How big are the rats of Buenos Aires? Pretty big! Actually, these are another type of rodent that wander around freely (along with a lot of other animals) at the Buenos Aires Zoo.








This is Darwin Lake near the entrance to the zoo, which is really nicely done. The Buenos Aires Zoo is the only one of the many zoos we have visited in which one can still buy food and feed many of the animals. While seeing wildlife in captivity is not our idea of enjoying nature, it gave us the opportunity to see many species found only in South America and not seen in North American zoos.





The prospect of being fed makes the animals really friendly with visitors, especially if they smell zoo food on you. A hyena came running up to Rick from the bushes in its cage. No, it wasn´t because the hyena thought Rick a fellow member of the species. It was because a woman about 40 feet behind Rick had zoo food on her and the hyena caught the sent.





These dogs were not at the zoo. Rather, they were waiting for their professional dog walker.