Zoo In New Orleans

Have you been to adobon zoo in New Orleans, LA?
I'm planning a trip and would like to know more about it besides what the website says. Is the zoo and Aquariums of America walking distance or do I have to drive one place to the other? Is the parking far from either section? Is there enough direction maps so its not too easy to get lost?

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Allowed to hide Geocache in zoo?
Ok, so first off, I would like to know if I am allowed to hide a geocache in my local zoo? Also, if you could, please help me find if there are any caches in my zoo. My zoo is called Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Can you pleases help me summarize this ( 10 pts)?
Pick up a Mississippi Gopher Frog and it covers its eyes with its forefeet, like someone afraid to see what's coming next. And for at least a decade, the endangered species has had a good reason not to look. The frogs breed only in ponds so shallow they dry up in summer. For years, hot and dry spring seasons have left tadpoles stranded. In 2008, however, the weather finally changed and one major breeding pond in Mississippi held water longer. This gave the tadpoles a chance to develop into froglets. Scientists' efforts to help Mississippi Gopher Frogs breed have also given the frogs a leg up. Scientists estimate that the world has lost up to 170 frog species just in the last decade. Another 1,900 are threatened. Mississippi Gopher Frogs face dangers common to all amphibians: predators that eat most of their young, human destruction and pollution of their habitat, and parasites that are extremely harmful to amphibians. Scientists have taken steps to help the frogs escape the parasites and breed successfully. They wash Gopher Frog eggs in well water to remove the parasites. Then the eggs are hatched in a lab. The tadpoles are placed in screen-covered outdoor tanks. Scientists say they have saved seven generations of frogs this way. "Our efforts have managed to stave off likely extinction but there's a long way to go," said Joe Pechmann, who teaches at Western Carolina University. Pechmann has studied the frogs since 2002. Glen's Pond in Mississippi is one of the few known breeding spots for the Mississippi Gopher Frog. In 2008, 50 Mississippi Gopher Frogs came to Glen's Pond to breed. Thirty of them had been raised by scientists in outdoor tanks and then released into the pond. The other 20 were wild. Twenty-one egg masses were laid in the pond. In all, 181 tadpoles survived and made it through metamorphosis. Then the young froglets headed into the surrounding DeSoto National Forest. Breeding also took place in zoos in 2008, although with less success. The Memphis Zoo bred 93 tadpoles. None survived. The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans bred 36 tadpoles. Sixteen of these survived. However, any chance of breeding them is years away. Why? Because it can take up to four years for Gopher Frogs to be ready. Scientists believe that fewer than 100 mature adult frogs live in the wild. However, the real number is difficult to know because the frogs are hard to find. They live from Alabama to Mississippi in stump holes and burrows dug by other animals. They have other odd qualities as well. Their breeding call sounds like snoring. Their backs are not smooth like many other frogs; instead, their backs have bumps that contain a bitter, milky fluid. This fluid is one way that the frogs defend themselves from predators. If a predator tastes the liquid, it will quickly drop the frog. If the wild froglets born in 2008 survive, the population of wild Mississippi Gopher Frogs would nearly triple. Yet, that is unlikely to happen. "Those little frogs are snack food or finger food for a lot of things in the woods," said biologist Mike Sisson. "The vast majority ?will not make it to adult frog. That's the nature of the business if you're an amphibian."

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Can you pleases help me summarize this ( 10 pts)?
Pick up a Mississippi Gopher Frog and it covers its eyes with its forefeet, like someone afraid to see what's coming next. And for at least a decade, the endangered species has had a good reason not to look. The frogs breed only in ponds so shallow they dry up in summer. For years, hot and dry spring seasons have left tadpoles stranded. In 2008, however, the weather finally changed and one major breeding pond in Mississippi held water longer. This gave the tadpoles a chance to develop into froglets. Scientists' efforts to help Mississippi Gopher Frogs breed have also given the frogs a leg up. Scientists estimate that the world has lost up to 170 frog species just in the last decade. Another 1,900 are threatened. Mississippi Gopher Frogs face dangers common to all amphibians: predators that eat most of their young, human destruction and pollution of their habitat, and parasites that are extremely harmful to amphibians. Scientists have taken steps to help the frogs escape the parasites and breed successfully. They wash Gopher Frog eggs in well water to remove the parasites. Then the eggs are hatched in a lab. The tadpoles are placed in screen-covered outdoor tanks. Scientists say they have saved seven generations of frogs this way. "Our efforts have managed to stave off likely extinction but there's a long way to go," said Joe Pechmann, who teaches at Western Carolina University. Pechmann has studied the frogs since 2002. Glen's Pond in Mississippi is one of the few known breeding spots for the Mississippi Gopher Frog. In 2008, 50 Mississippi Gopher Frogs came to Glen's Pond to breed. Thirty of them had been raised by scientists in outdoor tanks and then released into the pond. The other 20 were wild. Twenty-one egg masses were laid in the pond. In all, 181 tadpoles survived and made it through metamorphosis. Then the young froglets headed into the surrounding DeSoto National Forest. Breeding also took place in zoos in 2008, although with less success. The Memphis Zoo bred 93 tadpoles. None survived. The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans bred 36 tadpoles. Sixteen of these survived. However, any chance of breeding them is years away. Why? Because it can take up to four years for Gopher Frogs to be ready. Scientists believe that fewer than 100 mature adult frogs live in the wild. However, the real number is difficult to know because the frogs are hard to find. They live from Alabama to Mississippi in stump holes and burrows dug by other animals. They have other odd qualities as well. Their breeding call sounds like snoring. Their backs are not smooth like many other frogs; instead, their backs have bumps that contain a bitter, milky fluid. This fluid is one way that the frogs defend themselves from predators. If a predator tastes the liquid, it will quickly drop the frog. If the wild froglets born in 2008 survive, the population of wild Mississippi Gopher Frogs would nearly triple. Yet, that is unlikely to happen. "Those little frogs are snack food or finger food for a lot of things in the woods," said biologist Mike Sisson. "The vast majority ?will not make it to adult frog. That's the nature of the business if you're an amphibian."

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Where can I print out coupons for the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans?
When I lived in New Orleans 2 for 1 coupons were so easy to find in the paper, but I'm living in Baton Rouge now since Katrina and I want to take my niece to the zoo back home on Friday.

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