St Louis Zoo, Saint Louis, Missouri




After playing in the water, the Spectacled Bear (tremarctos ornatus) came out dripping wet to dry off. They come from South America in the Andes Mountains.	In order to reach fruit which they love, he will build a nest with sticks or branches and stands on it.


Black and White Colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza)	Prairie Dog
live in Central Africa and have a long white tail.


Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi) - They are the largest zebras and live in East Africa. The pattern stripes are unique on all zebras. The newborn zebra can stand within minutes of birth. They must be ready to run with the herd for protection.


Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) - Galapagos Islands.

Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) - They come from Mongolia and Northwestern China. This camel can go up to 10 months without water.

Black-tailed Prairie Dog and baby (Cynomys ludovicianus) - Central and Western United States. The sounds they make are like a dog barking. They live in burrows called "townships".

Nile Soft shell (Trionyx triunguis) - Africa: Egypt to Senegal.

Lesser Kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis australis) - The male is dark grey with spiraled hors while the female is brown and smaller in size. Both have white stripes.

Soemmerring's Gazelle (Gazella soemmerringii) are from Africa.. Very few remain in the wild.

Saddlebill Stork (Ephippiorynchus senegalensis) Africa This stork is one of the largest kinds of stork. The upturned beak helps the bird catch fish, frogs and insects while wading in shallow freshwater marshes.	This Reticulated Giraffe and the Ostrich seem to share their area well.

Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) - Originally from Africa, Asia, and Southeastern Europe, they are now in Florida. This is probably a young Pelican because of the brown still on it's head. The sifting they do with their bill pouch is amazing. The pouch puffs out, fillings with water, fish and other acquadic being. The water drains out as they lift their heads, leaving the fish and edible items for the Pelican to feast on.

Asian Elephant ( Elephas maximus) - Asia, India, Sri Lanka and Sumatra. The Asian Elephant has smaller ears than the African Elephant.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax violaceus) - Atlantic Gulf Coast and Florida.

Wattled Crane (Bugeranus carunculatus) - Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Angola and South Africa. These Wattled Crane are dependent on the wetlands, sense they eat the roots of aquatic plants as well as snails, frogs, other vegetation and insects. They build their nests in the wetlands near the food supply. They are identified by the two white wattles on each side of their necks. The neck is white, with slate gray patches with light gray feathers on the back, makes this six foot crane very interesting. The under section is black. From the bill up to under the eyes is red. This area has white wattle bumps on the red.

Atlantic Puffin ( Fratercula arctica) - North America - Members of the auk family. Their beak is red, blue and yellow during the breeding season. In winter the beak's colors dull. Amazingly enough, they can carry twenty small fish at once in the beak. Unlike the penguin, they can fly. During molting season when they loose all their flight feather is the only time they are "grounded" until their new feathers grow in.

Malayan Sun Bear ( Helarctos malayanus) - Malayan mountains, Southeast Asia, Sumartra, Borneo (in lowland forests) The curved claws help this bear to climb trees. That tongue you see and the curved claws helps the Sun Bear to dig out termites from termite mounds and other insects.

Sun Bears really do like the sun, as you can see. They build nests of sticks in trees. These nests also help them to reach the fruits and leaves they want.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax violaceus) - Gulf and Atlantic Coast, Mississippi and Florida.

Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus) - South America. Bush Dogs make their den in a hollow tree trunk.

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) - North circumpolar. Ice Floes are where these Walrus will be seen. They have a three inch layer of fat to insulate them. The tusks can be as long as 35 inches. Thee ears are not visible The Walrus live in large groups and spend their days on the ice sleeping.

Roseate Spoonbill ( Ajaia ajaja) - Southern United States to Central Argentina. The Spoonbill has bare green skin on its head, a wide flat bill tip, a dark pink wing patch, and the light pink body. They have pink legs and feet. Adult birds have striking ruby red eyes. The immature birds have dark brown eyes and some pink. The Spoonbills feed by swinging their bills from side to side through the water until finding food.

Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) - East Africa and South Africa. Males are solitary and travel regular paths over its range. They eat leaves, acacia bark, shoots and other vegetation.

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) - Alaska, western Canada, western USA. The Bufflehead is a small duck with a puffy head Females are browner with white with a white oval behind the eye. These are probably females in the first winter. The full male has a large white slice of white on the back of the head with black on the back and white below. They have a small bill and whistles. A large white wing patch shows when they are in flight.