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

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.

[jamiepearson]

We live up in Michigan, plan on heading down to Toledo in June. This was a very cool video, gave me a preview of what I'm going to see. Thank you.

[noahroy]

Really enjoyed both parts of this tour! As i have mentioned in comments before i have a soft spot for reptiles, so i really enjoyed the saltwater croc, lizards and snakes. That reticulated Python was huge! Also when i'm older ( i'm 15 ) i want to live in Florida and have a reptile ranch/breeding facility and hopefully be well known. In the end my goal will be to help the reptiles of the world and help restore rainforests and animal habitats. My animals will recieve the best care and i will have a Youtube channel all about my life on the ranch and reptile tutorials and so on. Do you think i should go for it?

[aidanstevenson]

I love The Elephant Exhibit And Why is There a wall Behind

[StephentrainboyRailfanbrony]

Hey I been there it’s my favorite zoo ever

[missjillws]

Tom I would like to introduce you to baru He is the Saltwater Crocodile in Toledo zoo

[SD-nhyr]

I grew up in Toledo, I hope I can visit one more time before I die.

[VgodSr]

Do you guys have funnel cake there or sweets or deserts ?? Please reply lol

[stewartthechristmasleech]

I thought the sea snakes swimming the water was cool, is that the first time you have seen any?

[aidanstevenson]

Tom I would Like you to meet Toledo zoo’s Brown bear Montana

[davidellis]

I really loved seeing the inside of the Museum of Science. The past few times I visited, they were changing traveling exhibits, and I could not see the interior.

I hope you enjoyed your trip to Ohio. Shameless plug - We have a lot of great zoos here.

And as always, a great job with the tour and video.

[lmn-tricks]

I usually get scared each time I enter bird aviaries, , especially those that are too natural.

[christiniakollar]

Do you have plans on the next zoo your going to.

[aidanstevenson]

Tom There’s one More Brown bear In the Toledo Zoo Cody He Is the Brown bear Like Montana

[treys]

Did you know that the Andean Bear exhibit used to belong to a Sloth Bear but the Sloth Bear moved to the Henry Doorly Zoo

[peytonedwards]

What exhibits did you see in this video

[Sarhanvlogs]

Next is Ripley's aquarium of Myrtle Beach

[aidanstevenson]

Tom The brown bears Cody and Montana and a Kodiak bear dodge arrived in 2015

[missjillws]

Tom Say Hello To Aashish A 4 year old Indian rhino

[aidanstevenson]

Tom say hello To dodge He is a Kodiak bear Who was rescued after his mothered died

[treys]

Also did you know they used to have Lions there too before they died