The Santa Barbara Zoo is located on near the ocean in Santa Barbara, California. It was built on the site of what was known as the Child Estate. The zoo has been ranked numerous times as one of the nation's best small zoos. It has more than 500 animals in numerous exhibits, including capybara and California condors, and is famous for having had a giraffe with a crooked neck. It also features a few non-animal attractions, such as the narrow gauge Zoo Train, complete with a pair of Chance Rides C.P. Huntington locomotives. The zoo first opened in August 1963. Exhibits African Plains or African Veldt, is an African themed habitat that houses giraffes, Sulcata tortoises, and meerkats. Australian Walkabout is an Australian theme habitat (opened in 2022) where visitors can experience the land, animals, and traditions of Australian Aboriginal culture. It's home to Western grey kangaroos, Bennett's wallabies, emus. People can also look inside birdcages and check out the Laughing kookaburra, Tawny frogmouth, and Sulphur-crested cockatoos. Cats of Africa, which features African lions and Fennec foxes, is another African themed habitat opened in 2003. Built on a hillside, the area's fennec fox exhibit is at the top of the slope, with the lion exhibit on the slope itself. The lions are visible from a platform near the fennec fox exhibit. The Forest's Edge houses two male Western lowland gorillas. The exhibit opened in 1996 and has a glass-walled viewing area as well as an overlook from a replica ranger station. The zoo is the first one that will add gorillas to their exhibit in the present's future. California Trails exhibits California condors, island foxes, Turkey vultures, Desert tortoises, and Bald eagles. The condor aviary can be viewed from two sides, including on an elevated path lower on the hillside, past the bald eagles, and leading to The Forest's Edge. The Crawford Family Penguin House opened in June 2006. It houses a colony of Humboldt penguins and has above- and underwater viewing. In the rest of the exhibit area are Inca terns and other coastal South American birds. Amazon tree boa American alligator Chinese alligator Desert rosy boa Giraffes Masai giraffe, native to Africa, south of the Sahara, have become pregnant and successfully given birth at the zoo. Considered genetically valuable they are shared with other zoos. The "crooked-necked giraffe" Gemina (July 16, 1986 – January 9, 2008) the "crooked-necked