Anonymous wrote:Horse shoe crabs spawn on a beach in Delaware every May during a full moon! There are places to watch them come on shore.
Fascinating creatures.
I think the Delaware state website has info every year about where and when exactly.

I second this. I saw tens of thousands of horse shoe crabs on the beach at Slaughter Beach Delaware.

Frederick County Fair. There will be a lot of 4H animals plus the shoofly pie is great.

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OP, Chincoteague and Assateague are not far and are in Maryland and Delaware.

On your way stop at the Salisbury Zoo in Salisbury Md. It is free and worth a couple of hour visit.

Chincoteage and Assateague for wild ponies.

You can camp on the beach at Assateague and sometimes the ponies will come up to the campground.

Manatee rescue outside of San Juan PR (the private tour was great!)

Pp here - and bear point Reyes in Petaluma is American Made Miniatures which does a great tour though sometimes has to cancel a few days out due to weather so is less of a sure thing.

Probably worth waiting until they are quite a bit older (you have to be 8 but older is probably better) but I just took my animal loving DD to the Farallon islands for her 13th birthday. You can’t go on them, but tons of animals to see on the way out and back. I live in the Bay Area, but you could combine it with a visit to Point Reyes which is also great for observing animals.

Puffins in Maine, Iceland, Faroe Islands
Whales in Hawaii, Canada
Feeding rock wallabies in Australia, Boat tour to see Crocodiles in Daintree Rainforest
Boat tour to see Hector dolphins in NZ (smallest dolphin in the world), Keas by Milford Sound
Feeding hummingbirds in Mindo, Ecuador
Seeing flying flamingos and Vicuñas in Atacama Chile
Animals of Yellowstone

We also enjoyed the Riverbanks Zoo in SC (they have Koalas) and Columbus Zoo in Ohio

Anonymous wrote:Coastal Wilds in Frankford Delaware. interact with a bunch of animals and finish with a 45 minute otter swim.

OMG thank you, this is now my plan for my 40th next year. OTTERS!

National Zoo

Someone already mentioned, but as a true Disney hater, I will say their safari at Animal Kingdom was super impressive. Easy trip.

Coastal Wilds in Frankford Delaware. interact with a bunch of animals and finish with a 45 minute otter swim.

Fantastic experience sleeping overnight in this tiger rescue!
https://www.turpentinecreek.org/

Anonymous wrote:Little Longears Miniature Donkey Rescue: https://www.littlelongears.org/want-to-visit/

I want to go there!

These are both local

Daisy Island Cruises- takes you to Chincoteague Island to see the wild horses swim

Sterling Hill Farm- mini highland cow experiences