Tag: Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Just some more photos from my Henry Doorly Zoo visit…..

The railroad at the zoo opened in 1968 and it’s a replica of the Union Pacific 119, a train dating back to 1868 so it marked a useful centenary milestone. Although I didn’t see this replica, I only saw their other steam locomotive, which is Riva. This train is Austrian and was made in 1890 when it was used on an industrial railway.

When Union Pacific closed their maintenance shed in the 1990s they gave a lot of their equipment to the zoo to help keep everything working smoothly. Over 200,000 people ride this train every year, which is an additional charge to the zoo entrance fee.

Just some photos from the aquarium at the Henry Doorly Zoo and this was probably the busiest part of the zoo that I visited.

The Henry Doorly Zoo has a butterfly garden within one of the buildings and there is a staff member at the entrance to it and another at the exit, just to check that no butterflies can escape. Everyone is warned not to stand on any of the butterflies, although I saw a clumsy child come close today, so I hope that none have actually met such an inglorious end.

Seemingly a Blue Morpho Butterfly when it’s not blue….

More of the same.

A Common Olivewing Butterfly.

A Blue Morpho Butterfly that is actually blue.

The Indian Leaf Butterfly.

Various butterflies….

A rather sweet bird at Henry Doorly Zoo, I also learned a new word today, which is passerine. Over half of birds come into this category, it means that they have feet which have evolved to perch on branches.

Just photos of the big cats at Henry Doorly Zoo.

Sleeping snow leopard.

Tiger nearly asleep.

Sleeping lion.

This tiger was pacing up and down the side of the cage every time that I walked by….

A heap of cheetahs, although I’m not sure that’s the scientific word for a group of them.

An awake tiger.

Sleepy lion.