Santa+Barbra+Zoo

==Have you ever wondered what it'd be like to see a lion? Not just in a movie or picture, but in real life. You could see it's fur and how it differs from the color of it's mane. Or how about a penguin? Those cute little birds that swim in the sea and eat fish all day. But when are any of going to go to Africa to see a lion? Or go to Antartica to chase a penguin? Probably never. ==

==That's why we have zoos. A zoo is a place that animals from all over the world live at and are special because they give us a chance to see animals that we would never normally have a chance to see. ==

==Lions are the second largest cat in the world (next to a Tiger). At one time, there were almost as many lions as there were humans. Lions typically live in Africa. ==

Black-footed Cat: This cat is one of the smallest of the cat species. It comes from Africa and hunts small rodents and small birds.
==Only the pads and underparts of its feet are black. It is this characteristic that gives the Black-footed Cat its name. ==

This type of gorilla is called a Silver Back Gorilla.
== According to the late [|John Aspinall], a silverback gorilla in his prime has the physical strength of 7–8 Olympic weight lifters. ==

Elephants are the largest living animal on the earth today.
==They typically live for 50 to 70 yearsbut the oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years and have been known to weigh up to 24,000 pounds. ==

This type of penguin is known as a Humboldt Penguin. They live in South America
== and nest on islands and rocky coasts, burrowing holes in [|guano] and sometimes using scrapes or caves. ==

This bird is called a Bald Eagle.
== It is the [|national bird] and [|symbol] of the United States of America. It can be found in Canada, the United States, and in Northern Mexico. ==

==This bird is called the California Condor and is the largest known bird. They can weigh up to 30 pounds and live to be 60 years old. ==

==This is a Desert Tortoise. Their front limbs have sharp, claw-like scales and are flattened for digging. Back legs are skinnier and very long. == ==The tortoises are able to live where ground temperature may exceed 140 degrees Fahrenheit (60 degrees Celsius) because of their ability to dig underground burrows and escape the heat. At least 95% of its life is spent in burrows. There, it is also protected from freezing winter weather while dormant, from November through February or March. ==

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This animal is called the Island Fox. It's a fox that is native to 6 of the 8 Channel Islands of California.
==<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The island fox eats [|fruits], [|insects] , [|birds] , [|eggs] , [|crabs] , [|lizards] , and small [|mammals] , including [|deer mice]. The fox tends to move around by itself, rather than in packs and is most active during the night time. ==