You'll stay on and near Olmsted Walk for the rest of the wheelchair trail. When you're ready to move on, walk over to the Bactrian camels. This two-humped species is from the cold deserts of Asia. In the winter they grow shaggy, wool-like hair that falls off their bodies in great heavy clumps in the spring. If the giraffes and elephants are outdoors, you should be able to see them when you're standing near the camels.
Elephants are strong, social, and intelligent.
Every morning keepers demonstrate the elephants' abilities to visitors, and volunteer narrators explain why the animals are trained-to keep them active physically and mentally, and to make them easier to handle during medical treatment, for example. If the giant pandas are outside, you may want to detour slightly to see them. The pandas are just behind you when you're facing the elephants. Now, be prepared to take a quick detour to your right-just before the Pop Stop. During the spring, summer, and fall, you're likely to see free-ranging golden lion tamarins up in the trees.