Zoo Miami
Sprawling free-range wildlife park with cage-less, moated habitats for thousands of animals from around the world.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Zoo Miami traces the zoo's history through Hurricane Andrew, the category five storm that struck in August 1992, and the unusual measure longtime spokesman Ron Magill and his crew took to protect a flock of flamingos as it closed in. It also reaches back to the zoo's own start in 1948, when a stranded traveling show traded animals for truck repairs on Key Biscayne. Listen near the front lake, where that flock once had the run of the grounds.
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