Cleveland Zoo Attendance Record

Reports on all of the local news programs say a new one day attendance record was set at the Cleveland Zoo, as about 35,700 attended the April 26 event, free to the public, but paid for and sponsored by the Cleveland Foundation. The previous one day record was about 24,700. For those who would like to visit the zoo at some time, but who have physical limitations, there is free tram service available. For more information about the Cleveland Zoo, the link is below. For info about the tram service, go to the website (link provided below), along the selections listed across the top, hover the cursor on "Visit," which will produce a drop down menu, click on "Guest Services," this will bring up a page with various choices, including "ADA Accessibility," click there.

http://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/Zoo/Zoo.aspx

Visit Your Local Zoo!

With winter bearing down on us, take time to visit your local zoo. Rates are usually cheap compared to many other get-a-ways, and you won't have to travel forever to get there, so you'll save gas, too. Many zoos may have "family rates," or even free admission for children up to a certain age. For Cleveland area residents, make a day of it by visiting, not only the zoo and rain forest, but the new shopping center not all that far from the Cleveland Zoo, called "Steelyard Commons." Now, I'm not going to claim that will save you money, if you or others in your family are shoppers!

http://www.clemetzoo.com/index.asp


http://www.steelyardcommons.com/main.asp

Word History:
ZOO-Hmm, wonder why I picked that woid? I mean word. Zoo comes from "Zoological Gardens" in 1800s London, England, which was used to display and house wild animals (Surprise! Surprise!) . It didn't take the English long to shorten the form to just "zoo." The word comes from Greek "zoion," (first "o" was long) which meant "animal," or even just "living being." Greek is an Indo European language related to English, although a little further down the family tree. It came from the Indo European base "gwei," (I believe the "gw" pronounced almost like "zw") with which meant "life/to live." By the way, it also gave Greek "bios," which means "life," and from that English got "biology," the study of life, and "biography," the story of someone's life. I know that it is difficult to see how people got from "gwei" to "zoo" and "bios," but sounds changed in various dialects as time passed for human beings, and, according to linguists, no two people on Earth speak exactly the same way; that is, we all have our very own dialect. Hey, I gotta get out of this zoo!

Additional Link For Animal Lovers

Seems people liked the "Animal Lovers" link, so here's another, to a place right here in Cleveland. I go at least once a year, but I'm reluctant to return, because I'm afraid they might keep me. (Okay, I'm joking..... Hey, whose that guy with the net outside my door?)



http://www.clemetzoo.com/index.asp