This year we decided to attend Night of the Living Zoo, the adult-only event at the National Zoo in Washington DC. It is a popular annual Halloween party with animal demonstrations, fire dancers, illusionists, live music, Halloween décor and more. By 7 P.M. we were at the National Zoo entrance.
The Halloween decorations started to appear right after the entrance.
Live zombies were wondering everywhere.
This girl was amazing with her acrobatic performance.
Cute light art (ghost) on the Reptile House building.
And the Halloween decorations at the entrance to the building.
We did a quick tour of the Reptile House and saw a few reptiles. This is an Emerald Tree Monitor from New Guinea and nearby islands. Unlike other monitor lizards, this species doesn’t use its tail as a weapon, due to the importance of the tail in climbing.
An extremely active snake, Timor pythons are large snakes native to the southeastern islands of Indonesia—though interestingly not the island of Timor.
The Chameleon Forest Dragon is an arboreal agamid native to the rainforests of Indonesia. It is uncommon in the pet trade but shows amazing colors and can take on a docile temperament when fully acclimated.
The Northern Caiman lizard is a species of lizard found in northern South America.
A Philippine crocodile?
Madagascar Day Gecko is a diurnal subspecies of geckos. It lives on the eastern coast of Madagascar and typically inhabits rainforests and dwells on trees.
The beautiful Radiated Tortoise lives in dry woodlands of Madagascar.
The Alligator Snapping Turtle is found primarily in southeastern United States waters.
Australian Snake – Necked turtle.
The Golden Mantella is a small, terrestrial frog endemic to Madagascar. It is one of Madagascar’s most threatened amphibian species due to its limited distribution in an area under tremendous anthropogenic pressure. It may also be threatened by over-collection for the pet trade.
The blue poison dart frog or blue poison arrow frog is a poisonous frog found in the forests surrounded by the Sipaliwini savanna, which is located in southern Suriname and adjacent far northern Brazil.
This is one of the longest-lived residents at the zoo—an Aldabra tortoise, estimated to be more than 100 years old. One of the world’s largest land tortoises, Aldabra tortoises can reach sizes of up to 550 pounds and ages of up to 150 years old. They are native to Aldabra Island, one of the Seychelles northeast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Aldabra Tortoise drinks through its nose.
This man demonstrated flaming sward swallowing.
There were many various entertainment and games, including these slides.
It was nice walking through the beautifully decorated Zoo.
We stumbled upon some fake wedding.
The wedding had some live music as well.
There were many popular DC food trucks offering an assortment of food. We had delicious grilled cheese sandwiches with pumpkin soup on a bench while watching the creepy wedding.
Cute camper. 🙂
Pool players. Aren’t they handsome? 🙂
We visited the Cat’s walk. It was pretty dark, but we spent some time watching the lions and tigers.
On the way out we walked through this giant spider web created by light.
More pumpkin decorations were near the zoo exit.
