Living Desert Zoo

Indio, California: My folks are visiting for a few days, so we decided to get out and walk around the grounds of the fun and fabulous Living Desert zoo in Palm Desert, California.

The animals were very active and we were lucky to snap a few great photos:

About one acre of the zoo is covered with an incredible miniature train town!


The train goes by "Mount Rushmore"!


The Living Desert has three adult giraffes - and a new baby.


Giraffe


Giraffe

The Living Desert has a great "petting zoo" area with livestock commonly found in African villages - Nigerian Dwarf goats, Ankole-Watusi cattle, Jacob's Sheep and miniature Sicilian donkeys. We were able to pet several exotic creatures.

Nigerian Dwarf Goat (making a face)


This goat liked Mom's walking stick and kept rubbing against it - really made Mom laugh


Come on, lady, scratch my head!


This little guy was asleep in a bucket


Ankole-Watusi Cattle (photo by DT)

The zoo is very walkable - though they do have a convenient shuttle (golf cart train) traveling through the zoo at all times. We spent about two and a half hours and saw most of the exhibits. It was cloudy all day and we even felt a few sprinkles.

On our trip around the Living Desert today, we also saw beautiful cats:

Leopard


Cheetahs (photo by DT)


Largest of the zebra breeds, the Grevy's Zebra is now restricted to just a few areas
in Northern Kenya and is quickly facing extinction


Warthog (photo by DT)


Javelina


Mexican Wolf (photo by DT)

In the afternoon, Mom and Dad wanted to visit Costco - don't we have an exciting life? Wow, were they having a few good deals. Like Dad said: you can go bankrupt saving money at Costco!

Until my next update, I remain, your zoological correspondent.

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