There are TWO reasons to endure the crowds in San Francisco Academy of Science in GG park -
Not only you can play with a live penguin (through the glass, of course, silly), but you can sometimes spot a headless penguin waddling around... Here, see for yourself.
I found this "miracle" sorting thorugh the pictures, after letting my 7 year old fill up a 4GB memory chip with his "first impressions of the African Pavilion"...
Oh, one more reason - the whole museum and especially AQUARIUM - ROCKS!
I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pleased to see where my fully tax deductible donation went...