Santa Barbara Zoo | bryn.ashley

While not St. Louis (free!), San Diego (the famous one), or Atlanta (baby pandas), the Santa Barbara zoo is actually quite nice.

It’ll set you back $16 + $6 for parking + $6 to feed the giraffes. Although the day I went, parking was free!

They have lions, elephants, giraffes, bald eagles, flamingos, penguins, and even an alligator!

A few bits of knowledge for you:

1. Baby flamingos aren’t pink, they are grey. Do you see the little guy?

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Giraffe’s tongues are black to protect them from the sun. They graze all day and would otherwise have a sunburned tongue!

3. Apparently when giraffes are pregnant, they don’t show. It’s a safety mechanism in the wild. I guess the zoo keepers showed up to work one day and found a baby giraffe running around.

The best part about the Santa Barbara Zoo?

Feeding my friend, Michael. A Masai Giraffe. He ate romaine. So healthy!

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