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Conservation, San Diego
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This carousel was recently constructed to feature endangered animals.
The idea was to provide a ride that also taught conservation. This carousel
was located just off to the left of the main path into the park.
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All the animals were hand carved and hand painted. Here two panda bears
raced together, one on the inside track, the other on the outside track.
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The gorilla
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The African Wild Dog
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The Black Rhinoceros is native to the eastern and central areas of Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Angola. Although the Rhino is referred to as black, it is actually more of a grey/brown/white color in appearance. The Black Rhinoceros is Critically Endangered.
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The Asian Elephant
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The Snow Leopard
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Some male lions
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The Bactrian camel
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The background for the carousel resembled the side of an African
thatched hut. An African mask decorated the wall and appeared to
be staring at an ostrich.
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One of the more tame rides on the carousel was this Eagle nest.
Using the wheel in its center a rider could cause the nest to rotate.
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The endangered Blue Poison Dart Frog
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The Stellar's Sea Eagle
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The Hook-billed Hermit Hummingbird
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The Island fox
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The Sea Otter
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Detail of a fish grasped in the talons of a Stellar's Sea Eagle.
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The lion turned its head outward as did the tiger behind it.
The result was a double snarl by two great cats.
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A closeup of the fish in the mouth of the snow leopard.
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An island fox is an endangered fox that could be more endangered
because of the way he is eyeing the poison frog.
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Leafs form the saddle on the back of this endangered
Chinese Alligator
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A wary child was almost ready to ride one of the endangered animals.
Fortunately there was a handy parent at the ready.
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This was one view of the carousel from the path that led behind it.
Notice the roof was also thatched to resemble an African hut or house.
African style shields bordered the edge of the roof. But not all the endangered
animals depicted on the ride were from Africa.
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