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Photos: New zoo playground gives Tucson kids a place to monkey around
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Photos: New zoo playground gives Tucson kids a place to monkey around

  • Grace Trejo
  • Oct 27, 2023
  • Oct 27, 2023 Updated Oct 27, 2023

World of Play, a new sensory nature playground at Reid Park Zoo lets children learn from the perspective of an animal.   

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Annabelle Hughes uses the rope walls to climb up the 30 foot Seqouia Tree at the new World of Play at Reid Park Zoo.

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World of Play

Mateo Robles, left, and his sister Esme Robles climb on to a rope spiderweb in the World of Playat Reid Park Zoo.

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World of Play

Noah Michel makes music inside of the World of Play at Reid Park Zoo.

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Madilyn Cole, left, and Wylie Cole slide down the snow slide in the World of Play’s Antarctic ice cave at Reid Park Zoo.

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Children play during the zoo members opening of World of Play, a new attraction at Reid Park Zoo.

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Children run, jump, and climb inside of the 30 foot Sequoia Tree at the World of Play during the zoo members opening, Reid Park Zoo.

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World of Play

Peter Edwards has a big grin while playing on a bicycle-style stool in World of Play at Reid Park Zoo.

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Children climb inside the Antarctic ice cave during the zoo members only opening of World of Play at Reid Park Zoo.

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Rafael Rojas, left, and Alexis Rojas look at a map as they explore World of Play with their son Kash Rojas at Reid Park Zoo.

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Children walk inside the rope tunnels that connect the World of Play attractions during the zoo members opening at Reid Park Zoo.

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Emnet Joens stands inside World of Play's interactive Antarctic ice cave during the zoo members opening at Reid Park Zoo.

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