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Photos: Middle-schoolers visit the Alaska Zoo

A different kind of animal swarmed the Alaska Zoo on Friday -- Anchorage eighth-graders.

With backpacks strung over their shoulders, more than 100 Mears Middle School students piled out of buses and made their way into the zoo to better understand how Alaska animals survive.

"This provides the students with a real-world opportunity to experience what the classroom can't provide," language arts teacher Doug Williams said.

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