St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis, MO (56K bring a book to read) - Page 2

Galapoheros · 02-03-2009, 06:41 PM

Wow!, after looking at all those pics, I feel like I just went to the zoo, saved a lot of time and gas! Thanks for taking the time to post all the pics, the invert stuff was the grand finale! My fav vert is in the thread is the Alligator Snapper, giant skink is cool to me too.

Craig · 02-05-2009, 04:24 AM

Awesome pictures

I went to see the Zoo lights during Christmas. Since I was there late I missed the Reptiles and inverts. It was nice to see them.

I think the St.Louis zoo is a pretty nice place. I actually like it better than the Chicago zoos.

eelnoob · 02-05-2009, 06:09 AM

Fish is a longear sunfish.

tarantellajen · 02-05-2009, 09:49 PM

I've been going to this zoo all my life so I guess I take it for granted...it is a great zoo; and free too, for the most part. If you go to their website, you will find that they have many more tarantulas (OWs and NWs) that I have never seen on display in the past 4 years (if anyone knows why..i'm curious, are they on loan? Not the best display Ts?)

olablane · 02-05-2009, 10:42 PM

Very nice!! The boise zoo has always sucked. After seeing these pics, it sucks even worse. Better take me a little roadtrip this summer!! Thanks for sharing.

codykrr · 02-06-2009, 12:54 PM

ahhh...the good old St. louis zoo.....man i hate going there during sumer time i love the zoo but during summer its so hot and 5 bucks for a bottle of water!..other than that great pics, hope you enjoyed it...maybe next time your time wont be limited, because they have lots of stuff to see and buy there...and i hope your beer drinking adventure was fun!

Osprey · 06-11-2009, 03:29 AM

Hi, thought I'd tell you what some of these birds are.

(I don't see any rules about bumping, so sorry if do...)

Trumpeter swans:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_4968s.jpg

Wood ducks (female being the greyish one):
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_4970s.jpg

Geese are Canada geese, the duck in the foreground is a Ringed Teal, the duck on the far right behind the goose is well, a Mallard, the brown one behind the geese in the centre, it's hard to say... might be a female ringed teal:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_5018s.jpg

Pretty much the same as before:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_5022s.jpg

Hooded merganser; my gosh... this is one of my favourites!:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_5026c.jpg

Humboldt Penguin (awww....):
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_4987s.jpg

Southern Rockhopper penguin:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_4997s.jpg

King penguins (my favourite!):
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_5000s.jpg

Tufted puffin (in winter plumage, foreground), and King Eider (background):
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_5005s.jpg

Horned puffin (winter plumage):
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_5010s.jpg

Here's a Horned puffin in breeding plumage:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...SSL0002774.jpg

Here's a Tufted puffin in breeding plumage:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...fin_Alaska.jpg

Here's a better picture of a king eider:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...pectabilis.jpg

One of my favourites...

Anyways, I'd like to say, those are amazing pictures! :O :O

EDIT: Forgot to mention, I went there once and I LOVED it!

dtknow · 10-26-2009, 05:54 PM

If not a longear, than a dollar sunfish.

I wonder if they simply collect and display or if they actually culture some of those insects?(the ladybirds, katydids, and velvet ants).

spydrhunter1 · 10-31-2009, 08:10 PM

For the shrubs with berries...try deciduous holly, one in particular is Ilex verticillata (winterberry).

plo · 11-05-2009, 11:00 PM

The two frogs in the top of the branches are not Phyllomedusa bicoror, but P sauvagei. Great pictures, Thanks for shareing

02-05-2009, 04:24 AM	#17
Craig Arachnoknight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chicago,IL Posts: 203 My Mood:	Awesome pictures I went to see the Zoo lights during Christmas. Since I was there late I missed the Reptiles and inverts. It was nice to see them. I think the St.Louis zoo is a pretty nice place. I actually like it better than the Chicago zoos. __________________ "It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."-Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919)

