North Carolina Zoo Full Tour - Asheboro, North Carolina

The North Carolina Zoo is located on wooded 2,600 acres (1,100 ha) centrally located in the heart of North Carolina, just south of Asheboro in Randolph County. With 500 acres (200 ha) developed, it is the world's largest natural habitat zoo and one of two state-supported zoos. The North Carolina Zoo is an agency of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Attractions
The North Carolina Zoo is home to 1,800 animals of more than 200 species. The Zoo is also one of only a few AZA (Association of Zoos & Aquariums) in the U.S. with a breeding pair of polar bears which is part of the Species Survival Plan.

Layout
The North Carolina Zoo consists of Africa, North America, a global Aviary, and a global Desert. There are parking lots located on each end of Africa and North America, so during peak season, visitors can start their day from either side. With approximately five miles of walking paths, the Zoo also provides trams and air-conditioned buses for visitors.

The North Carolina Zoo's founding philosophy was that of having natural habitats – presenting animals together with plants in habitats that resemble the habitats in which they would be found in the wild. The 40-acre (160,000 m2) Watani Grasslands habitat alone is as large as many entire zoos.

North America
The Cypress Swamp area is home to alligators, cougars, and a variety of reptiles, and amphibians. Rocky Coast depicts the rocky coasts of the Pacific Northwest, with a North American porcupine, polar bears, California sea lions, harbor seals, Arctic foxes, thick billed murres, parakeet auklets, and horned puffins. The streams of North Carolina can be seen in the Streamside habitat with Bobcats, river otters, and a number of snakes and fish, including the critically endangered Cape Fear shiner. At the Prairie habitat, visitors can see bison and elk. Black bears, grizzlies and red wolves also each have their own habitats.

Desert
The flora and fauna of deserts are on display in the glass-domed "Mangum Desert". Outside are ocelots, while inside are a variety of reptiles such as Banded rock rattlesnake, black-tailed rattlesnake, Gorongosa girdled lizards, giant plated lizard, pancake tortoise, and birds such as burrowing owls, greater roadrunners, laughing kookaburras, white-winged doves, house finches, white-headed buffalo weavers, Gambel's quail, and Horned larks. A nocturnal section contains common vampire bats, beaded lizard, gila monster, sand cats, Cape porcupines, and sidewinders.

Africa
The Forest Edge habitat is a 3.5-acre (14,000 m2), lightly wooded grassland enclosure with zebras, ostrich, and reticulated giraffes. The Watani Grasslands Reserve mimics the great savannas of Africa, totaling 47-acre (190,000 m2). Watani Grasslands Reserve is home to African elephants. Nearby southern white rhinos, Thomson's gazelles, dama gazelles, waterbucks, sitatungas, fringe-eared oryx and greater kudu all share a habitat, designed to look as one continuous expanse with the elephants looking out at the rhinos and the antelope. Chimpanzees can be seen in the Kitera Forest habitat. Western lowland gorillas inhabit the Forest Glade exhibit. African lions, hamadryas baboons and red river hogs each have their own habitats. Ring tailed lemurs and red ruffed lemurs from neighboring Madagascar were added to the Africa region after a refurbishment of the former patas monkey habitat.
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