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August 5: The National Zoo is open again! Free timed-tickets for walk-ins are required and can be obtained from their web site at https://nationalzoo.si.edu/visit/welcome-back-zoo
August 11: A second visit, this time with parking tickets (free since I'm a FONZ member). Hot! Hot! Hot! But I did get to see cheetahs, pandas, otters, and beavers.
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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- SINZ_200425_20.JPG: Zoo Closed
Please visit our website for updates.
nationalzoo.si.edu
- SINZ_200805_022.JPG: Welcome to the Smithsonian!
We have implemented enhanced health and safety measures for our staff, visitors, volunteers, and animals.
Please be mindful of all posted guidelines during your visit today.
Thank you for doing your part.
* Maintain a safe social distance
* Wear a face covering
* Wash hands, sanitize, and practice good hygiene
- SINZ_200805_026.JPG: In general, only the Covid-19 signs were bilingual. The rest were English only.
- SINZ_200805_027.JPG: Timed-entry passes are required for entry
Reserve your passes online
or visit www.si.edu/tickets
- SINZ_200805_031.JPG: To our visitors, I am so pleased to welcome you back to the Smithsonian. We have missed you.
As we open our doors again, it is essential we all do our part to put safety first. During your visit, you will see new health and safety messages in place to protect our visitors, our staff, our volunteers, and our animals:
Our staff will:
Stay home when sick
Wear face coverings
Practice social distancing
Wash hands, sanitize, and practice good hygiene
Our public spaces will have:
Limited capacity
Increased cleaning and sanitization
Social-distancing signage and directions
Our visitor guidelines are:
Maintain a safe social distance
Wear a face covering
Wash hands, sanitize, and practice good hygiene
Thank you for your support of the Smithsonian and for doing your part to keep our community safe. Please come back soon.
Lonnie G. Bunch III
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
Lonnie G. Bunch III
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
- SINZ_200805_035.JPG: Help us protect our visitors, staff, and volunteers:
Conduct a self-check of your health before entry.
1. Have you had any of the following NEW or UNUSUAL-FOR-YOU symptoms within the past 72 hours? ...
2. Have you or anyone in your household or group tested positive or are awaiting test results for COVID-19?
3. Do you or anyone in your household or group have the symptoms of COVID-19 listed above?
...
- SINZ_200805_047.JPG: You don't know POOP!
Sparkles
Glitter sprinkled on food helps Zoo scientists connect droppings to a specific animal. The non-toxic addition doesn't get digested and offers a quick ID when multiple animals share an enclosure.
- SINZ_200805_049.JPG: You don't know POOP!
Funky Fences
Maned Wolves mark the borders of their territory with urine that smells similar to skunk spray. The strong smell also communicates to potential mates during mating season.
- SINZ_200805_052.JPG: You don't know POOP!
Itsy Bitsy, Teensy Weensy
Panamanian Golden Frog poop is tiny, about the [sic] half the size of a mouse pellet. Scientists need to collect samples for a week to get enough to analyze.
- SINZ_200805_055.JPG: Two Way Path
- SINZ_200805_063.JPG: Code All Clear Hand Sanitizer
Hands All-Clear contains minimum 80% alcohol
Formula consistent with-(WHO) World Health Organization
Weirdly, the container itself is labeled 75% alcohol hand sanitizer. The CDC recommends at least 60% alcohol so it's still fine.
- SINZ_200805_074.JPG: No trash can lids so people don't have to touch them.
- SINZ_200805_079.JPG: Some areas were closed off to public access, presumably either to keep people away from the animals or else to keep people from concentrating in one place too much.
- SINZ_200805_086.JPG: This path, on the other hand, was closed because the bird house is going through renovations.
- SINZ_200805_092.JPG: Please wait here until called forward.
[Only one person or group was allowed in the store at a time.]
- SINZ_200805_098.JPG: All of the interactive photo places were closed off to avoid people touching things.
- SINZ_200805_103.JPG: Welcome back to the National Zoo
PLEASE NOTE the changes we have made for the health and safety of our guests, staff and animals.
* Some of our buildings are temporarily closed.
* Many paths are now one way only -- please follow directional signs.
* Wear a face covering.
For a detailed map and list of these changes visit:
nationalzoo.si.edu/visit
- SINZ_200805_111.JPG: Dragonfly
Ancient Flying Machine
Dragonflies are unrivaled in the air: They can take off backwards, hover, and lift twice their body weight. Large, compound eyes allow them to see in all directions.
One of the earliest animals to fly, dragonfly ancestors with a two-foot wingspan cruised the airways some 250 million years ago. Today, there are thousands of different dragonfly species.
- SINZ_200805_159.JPG: Friends of the National Zoo
Care.
Join.
Save.
- SINZ_200805_170.JPG: Thank you for visiting.
Please continue your Smithsonian journey by visiting us online at si.edu.
Stay safe!
- SINZ_200805_176.JPG: Do not touch.
Please tell us about your visit today!
Please scan the QR code below using your device's camera.
- SINZ_200805_180.JPG: A line to get in.
- SINZ_200805_192.JPG: The National Zoo is open again! Free timed tickets for walk-ins can be obtained on their web site at https://nationalzoo.si.edu/visit/welcome-back-zoo . Note that if the pandas are the only reason you exist, the panda house is closed because of the pandemic and you're unlikely to see them after 10am or so.
- SINZ_200811_001.JPG: Two way path
Maintain a safe social distance
- SINZ_200811_017.JPG: Mara
- SINZ_200811_023.JPG: Drinking fountains are covered up.
- SINZ_200811_031.JPG: Please maintain a safe social distance
OR
Limit to one household or group at a time.
- SINZ_200811_034.JPG: Line Starts Here
13 people permitted at a time
OR
Limit to one household or group at a time.
That multiple choice test was a bit confusing to me. As it was, there was only one other person in the bathroom -- which was lucky since I was taking pictures.
This restroom is being cleaned more frequently
To keep us all safe, please wash your hands for at least 20 seconds.
- SINZ_200811_088.JPG: Dama Gazelle
- SINZ_200811_111.JPG: Cleaning crew spraying the benches
- SINZ_200811_141.JPG: Note that the sign says this "contains minimum 80% alcohol" but the actual bottle says "70% alcohol". As long as it's at least 60%, you're still okay according to the CDC guidelines.
- AAA "Gem": AAA considers this location to be a "must see" point of interest. To see pictures of other areas that AAA considers to be Gems, click here.
- Bigger photos? To save server space, the full-sized versions of these images have either not been loaded to the server or have been removed from the server. (Only some pages are loaded with full-sized images and those usually get removed after three months.)
I still have them though. If you want me to email them to you, please send an email to guthrie.bruce@gmail.com
and I can email them to you, or, depending on the number of images, just repost the page again will the full-sized images.
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