NEW! iZoofari Chats are an occasional series of interviews that will put you in touch with the people who work for the Zoo and Wild Animal Park. Current subscribers to either the Zoo or Wild Animal Park podcast feeds will also get the iZoofari Chats.
An interview with Children’s Zoo Lead Keeper Bob Cisneros (7:04)
Polar bears in sunny San Diego? Find out how the bears and other animals of the Arctic keep their cool in the ever-popular Polar Bear Plunge habitat.
1. Polar Bear Plunge Introduction (1:45)
2. Polar Bear Personalities (1:45)
3. What the bears of Polar Bear plunge eat (2:02)
4. The birds of Polar Bear Plunge (1:46)
5. The Red Panda of Polar Bear Plunge (1:14)
6. Meet the Pallas’ cat of Polar Bear Plunge (1:38)
7. Meet the reindeer of Polar Bear Plunge (1:17)
Click here to see the Polar Bear Plunge Exhibit page
and the Live Polar Bear Cam.
It’s the first area you approach upon entering the Wild Animal Park, and you’ll be amazed at all that you’ll discover in the lush and bustling center of the Park. Visit aviaries, gorillas, and maybe feed a few animals, too.
1. Nairobi Village Introduction (0:48)
2. Rhino Statue (1:03)
3. African Aviary (1:57)
4. Flamingo Lagoon (1:41)
5. Meerkats (0:56)
6. Congo Fishing Village and Mombassa Lagoon (2:51)
7. Bee-eater Aviary (1:36)
8. Lowland Gorillas (2:24)
9. Hidden Jungle (1:33)
10. Lorikeet Landing (1:21)
11. Lemur Island (1:28)
12. Red River Hogs (0:49)
13. Animal Care Center (1:10)
14. Fever Tree (0:44)
Learn about some of the world’s most exotic and endangered African and Asian birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians in our newest and largest animal habitat.
1. Monkey Trails Introduction (2:27)
2. Flamingo Lagoon (2:04)
3. Colobus and Black Mangabeys (1:10)
4. Mandrills and Spot-nosed Guenons (1:36)
5. Wolf’s Guenons and Duikers (1:21)
6. Golden-bellied Mangabeys (0:47)
7. L’hoest’s Guenons (0:51)
8. Big Fig Ficus Tree (1:05)
9. Slender-snouted Crocodiles & Pygmy Hippos (2:18)
10. Reptiles & Amphibians (1:17)
11. Sociable Weavers (1:44)
12. Bog Garden (1:02)
13. Clouded Leopards (0:55)
14. Wild Pigs (2:02)
Click here to see the Monkey Trails Exhibit page.
Windows Media version | Quicktime version
The Zoo’s director received a strange request in a telegram she received in 1938. San Diego Zoo Visitor Assistance Officer Octavio Naranjo tells the story of the Zoo’s flea trade that summer.
“I Need Fleas!” is the twelfth and final selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.
Windows Media version | Quicktime version
Diablo was a 23-foot-long, 200-pound python at the Zoo in the 1920s. Children’s Zoo keeper Richard Schwartz tells the incredible story of how this snake became famous at feeding time.
“Feeding Diablo” is the eleventh selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.
Windows Media version | Quicktime version
Zoo switchboard operator Myrna Womack tells the story of how the Zoo’s first elephants got here from India.
“Feeding Diablo” is the tenth selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.
Learn all about the majestic California condors and all of the other North American wildlife found at the Wild Animal Park’s Condor Ridge habitat.
1. Condor Ridge Introduction (1:36)
2. Thick-billed parrot and Western greater roadrunner (1:26)
3. Bald eagle (0:56)
4. Canadian porcupine and Black-tailed prairie dogs (1:32)
5.Black-footed ferret (1:13)
6. Harris’ hawk (1:05)
7. Western burrowing owl, Desert tortoise, and American magpie (1:49)
8. Desert bighorn sheep (1:32)
9. California condors (2:04)
Windows Media version | Quicktime version
Wild Animal Park educator Peggy Schneider relates the story of the then state-of-the-art grotto enclosures in the 1920s.
“Barless Cages” is the ninth selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.
Windows Media version | Quicktime version
Zoo keeper Ron Ringer recalls the story of his encounter with a feisty baby rhinoceros.
“Baby Rhino with an Attitude” is the eighth selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.
