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Satisfy an itch: petting animals at Stanley Park's petting zoo
Got an itch to pet goats? How about pigs, horses, donkeys, sheep or llama?
The Stanley Park Children's Farmyard is the place to go in Vancouver to pet all sorts of animals.
Satisfy your itch - or the itch of your favorite farmyard friend - by visiting the Stanley Park Children's Farmyard, a petting zoo in Stanley Park.
And you don't have to be a child to enjoy this place. If you find goats, donkeys and pigs entertaining, this is a fun stop for adults and even makes a good activity for couples. It is certainly a unique experience.
Where else can you pet a potbellied pig for fun?
What's the Vancouver Aquarium sea otter doing now?
Want to know what a sea otter does as it goes about its daily activities?
There's now a way to watch one of these fun, furry critters 24/7 online. The Vancouver Aquarium provides an "Otter Cam" on their website here.
Stanley Park circa 1902
Click to view this 1902 postcard reading "Driveway in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC". This picture is early in Vancouver's post-European settlement history. Vancouver's population was only beginning to take hold in the late 1800s. Stanley Park first opened in 1888.
An interesting history of Stanley Park can be found here on Wikipedia.
Santa to Lights Things Up in Stanley Park
The Brights Nights festival is a place to see a spectacular arrangement of Christmas lights and even catch a glimpse of Santa.
The Vancouver Park Board describes the annual event as this:
"More than a million twinkling lights transform the forest, train and Children's Farmyard. Explore the woodland paths leading to enchanting, animated displays and holiday sounds. A Christmas family tradition for over 20 years, the train wends its way through the forest past Santa's workshop, an international village and the much loved Moose in the middle of the glistening waterway." (Vancouver Park Board)
This video shows some of what to expect.
Stanley Park Coyotes and Raccoons are Evil Minnions of Hell
Beware of the coyotes and racoons in Vancouver's Stanley Park. Don't believe me? I took pictures of warning signs.
"Coyotes are wild animals and can be dangerous. Do not encourage them to approach. They are smart, fast and will take what they can get."
"Keep them at a distance!...Never feed coyotes!"
I had heard that coyotes could be dangerous but this sign puts things in perspective - they are smart and fast too. Even scarier is that coyotes "will take what they can get." What does this mean? I can only speculate that the people who created this sign were under attack by coyotes and did not have time to fill in the details. My guess:
Fly like an eagle...
Totem poles are just one of the sites that make Stanley Park fun.
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