A Smithsonian National Zoo Photoblog

I visited the Philadelphia Zoo a couple of weeks ago. Maybe I was too excited about it, but it ended up being kind of anticlimactic. I thought it was more carnival than zoo.. There were too many snack and face painting vendors and too little attention on the animals' enclosures. In fact, here is an example:



Not a great picture, but this red panda looked like it was sick or something. It could barely open its eyes, was unsteady while climbing, and had kind of a thinning tail. We were a little concerned..












These two tigers were playing with each other in the pool. Not a clear picture since it was shot through the wet glass, but it was pretty interesting.