I had wanted to see as much as possible during our short stay in Beijing, so I had scheduled a trip to the Beijing Zoo for the same day that we had arrived. Our guide Steven had planned for us to step off the plane and head straight to the Zoo. We had no way of knowing when we left the US that it would be 100 degrees that day in Beijing. We were dressed way to warmly and felt extremely tired from our flight. The Zoo raises over 650 different types of animals. It is also home to some of China's Giant Panda Bears. The pandas were the main focus of the zoo and many people visit just for the opportunity to watch the bears. Some of the other animals were living in somewhat poor conditions, as compared to standards at US zoos. Many of the animals were very close to the public. I witnessed people throwing pop bottles at the monkeys and all sorts of things at the brown bears.
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