Lovely Animals and Interesting Attractions You Won't Want to Miss at Milwaukee County Zoo

If you will be visiting the city of Milwaukee in the state of Wisconsin, one of the best places that you can visit is the Milwaukee County Zoo. You and your kids will enjoy watching different kinds of animals from various parts of the world. With over 1,800 animals and 800,000 square meters of land, this zoo is famous for the first birth of siamangs and polar bears. So those are two of the animals that you should not miss.

Milwaukee County Zoo official website

http://www.milwaukeezoo.org/

The Milwaukee County Zoo is also home to the biggest number of bonobos in a single location, which is outside Democratic Republic of Congo. You also must not miss the cheetahs which are famous all over the world.

Complete List of the animals in the Milwaukee County Zoo

http://www.milwaukeezoo.org/visit/animals.php

There are various exhibits that you should look at while at the zoo. There is the aquatic and reptile center where you will get to see different animals that belong to the class of reptiles, intervertibrates, amphibians and fish.

The Macaque Island is where you can find the Japanese macaques. Back in 2002, the shelter has been remodeled so that many people will be able to observe the birds. You can also find the Primates of the world section which showcases the popular primates such as the orangutans and the mandrills.

If you are fond of underwater creatures, you must not miss the Taylor Family Humboldt which is a display of the Humboldt penguins underwater. The most popular species in the Milwaukee County zoo include the mossy chiton, the purple sea urchin, largemouth bass, peach fairy basslet, bull snake, king cobra, eastern hellbender, Congo peacock, king penguin, reindeer, grey wolf, guinea hog, screech owl and the snow leopard.