Zoo Miami

USA / Florida / South Miami Heights /
 zoo, interesting place, tourist attraction
Zoo Miami (formerly Miami Metrozoo) houses more than 900 wild animals in a cageless setting designed to approximates the animals' natural habitats. The open-air exhibits allow visitors to enjoy exotic and endangered wildlife at a safe yet remarkably close distance. Zoo Miami is the only zoo in the continental United States located in a subtropical climate. This enables the Zoo to showcase animals that cannot easily be exhibited in colder climates. The zoo is open 365 days a year.

The zoo first started at Crandon park in 1948. They moved to their current location in 1980.
www.miamimetrozoo.com/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_Miami
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Coordinates:   25°36'40"N   80°23'57"W

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  • Now called ZOO MIAMI.
  • Former site of Navy's Richmond Blimp Base during WW2. Hangars burned down during hurricane after war.
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