it is considered an small zoo and the zoo itself doesn't cover much acreage. there is a very good sampling of animals but some favs are missing, mainly elephants and giraffes.
bristol zoo does have:
lion and lioness
lion and lioness
seals
penguins
fruit bats
spider monkeys
armadillos (which seem to be a bristol crowd pleaser for some odd reason)
meerkats
loorakeets
prairie dogs
flamingos
ducks
various birds
various fish
various snakes
plus bristol zoo boasts a fantastic butterfly pavillion where the peanuts got alot of personal attention from gill, i think because they had just really cute accents according to the zoo staff.
the lion and lioness are housed in what i consider a small enclosure but behind very thick wall of plexiglass or glass so you can get amazingly close to both without danger of either jumping out at you. probably the closest either peanut will ever get to a lion.
we got to see the lions fed as well as the seals. the peanuts spent alot of time at the seal encounter which had a new baby seal cub, 2 "teenage" seals, and 5 adult seals. the encounter also has an underwater tank to allow visitors to view the seals from under the water.
the fruit bats held their attention as they headed in to their enclosure for the night, one by one. one particular fruit bat waiting until the last possible moment to enter and call it a day.
there is also a fantastic play area for the kids to run, jump, climb, swing, slide at the bristol zoo as well as a activity center which strangely, charges for colouring pages and other activities.
we saw a brown rat, a tarantula (which dignan bravely stroked), a snake and a australian stick bug (which gemma touched). having seen alligator al and his brood of snakes, frogs and such at school, they were quite familiar with snakes but were unfortunately not allowed to touch.
the bristol zoo was amazingly easy to access via the bus, which dropped us off right in front and buses came and went every 5 minutes.
all in all, a good day was had by all.
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