Novosibirsk Zoo

 Saturday, December 2nd - we took a Taxi to the Novosibirsk Zoo - who goes to the zoo when it is 6 degrees outside?  People who live in Siberia - that's who!!  It warmed up to about 12 by the time we left - good thing we could go in some buildings to warm up! This is just inside the entrance and I'm sure the fountain is pretty in the summer - we will have to come back then! The three buildings are gift shops and snack places - only the gift shop was open. 

 They cleared the snow, and wrapped the bushes and trees - look straight down the path and see the small hill?  They had piled up all the snow and children were sledding on it! 

 The dinosaur part was not open - but it made a good picture to see the snow on them!

 This Polar bear was having a good time - he would run and then slide on the icy part of his cage.  The cages were rather small and some of the animals were just pacing back and forth - made you feel sorry for them.

 Closer of the Polar bear - they must heat the water in the pool to keep it from freezing.

 This brown bear was boxing and biting on two black plastic tires hung about him ... he kept getting in the way of a good picture - this is all I could get!

Then he laid down and started scratching the poles - see the tire things above his head?  Most of the outdoor cages were empty - but this zoo has a Siberian Tiger and we wanted to go just to see him!