October 2, 2013- The Zoo

Yesterday, we went to the zoo. We saw big, grey Rhinos. My mom saw the Rhinos fighting, but I missed it because I was in the bathroom. We went to see the otters next, but they were not there for some reason. We decided to go inside the eco-center. We saw two Burmese Pythons. One was small, but the other one was huge. We saw grey sturgeon fish. We saw many different animals that live in Madagascar, the island off the coast of Africa. One of the animals was the Hissing Cockroach. It looked gross. We saw raccoons too. My mom said that raccoons open garbage cans to get food. Next, we crawled in a tunnel, and stuck our heads out into the pen of a lynx. The viewing tunnel was glass, so the lynx walked all around our heads! He paced around us for five minutes. That was exciting. We saw the lion cubs playing. One of the lion cubs had a toy. We saw the polar bear. It was sleeping. The seals were also sleeping, but the baby seal was flopping around on the rocks. We went in a building that had vet equipment set up. We learned how the vets take care of the zoo animals. We talked about he animals' diets. We saw baboons and talked about how some scientists think that humans came from apes. I liked to watch the Golden Tamarins swing from the trees. We saw lots of other animals too. Usually, the building that has the Tamarins stinks, but I have a stuffy nose and I couldn't smell the yucky smell. The last thing we did was look at the baby orangutan. The mom was holding the baby. I had a awesome day.