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The Kansas City Zoo encompasses over 200 acres and is home to over 1,700 different animals. Visitors can delight in playful penguins at the Helzberg Penguin Plaza as they torpedo through their 100,000-gallon pool, or be adventurous and touch bamboo sharks and stingrays as they swim through a shallow pool in Stingray Bay. Visitors can also see polar bears at Polar Bear Passage, get up close with apes at Orangutan Canopy, and get an aerial view of rhinos, giraffes, and zebras aboard the African Sky Safari. Other areas include the Asian mountainside, the Australian Outback, and the African Savanna.

Address: Kansas City Zoo, 6800 Zoo Dr, Kansas City, MO 64132, Phone: 816-595-1234

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