S MITHS O NIA N’S
NATIO NA L Z O O
BY THE NU MBERS
2M
BY JAYNE CLARK
129
ANNUAL VISITORS YEARS SINCE THE ZOO
WAS ESTABLISHED
4K 163
APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF
ANIMALS HOUSED THERE
(INCLUDING FISH) SIZE IN ACRES
100+ 13K
AGE OF ZOO’S OLDEST
RESIDENTS (ALDABRA
TORTOISES,
ALEX & RULAN) WEIGHT IN POUNDS
OF SPIKE, AN ASIAN
ELEPHANT
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