Mission Everglades

Zoo Miami has opened a new exhibit:

It was a little rainy that day!

We have anticipated the Everglades exhibit for a very long time and were not disappointed!  Some of the animals we have seen often just going to the Everglades and others are more elusive and it was nice to see them up close.

These are river otters.  Zoo Miami has two other otter exhibits - Asian river otters and giant (Amazon) river otters.  They never tire of putting on a show!  The Everglades otter exhibit was designed with a clear tube slide that goes right through their tank.

They also have a crawl through tube in the crocodile tank.

There is a daily black bear feeding:

Hanging bridge over the alligator pond:

Somehow I missed a picture of the adorable burrowing owls.