Dublin Zoo was opened in 1833 after a donation of animals was given from the London Zoo. The zoo is located inside Phoenix Park, reputably the largest enclosed park in Europe. Phoenix Park even has its own area code. But with 1,760 acres who wouldn't need one? Dublin Zoo is famed for numerous reasons, one being that the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lion came from the zoo.The weather was sunny so I decided to take the Dublin Bus to the Dublin Zoo. The park was breathtaking. It is a exclusive oasis in a sea of metal. I am planning to visit Phoenix Park again. I knew that the park was NE. Unknown to me was that the park continued across the street. It was fine and dandy to get lost in a beautiful park but Dublin Zoo was going to close in three hours. Thom McCain, ties with Graham School, once warned me that Irish people will give directions without actually know the way. Not out of spite but an attempt to be helpful. I knew this but I decided to ask anyways. I asked a man in a tracksuit (the latest fashion) and he pointed in the opposite direction I was heading. I reach the other side of the park and there was no zoo. Coming back the way I was headed I passed him. He said "Did you find it?". I nodded no. "Yeah, I didn't really know the way..." He admitted.
The Dublin Zoo has 235 species ranging from the Arctic to across the spectrum to the plains of Africa. Since it was a nice day out the rhinos, hippos, gorillas, snow leopard, leopard, leopard tortoise, tigers, wolves, ostriches, giraffes and nearly all 235 species were out.
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