As an aside, the land in New Orleans is so flat that the zoo has a 28' hill donated by a benefactor, "so that the children of New Orleans can know what a hill i

As an aside, the land in New Orleans is so flat that the zoo has a 28' hill donated by a benefactor, "so that the children of New Orleans can know what a hill is like" according to the plaque next to it. And when I visited, the kids were going nuts over this little hillock, running up and careening down it, giggling.