- Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo
Infobox zoo
zoo_name=Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo
logo=
logo_width=245px
location=Hot Springs,Arkansas , USA
date_opened=1902
num_animals=400
num_species=60
members=AZA
website=The Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo was founded in 1902 in Hot Springs,
Arkansas . It is located on Whittington Avenue.The farm raises
alligator s and has done so for over one hundred years. There are hundreds of alligators, the largest being nineteen feet long.In the lodge of the park is a collection of mounted alligators, a souvenir shop and a snack bar.
Located in the main alligator pit is a small headstone, a memorial to somebody's fox terrier that was killed by alligators on that spot back in 1906.
Along with the alligators there are a few museum exhibits, including the mummified carcass of a "
Merman ", similar to ones held inRipley's Believe It or Not! museums.Zoo
In addition to alligators, there are cougars, turkeys, chickens, wild boars, turtles, bobcats and many other types of animals to see.
Petting zoo
Goats, emus, llamas, whitetail deer, pigs and baby alligators are among the featured attractions.
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