Lions and tigers and bears — ho! ho! On December 3, 2020, I spent a day and evening at the Bronx Zoo, first visiting many of the animals and then checking out the Holiday Lights and the Lantern Safaris. The video is set to music by Camille Saint-Saëns.

Lions

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And Tigers

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A tiger in the lantern safari, part of the Holiday Lights at the Bronx Zoo, December 3, 2020

A tiger in the lantern safari, part of the Holiday Lights at the Bronx Zoo, December 3, 2020

And Bears

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More Beasties, and Some Birds

Sea lions, red panda, snow leopards …

African wild dogs, hyena, giraffes, zebras, American bison …

Père David’s deer, nyala, Nubian ibex, Wolf’s guenon monkey, Komodo dragon …

Trumpeter swans, red-crowned cranes, peacock, Von der Decken’s hornbill, Caribbean flamingos, scaup.

Lantern Safari monkey, Bronx Zoo, December 3, 2020

Lantern Safari monkey, Bronx Zoo, December 3, 2020