Columbus OH zoo

Komodo Dragon

There is an Ohio State Game today, so we avoided the game traffic by heading to the Columbus Zoo. This is a large zoo, we spent over 4 hours here and only saw half of the Zoo (missing most of the African Savannah, Asia, and North American sections. We started at the Australia and South Sea Island section, which had a good selection of animals including a nocturnal section with kiwi, and wombats. We enjoyed the lorikeets, Tasmanian devils, kangaroos. From the Indonesian islands, we saw Komodo dragons, Asian otters, Gibbons, and orangutans.

Blue-bellied Roller

Then onto the Congo section (versus African Savannah) with gorillas, bonobos and a few unique antelopes that we hadn’t seen before: Okapi’s and a duiker (a tiny one). We enjoyed the bird exhibit finding some new species of ibis and a blue roller.

Duiker

We ended up in the seashore and ocean section which featured manatees and Humboldt penguins. I went on to the reptile/amphibian house, one of the largest I’ve seen. (Mary stays away from snakes.) They had quite a few different lizards and then another section with amphibians, especially frogs and turtles. Some of the snake-necked turtles were my favorite. Plan a whole day if you come here. They do have some rides for the kids as well as some great playgrounds.

Humboldt Penguins