Description: Located in the popular Forest Park of St. Louis, the St. Louis Zoo is regarded is home to over 22,000 animals representing 810 species. The free-admission zoo is divided into six major zones: The Lakeside Crossing zone is home to the Caribbean Cove, a shallow touch-pool featuring cownose rays, stingrays, bamboo sharks and horseshoe crabs. The River’s Edge exhibits include the African Savannah, the African Nile, Asia, North America and South America, while the Discovery Corner exhibits include the Children’s Zoo and the Monsanto Insectarium and butterfly garden. Wild exhibits include the Bear Pits, the Fragile Forest and the Penguin and Puffin Coast. The zoo’s oldest exhibits are located in the Historic Hill section, and include the Bird House, the Heptarium, with most of the zoo’s reptiles and amphibians and the 1904 Flight Cage and Cypress Swamp.
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