These zoo live cams let you hang out with pandas, giraffes, and other animals

if you are not enjoying your temporary confinement think of these poor animals who have to endure it for the rest of their lives.

clairity · 5 years ago

that's valid, but it's a tradeoff too. living in the wild can be brutal. zoos bring empathy for animals to people who are otherwise shielded from the wild.

with that said, i'd be happy if zoos (and the pens within) were 10x-100x bigger.

Karuma · 5 years ago

Sad to see this comment being downvoted.

I can't believe people still do this to animals in most countries...

jimmaswell · 5 years ago

It's anthropomorphising. Animals in a properly sized and well-made habitat aren't in distress.

taborj · 5 years ago

... And what if we are enjoying it? Could that mean there are animals that do, in fact, enjoy living in a zoo? Many animals at my local zoo are rescues, so perhaps living in confinement beats dying to those animals?

jodje · 5 years ago

anotherevan · 5 years ago

There's also some live cameras from the Melbourne Zoo in Australia.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS9UBqaUtoIXUhX0J1BnxwQ

sixstringtheory · 5 years ago

It doesn’t help now (at least not live, but you can watch highlights) but there are some webcams at Brooks Falls in Katmai, where bears famously congregate each summer to fish the salmon run. I watched quite a few good shots last June/July. Probably plenty of other webcams on that site I have yet to check out.

https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brooks-falls-brown-...

op03 · 5 years ago

That Georgia Aquarium cam is awesome. I now need an AR layer that identifies whatever is swimming past.

dylan604 · 5 years ago

Yup, just like going to the zoo in person. The first link I tried was the San Diego Zoo's Panda Cam, and all I saw was an image empty any pandas.

wyxuan · 5 years ago

I heard that the zoo animals are super relaxed because they don't have to care about human visitors staring then down

samizdis · 5 years ago

Thanks for that. Will be much appreciated by the parents of a two-year-old in locked-down UK. :-)