Meerkats, Penguins, and Zoos

When I travel, I enjoy visiting the local zoos. I had the opportunity to attend a conference in Seattle last week and snuck away to visit the Woodland Zoo in the Northern suburbs of Seattle (a long walk). I am always interested to see how the animals are displayed differently. Two of my favorites to visit happen to be the meerkats and the penguins.

Meerkats

The right image is of Seattle, the left is of London. Note, you are able to get incredibly close to the meerkats in the London zoo whereas in the Seattle Zoo, you stand behind Plexiglas. Interesting.



Penguins

Again, Seattle is on the right and London on the left. The Seattle zoo had a much better penguin display. You can even view them swimming as below.