We saw a lot of cool animals at the zoo. Most we have seen before at other zoos-elephants, zebras, giraffes, penguins, and a bunch of others. There were some really cool things there though that we hadn't seen, like this turtle from Madagascar (which was a pleasing surprise for Robbie, who lived there for two years). They also had a pond filled with local wildlife, including a numerous amount of local turtles. They swam right up to the pier and we could have probably reached out and touched them if we had wanted to.
The flamingos were Gwen's favorite (because they're pink, she says). It was fun to see them and a bunch of other birds, even though Gwen complained and tried to hold her breath when we went inside the bird house because of the smell.
There were a lot of signs at different exhibits about babies having been born recently, including 4 baby penguins (which we saw), a baby chimp (which we saw), and a baby elephant (which we didn't get to see), but the cutest one was this little baby monkey. The sign said that the birth of this baby monkey was really important because there are only about 24 of these monkeys alive in zoos and such here in the USA. The baby monkey was only a week old and just super cute.
Outside the penguin exhibit was this large stone with different types of penguins etched into it. The girls all climbed up so we could measure and see how tall they were compared to all the penguins. We did this at the chimp exhibit too where they were able to stand next to a picture of a chimp and see how they measured up. They also got to compare their footprints with those of a lion, tiger, leopard and bear outside of the lion and tiger exhibits.
The day we went to the zoo they were having an event there called Farm Fest, where a bunch of people came to show what they did on their farms (dairy, chicken and produce farms), and other people with skills like chainsaw carving and a blacksmith and a woodworker. The chainsaw carver also makes furniture out of wood and sells it, and had some benchs and chairs there for sale. We saw this one and loved it.
There were a lot of signs at different exhibits about babies having been born recently, including 4 baby penguins (which we saw), a baby chimp (which we saw), and a baby elephant (which we didn't get to see), but the cutest one was this little baby monkey. The sign said that the birth of this baby monkey was really important because there are only about 24 of these monkeys alive in zoos and such here in the USA. The baby monkey was only a week old and just super cute.
Outside the penguin exhibit was this large stone with different types of penguins etched into it. The girls all climbed up so we could measure and see how tall they were compared to all the penguins. We did this at the chimp exhibit too where they were able to stand next to a picture of a chimp and see how they measured up. They also got to compare their footprints with those of a lion, tiger, leopard and bear outside of the lion and tiger exhibits.
The day we went to the zoo they were having an event there called Farm Fest, where a bunch of people came to show what they did on their farms (dairy, chicken and produce farms), and other people with skills like chainsaw carving and a blacksmith and a woodworker. The chainsaw carver also makes furniture out of wood and sells it, and had some benchs and chairs there for sale. We saw this one and loved it.
When we told the guy that we wanted to buy this bench, he told us this really cool fact about it. He said that a company had been removing some trees near an old civil war battleground, and he bought up a bunch of those trees to make them into his benchs and chairs. When he opened up the tree that he made our bench out of, he found three civil war musket balls burried in the tree. Coolest of all? He left one of the musket balls in the wood and made it into one of the arms of the bench. For Rob and I, while the zoo was cool, finding this bench was the best part of the zoo for us.
We all had a blast at the zoo though, and we are excited to go in the winter months (it's open year round here because it doesn't get too cold) and hopefully see more of the animals up and moving around instead of hiding out in their dens from the sun. Our three little monkeys sure had fun and can't wait to go back!!
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