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Monday, July 02, 2007

I love the Elmwood Park Zoo and the National Zoo's Websites!

Want to learn something while you are just sitting at home or at work staring at a computer screen? Why not look at zoo websites?

I recommend looking at the Elmwood Park Zoo's website if you are at work. Once you start looking at the National Zoo's website, you won't be able to stop looking, maybe for hours. And if your boss catches you, you may find yourself not working, maybe for years.

Both of these websites are very attractively designed and are easy to navigate. But they also include something that many other zoo websites don't. They have photos and information about the animals they exhibit.

The Elmwood Park Zoo's animal profiles section is separated into five categories: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and arthropods. If you click on the Mammals tab, you will see a list of all Elmwood Park Zoo inhabitants who are mammals. You can then find your favorite mammal inhabitant on the list, click, and see a photo plus information about that animal, the very one you see at the zoo!

"Awesome!" said my neighbor's nine-year old son when I told him and his mother about the website.

"Yes!" I said.

The National Zoo's Animals, etc. page includes links that let you get to the information in several different ways. You can search for animals by classification, you can search for animals that are in specific areas of the zoo, or you can search through an alphabetical list of all the animals at the Zoo. On this website, you see photos, information, and, in many cases, webcam views of the animals!

"Awesome!" said my neighbor's nine-year old son again when I told him and his mother about the website.

"Yes!" I said.

I love the Elmwood Park Zoo and the National Zoo's websites! (and so does my neighbor's nine-year old son!)

Labels: Elmwood Park Zoo, National Zoo

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