Toledo Zoo and Aquarium Full Tour - Toledo, Ohio - Part One

The Toledo Zoo and Aquarium, located in Toledo, Ohio, is a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), through the year 2022. The Toledo Zoo and Aquarium houses over 10,000 individual animals that cover 720 different species.

Exhibits

Africa!
Africa! opened on May 1, 2004, and is 12 acres (4.9 ha) large. The main exhibit, the African plains, is 5 acres (2.0 ha) in size. It has artificial termite mounds for the free-roaming African animals, such as the East African crowned cranes, Grant's zebra, greater kudu, helmeted guineafowl, impala, addra gazelles, Masai giraffe, sacred ibis, Nile lechwe, white-backed vulture, ostrich, watusi cattle, white-headed vulture, Marabou stork, warthogs, and wildebeest.

Aquarium
The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium has one of the most diverse collections of any zoo-aquarium in the United States. The aquarium closed in October 2012 for renovations and re-opened in March 2015. The updated aquarium contains 3000+ aquatic animals in 178,000 US gal (670,000 l) of water, including the largest tank with 90,000 US gal (340,000 l). The total water volume is nearly four times as much as the previous aquarium.

Arctic Encounter
The Arctic Encounter includes grey wolves, gray and harbor seals, and polar bears. Two waterfalls and seven saltwater streams are featured in this exhibit.

The Rescue Roost
The bald eagle exhibit and rescue is located in the middle of the north side pedestrian ramp to the bridge. The first inhabitants had an injured wing and a blind eye respectively.

Cassowary Crossing
Cassowary Crossing is located near the south-side ramp for the Anthony Wayne Trail Footbridge. The exhibit features the Southern Cassowary.

Flamingo Key
An outdoor pond area consisting of flamingos, Dalmatian pelicans, scarlet ibises, roseate spoonbills, white-breasted cormorants, and other local native and exotic waterfowl including a real life mudhen.

Kingdom of the Apes
In 1993, The Kingdom of the Apes first opened. Now, it holds Bornean orangutans and western lowland gorillas. The gorillas have a Gorilla Meadow, which has an area of 0.3 acres (1,200 m2). The orangutan exhibit has a pool in the outdoor space and climbing structures.

Museum of Science
The exhibits included two sub-exhibits, The Crawlspace and Amazing Amphibians. The Crawlspace: A World of Bugs contains over 20 species such as beetles, centipedes, cockroaches, orb-weaver spiders, scorpions, tarantulas, and stick insects. The Amazing Amphibians exhibit featured over two dozen species of frogs, salamanders and caecilians, including the Kihansi spray toad, the Wyoming toad and the Japanese giant salamander.

Nature's Neighborhood
Nature's Neighborhood is located next to the Museum of Science. It currently contains African pygmy goats, silkie chickens, honeybees, leafcutter ants, feathertail gliders, a tamandua, guinea pigs, crayfish, corn snakes, cockatiels, rats, macaws, an opossum as well as various cats and rabbits.

Penguin Beach
The Penguin Beach was built in 2014 and features African penguins and multiple species of duck including the long-tailed duck, Baer's pochard, spectacled eider and the harlequin duck. This is an outdoor exhibit with a little overhead bridge and an underwater viewing area.

Primate Forest
Located in the Main Plaza, this exhibit holds ring-tailed lemurs, mongoose lemurs, black-and-white colobuses, Allen’s swamp monkeys, François' langurs, red pandas and white-cheeked gibbons.

Reptile House
It currently holds 1000 species of snakes, lizards and a saltwater crocodile. Behind it is a Native Ohio Species Area, featuring natural wetland structures and native turtles such as spiny softshell turtles and spotted turtles. Near it is a raptor barn and at the exit is an exhibit for red-footed tortoises and leopard tortoises.

Tembo Trail
Tembo Trail is located on the south side of zoo and is one of the largest areas within the zoo. Tembo Trail currently features African Elephants, hippos, spotted-necked otters, grizzly bears, Tasmanian devils, meerkats, bactrian camels, yaks, naked mole rats and a Kodiak bear named Dodge.

Tiger Terrace
Located near the entrance is an Andean bear named Nieve who at 29 years old is the oldest recorded female Andean Bear on the planet. It also includes Amur tigers, Patagonian maras, and North American cougars.

Snow Leopards
The exhibit features two connected mesh/chain link enclosures. The zoo's breeding pair have produced multiple cubs. A female cub, named Dariga, was born in October 2017. Another female cub, named Babochka, was born in May 2019.

[kaleighwithak]

Hi I'm kaleigh an I am a zooteen at the zoo. I am so happy you enjoyed the zoo. The buildings are now open. Thank you for visiting and supporting us. B

[davidellis]

Two comments (besides another great job):

1. Your shot of the Centennial poster reminded me of this. The Toledo Zoo nearly closed in the early 1980s. The staff was down to 24 at one point, and several buildings were closed. Hard to imagine now that it is a truly world-class zoo. A lot has to be said for the zoo managers of the era and the residents of Lucas County.

2. Many of the older buildings like the Amphitheater and Museum of Science were WPA projects. I know that the amphitheater is a historic landmark, and I think others are as well.

I am not trying to be a Know-It-All, but I think it is important to remember how tenuous the existence of so many zoos, aquariums and museums is. Many today survive only through a dedicated tax levy or outside events such as weddings. They may well be gone tomorrow if we neglect them.

[TheOneUnsilencedVoice]

Your narration and care for the animals truly make your tour videos fantastic.

[Oscar]

22:58 the big blue fish you asked about are called discus.

There's also some cardinal tetras, lambchop rasboras, and ember tetras in the back.

Great video and love the zoo.

[brendaroberts]

I grew up in Toledo and have been there dozens and dozens of times. I wish they would do another review now after the Covid restrictions. Do a review during the summer when everything is open! I have not been there in 30 years so a lot has changed but its a world class zoo

[ultimateparkmasters]

Wow, the Toledo zoo looks fantastic! Definetly somewhere I'd want to be!

[theresigod]

Yes 419 !! Hope you enjoyed your visit, it can be pretty rough out here lol

[SD-nhyr]

I have been going to this zoo since the 50s....love it.

[ZoosTravelers]

I love this zoo! Just visited for the first time a couple of weeks ago.

[williamblue]

i went there last month, all of the exhibits were open when i went there. with that being said it really is a fantastic zoo.

[vatanulentis]

The Toledo zoo will always be one of my favorite zoos of all time and i have that opinion because i remember going to the Toledo zoo as a child and hearing everybody zooin it the tunnel song

[KarlSturmgewher]

I visited the zoo while my pops was visitng the hospital today.

[aidanstevenson]

Are you going to Do part 2 next Thursday

[retttixgaming]

Sooo.. I only have time to see 2 zoos in Ohio on my trip. Which 2 do you reccomend? Cleveland, Cincinatti, Toledo, or Columbus?

[austinmendoza]

I went as a kid and it was so fun then and I was sad I didn’t get to be in the area after years of the aquarium being under renovations but it’s nice to see it and relive the memories at the time it was more lively they’d do cheeta runs the wolf den the moray eel the sea horses they glowing flashing fish and the walkway that had birds in it

[tonoaguirre]

Amazing vídeos i love this Chanel greetiings from México

[VideoTraxxFanaticRules]

at 23:07, those are tetras and discus

[VideoTraxxFanaticRules]

someone did a video on the that aviary thanks to zoo tours

[peytonedwards]

What exhibits were open and what exhibits were closed

[jordigutierrez]

16:09 waldrapp ibis not Kenya crested guineafowl