Great Plains Zoo Full Tour - Sioux Falls, South Dakota

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The Great Plains Zoo is a 45-acre (18 ha) zoo and former museum located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. Prior to its closure, the Delbridge Museum of Natural History displayed 150 mounted animals, including 38 "vanishing species". The Great Plains Zoo is owned and operated through a partnership between the City of Sioux Falls and the Zoological Society. The City of Sioux Falls owns the infrastructure, land, and all assets associated with the Zoo and Museum and maintains the grounds. The Zoological Society of Sioux Falls, a non-profit, operates the facility, manages the animal collection, and maintains the grounds within the exhibit. The mid-sized Great Plains Zoo was awarded the "Quarter Century Award" by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) in 2016, marking 25 years of continuous accreditation.
Master Plan Exhibits
Asian Cats
The Asian Cat exhibit was renovated in 2008 and includes panoramic views of Amur Tigers, Snow Leopards. Pallas Cats
Hyvee Face-to-Face Farm
In 2009, the former Children's Zoo was rebuilt into the Hy-Vee Face-to-Face Farm. This area features rare breeds of livestock, including San Clemente Island goats, African Pygmy goats, Nigerian Dwarf goats, Alpacas, Jacob's sheep and several breeds of Chicken.
Rare Rhinos of Africa
The Great Plains Zoo created a new exhibit for a pair of Eastern black rhinoceros in 2010. Rare Rhinos of Africa, as it's called, provided a new habitat and breeding facility for the zoo's rhinos.
Japanese Macaques
In 2013, the zoo opened a Japanese Macaque exhibit with a renovation of the zoo's entrance, educational facilities and Chilean Flamingo exhibit. The Snow monkey exhibit features 180-degree views from covered shelters, and two water features that the Macaques have access to. In 2015, the Great Plains Zoo received Top-Honors in exhibit design for their Japanese Macaque exhibit. The zoo is, as of 2015, one of 13 zoos in the United States to care for Snow monkeys.
Fortress of the Bears
In 2018, the zoo renovated the Bear Canyon habitat, one of its oldest and most popular exhibits. This exhibit is Southeastern-Alaska themed, as that is where the largest concentration of Grizzly Bears in North America exists.
Walkabout Australia
In 2019, the zoo renovated several yards on its eastern and southeastern perimeter into an Australian-themed exhibit, providing renovated homes to Red and Eastern Grey Kangaroos, Bennett's Wallabies, and emus, and brings New Guinea singing dogs, Bactrian Camels, sheep in a station-themed petting enclosure, and several species of Australian birds.
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@malcolmhuckvale3763 3 ай бұрын

As usual, great video, thanks Tom😊

@TomsRoadTrippin 3 ай бұрын

I'm happy you enjoyed the tour, Thank You

@cheaplaughkennedy2318 3 ай бұрын

Nice zoo Tom , I really liked the Red Wolves and Black Rhino. Enjoyed watching, thank you. 👍

@TomsRoadTrippin Ай бұрын

The wolves were gorgeous, I always enjoy seeing the wolves 😄

@zacharyszooadventures3184 3 ай бұрын

Awesome video tom I hope you enjoyed the zoo. 41:22 that black rhino is definitely a good looking animal, It's so sad how they're critically endangered

@TomsRoadTrippin 3 ай бұрын

This was a fun zoo Zachary, lots of great animals. I fear one day zoo's will be the only place to see the magnificent rinocerous.

@TheRonin2024 3 ай бұрын

Looks like a fun zoo

@TomsRoadTrippin Ай бұрын

This was a fun zoo, lots of great animals

@TheRonin2024 3 ай бұрын

34:38 I got the joke 😂😂😂😂😂😂 They're in my stomach getting digest 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@TheRonin2024 3 ай бұрын

I haven't seen Bob but I have seen A Cat

@dororexgaming4205 3 ай бұрын

when I was at the Tulsa Zoo last summer, we were in a crazy heatwave it was 104 degrees, so I was very surprised to see their three Snow Leopards outside but also being active and chasing each other, they were sleeping in the shade when I went back to them in the afternoon. Ironically it was the warm weather Malayan Tiger who decided to stay in his indoor exhibit that day haha

@TomsRoadTrippin 3 ай бұрын

I was a bit surprised that an animal that is from a hot climate wouldn't be outside. I guess when the indoor habitat is cooler than outside, the animals wouldn't want to be outside.

@noelmalo4392 3 ай бұрын

Great video.I live yoyr channel.

@TomsRoadTrippin Ай бұрын

Thank You so much 😊

@treys1607 3 ай бұрын

Did you know that before they had Bobcats the exhibit was the former Giant Anteater exhibit

@TomsRoadTrippin 3 ай бұрын

What happened to the giant anteaters?

@Faunae645 16 күн бұрын

@@TomsRoadTrippin He was euthanized due to declining health, his name was mooch.

@TomsRoadTrippin 16 күн бұрын

@@Faunae645 that's a bummer, understandable but sad 😢

@j2fly1 3 ай бұрын

Here are 20 animals in the Great Plains Zoo Japanese Macaque 1 Komodo Dragon 2 Chilean Flamingo 3 Palla’s Cat 4 Snow Leopard 5 Amur Tiger 6 Scarlet Macaw 7 Rainbow Lorikeet 8 Eclectus Parrot 9 Red-Crested Cardinal 10 Gila Monster 11 Argentine Black And White Tegu 12 Red-Tailed Boa 13 Southern Three-Banded Armadillo 14 Seba’s Short-Tailed Bat 15 Galapagos Tortoise 16 Brown Bear 17 Red Wolf 18 Chinese Alligator 19 Bobcat 20

@TomsRoadTrippin 3 ай бұрын

Lots of great animals 😄

@TheRonin2024 3 ай бұрын

36:44 same

@hollycrossman40 3 ай бұрын

After you do all your road trips in the United States and overseas whats next in store for you?

@TomsRoadTrippin 3 ай бұрын

I'll continue to visit zoos and aquariums, they are always changing with the expansions and updated areas.

@hollycrossman40 3 ай бұрын

@@TomsRoadTrippin Are you doing anything new this year when your on your road trip that you've never done before or filmed? Like sky diving, going on a cruise, Mountain climbing, skiing during the winter or something like that?