Shanghai: The Zoo

The Shanghai Zoo is no San Diego Zoo, but it does have a lovely park feel:


No Asian park I've been to gets by without a swan or two:

Here's a comfy peacock. What I found interesting was that at this zoo, you could also see the female, completely white-colored peacocks, but sadly for you, I didn't take any photos of them. Your imagination will have to suffice.

There are a lot of monkeys of different types. Most them are very good catches. Nobody seemed to mind the signs saying "Please don't feed the animals". So everyone enjoyed tossing random food to them.


This assertive young leopard cheetah came over to introduce himself:

These are the non-Giant pandas, that look very racoon-like. Note the loner in the back.

A solitary zebra:

An elephantian mother and daughter moment:

There were other interesting exhibits. The reptile house had a lovely, lively king cobra that spread its hood (something I've never seen up close in a zoo). Giant sturgeon fish. Giraffes. Hippoes. Seagulls. (Hmm??) Yep, bizarre for me since they are too common here in California, but not native to China. It's like when I went to the London Zoo as a child, hoping to see a hedgehog. They're like pigeons over there. Had to go to the Philadelphia Zoo to see one.