How it works
This zoo name generator names a zoo for a story, a zoo-building game or a class project: an invented place, a real kind of animal park, explained in the list below, and a star animal with a name.
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Name a zoo
Press New zoo name. Tap the place, the kind or the star animal, press its padlock, then press again to change the rest. Lock one place and press for the rival safari park down the road.
What the kinds mean
Zoo is short for zoological garden. In a safari park, visitors watch freely roaming animals from a vehicle. A wildlife park is a zoo with spacious enclosures that approximate natural habitat. An animal sanctuary protects animals for the rest of their lives. A menagerie is a precursor of the modern zoo.
Tips
- Lock the star animal and change the place until the two fit.
Questions and answers
What is a good name for a zoo?
The place it stands in, then the kind of animal park: Tamberley Wildlife Park, Quillbrook Zoological Garden. A star animal with a name, such as Biscuit the tortoise, gives a story someone to visit.
What is the difference between a zoo and a safari park?
In a zoo, animals are kept within enclosures for exhibition. In a safari park, visitors drive their own vehicles, or ride in the park's, to observe freely roaming animals. A safari park is larger than a zoo.
What does zoo stand for?
Zoo is short for zoological garden. Zoological refers to zoology, the study of animals. A zoo is also called a zoological park, an animal park or a menagerie.
Are these real zoos?
No. Every place name was searched in name lists, place lists and across Wikipedia, and any name that turned up was cut, so no zoo listed there is named. The star animals were named for this page; a real animal somewhere may share a name.