- Space Farms Zoo and Museum
Space Farms Zoo and Museum is a combination of a natural environment for animals and a historical museum located at 218 Route 519, in Sussex in Sussex County,
New Jersey , in theUnited States . It was founded in 1927 and has been running ever since.A wide variety ofmammal s andreptile s of theNorth America region are present at the Space Farms zoo for visitors to see, including someendangered species . [ [http://www.spacefarms.com/zoo.html Space Farms Zoo and Museum (zoo section)] ] At one time, "Space Farms Zoo and Museum" was host to the largest bear in captivity in the world [ [http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/bear.html Which is the largest bear on earth?] ] named, Goliath aKodiak Bear . The 2,000-pound (900 kg) Goliath still stands tall in front of a diverse taxidermy exhibit in the main hall of the museum. He was preserved in an imposing upright position after his death in 1991. [Strunsky, Steve. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E0DA123FF93AA25753C1A961958260 "ON THE MAP; A Zoo (and Much More) That Would Overwhelm Noah's Ark"] , "The New York Times ",October 19 ,1997 . AccessedOctober 11 ,2007 . "One of the permanent fixtures at Space Farms is Goliath, a 12-foot-tall, 2,000-pound Kodiak bear, who arrived as a cub 30 years ago and remains an attraction, having been stuffed after his death in 1991."] His abnormally large skull is upstairs, where one can compare it to skulls of other animals. His status as the world's largest was first published by Ripley's Believe it or not and was verified by The Guinness Book of World Records.The Space Farms museum houses an extensive variety of antique vehicles and items used during the early history of the
United States such as horse drawncarriages and earlymotorcycles . [Krebs, Michelle. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/20/automobiles/20MUSE.html "Driving Back in Time: Auto Exhibits in the Mid-Atlantic States"] , "The New York Times ",August 20 ,2006 . AccessedOctober 11 ,2007 . ] There are also colonial period tools and weapons on display.Children can feed young animals by hand and there is a large food and drink area for picnics. There is also a
gift shop andplayground area where people can be explore nature without being in the wild."Space Farms Zoo and Museum" is open to the public daily but seasonal, being open from May through October.
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* [http://www.spacefarms.com Space Farms]
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