Bioparc Visit
On Friday I took the number 5 train to the Nou d’ Octobre area of the city. I wonder what happened on the ninth of October for them to name an neighborhood (or at least a metro station) that. Anyway, the point of the subway ride was to get to the Bioparc, Valencia’s zoo.
Valencia’s zoo is less about cages and more about open space for the animals to roam. Despite this, of course, they are still in captivity. The zoo has two parts, an Madagascar species zone and, the remainder, an area for species from the continent of Africa.
I’m not sure if it was worth the 21€, because I found myself questioning whether I had seen the whole zoo once I got back to where I started. But, according the map and the animal silhouettes on it, I saw all there was to be seen.
Click the link below to view some photos. Video to come next week.
A lemur, I believe
Lemur tree
Hippos
Us humans should start something like this.
This area smelled not so great.
Hog/Chimp hybrid
I found it to be interesting that he/she was eating a pepper.
‘I think he/she was eating some kind of melon, not cheese puffs.
Sleepy creature
Kinda cute, except for the smell.
It was pretty warm yesterday, in the high 70s. I was getting mighty jealous of these elephants.
I witnessed a boy in an out-of-control school group throw that bottle into the elephants’ water. If you hear about an elephant dying in Valencia, you’ll know why.
I wish I knew why this giraffe was making out with the grass.
Este león está durmiendo. This lion is sleeping.
Rhino
I think these pygmy mongooses (not mongeese, by the way) were my favorite of all the animals.
For the end, a big bird’s butt
Here’s the bridge one must cross to get to the Bioparc.
Manmade hill. Probably one of the highest points in Valencia.
View from the top of the hill.
