat
23. Golden-breasted Starling, White-crowned Robin-chat, Straw-colored Fruit Bat, White-bellied Bustard
24. Lappet-faced Vulture
25. Siamang (Formerly colobus before they moved to the African Forest)
26. African Lion
27. African Spoonbill, Yellow-billed Stork, Waldrapp Ibis, Crested Screamer (Former leopard)

Giraffe Overlook
27. Klipspringer (not signed, appears to live in the former(?) giraffe transfer yard)
28. Reticulated Giraffe

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