San Antonio Zoo is enhancing its visitor experience with new sculptures and art installations as part of the openings of The Ralston and Congo Falls exhibits, according to a news release.

For decades, visitors have posed with the “Lion Pride” sculpture at the zoo’s main entrance. Additional sculptures, such as a hippo and a whooping crane, have been added.

The zoo has recently intensified its focus on art with a “larger-than-life” mural by students from the University of Texas at San Antonio on Africa Live! and student animal art in the welcome center, the release said.

A new “Bronze Gorilla” sculpture by San Antonio artist Bob Guelich now serves as the centerpiece of the zoo’s entrance, the release states.

Above the bronze gorilla is “Butterflies in Flight,” an art installation that c

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