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Henry Doorly Zoo

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One of the ways a person can appreciate nature is by going to a zoo. In a zoo, anyone can go look at a variety of animals and birds that exist in the world that they normally would not be able to see. A zoo contains various exotic animals from all over the world. For example, the Henry Doorly Zoo contains monkeys from South America, elephants from Africa, and penguins from Antarctica. Instead of flying all over the world to see these remarkable creatures, they are all centralized for people to look at up close and personal. The zoo is a place for people to truly appreciate nature and all of the animals that we share this world with. While I was in kindergarten, my class and I went on a field trip to the Henry Doorly Zoo with my teacher Mrs. Badura. My teacher was a nice older lady with brown bushy hair starting …show more content…

We arrived at the zoo in the morning so that we could spend the whole day there. The sun was still low in the sky when we arrived, and our long shadows stretch across the brick path. We walked towards the entrance of the new Desert Dome that had recently opened. The half-sphere that reached high into the clouds amazed me. When I first walked into the dome, it was like stepping into a furnace. One moment I was in Omaha, the next I was in an arid desert halfway across the world. After we walked in, all of my classmates wore grimaces on their faces because of the terrible smell. We were surrounded by cacti and all types of other desert plants. As we walked across the hot desert sand I saw these cute, tiny prairie dogs that would pop out of their holes. Further on, there were a

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