02-05-2009, 10:42 PM	#20
olablane Arachnobaron Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 454 My Mood:	Very nice!! The boise zoo has always sucked. After seeing these pics, it sucks even worse. Better take me a little roadtrip this summer!! Thanks for sharing. __________________ ". What one person recieves without working for, another person must work for without recieving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else." Dr. Adrian Rogers, 1931-2005

02-06-2009, 12:54 PM	#21
codykrr Arachnoprince Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: marshfield ,missouri Posts: 1,977	ahhh...the good old St. louis zoo.....man i hate going there during sumer time i love the zoo but during summer its so hot and 5 bucks for a bottle of water!..other than that great pics, hope you enjoyed it...maybe next time your time wont be limited, because they have lots of stuff to see and buy there...and i hope your beer drinking adventure was fun! __________________ Cody Kerr my pics:here "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." -Albert Einstein

06-11-2009, 03:29 AM	#22
Osprey Arachnopeon Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 6 My Mood:	ID help for you Hi, thought I'd tell you what some of these birds are. (I don't see any rules about bumping, so sorry if do...) Trumpeter swans: http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_4968s.jpg Wood ducks (female being the greyish one): http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_4970s.jpg Geese are Canada geese, the duck in the foreground is a Ringed Teal, the duck on the far right behind the goose is well, a Mallard, the brown one behind the geese in the centre, it's hard to say... might be a female ringed teal: http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_5018s.jpg Pretty much the same as before: http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_5022s.jpg Hooded merganser; my gosh... this is one of my favourites!: http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_5026c.jpg Humboldt Penguin (awww....): http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_4987s.jpg Southern Rockhopper penguin: http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_4997s.jpg King penguins (my favourite!): http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_5000s.jpg Tufted puffin (in winter plumage, foreground), and King Eider (background): http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_5005s.jpg Horned puffin (winter plumage): http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../IMG_5010s.jpg Here's a Horned puffin in breeding plumage: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...SSL0002774.jpg Here's a Tufted puffin in breeding plumage: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...fin_Alaska.jpg Here's a better picture of a king eider: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...pectabilis.jpg One of my favourites... Anyways, I'd like to say, those are amazing pictures! :O :O EDIT: Forgot to mention, I went there once and I LOVED it! __________________ Excellent with birds, still learning about invertebrates...

10-31-2009, 08:10 PM	#24
spydrhunter1 Arachnobaron Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Charleston, WV Posts: 425	For the shrubs with berries...try deciduous holly, one in particular is Ilex verticillata (winterberry). __________________ “When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion” Ethiopian proverb Greg Public Health Entomologist

02-03-2009, 06:41 PM	#16
Galapoheros Arachnoemperor Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: texas Posts: 4,154 My Mood:	Wow!, after looking at all those pics, I feel like I just went to the zoo, saved a lot of time and gas! Thanks for taking the time to post all the pics, the invert stuff was the grand finale! My fav vert is in the thread is the Alligator Snapper, giant skink is cool to me too.

02-05-2009, 06:09 AM	#18
eelnoob Arachnoknight Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 248	Fish is a longear sunfish.

02-05-2009, 09:49 PM	#19
tarantellajen Arachnopeon Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: St. Louis Missouri Posts: 40	I've been going to this zoo all my life so I guess I take it for granted...it is a great zoo; and free too, for the most part. If you go to their website, you will find that they have many more tarantulas (OWs and NWs) that I have never seen on display in the past 4 years (if anyone knows why..i'm curious, are they on loan? Not the best display Ts?)

10-26-2009, 05:54 PM	#23
dtknow Arachnoprince Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CA Posts: 1,799	If not a longear, than a dollar sunfish. I wonder if they simply collect and display or if they actually culture some of those insects?(the ladybirds, katydids, and velvet ants).

11-05-2009, 11:00 PM	#25
plo Arachnopeon Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: south of Ft Worth Posts: 9 My Mood:	The two frogs in the top of the branches are not Phyllomedusa bicoror, but P sauvagei. Great pictures, Thanks for shareing

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