It was a great day to go - we were expecting it to be wall to wall people - but it wasn't really crowded at all and the weather was fabulous - sunny but not to hot. All of the animals must have liked the cooler day too. They were all out showing off.
The lions were napping - but really what else do they do???
These are some of the great bronze (??) statues that they have all over the grounds. Amelia wasn't to sure about standing in the arms of the second one. It looked just a little to real.
We spent a lot of time at the Chimpanzee exhibit. When we first got there they were all kind of hidden behind a tree in a little group - but then they all got up and started wandering around. They were all pretty interested in looking at the spectators. The one in the picture below even came right up to the glass where Amelia was standing and put her hands up on the glass. It was pretty amazing. Amelia was scared of her being so close - but it was really cool to see. Based on our best guess from the pictures - this one was named maggie and was born in 1973 - the same year as Truett.
These are Patas Monkeys - they didn't do much but eat while we were there.
Gorillas - this was a mother with a new baby. They were all pretty sedate - just sat and people watched.
The baboons were active. The mother baboon to the left in the group of three in the middle of the picture just had a baby in the beginning of August. You can just barely see it - it's the little dark brown head poking up. It was a cute little tiny thing that was still pretty wobbly.
They are starting a new exhibit at the zoo where you as a visitor can feed the giraffes. Eventually you will have to pay money to do it - but for now while they are trying to train the giraffes it's still free. They were just finishing a feeding as we came up - but we got to see the giraffes up close.
Amelia and every other kid around kept calling the ostriches "turkeys"... guess they do kind of look like that...
The elephant just calmy stood and ate near the rail while all the kids tried to get his/her attention.
After a while we all got tired and decided to take the bus to see the rest of the animals and the playground.
This was (and always has been) Amelia's favorite animal at the zoo... the Sea Lion...
This was a smaller black and grey sea lion... he loved to swim right up and slide along the viewing glass.
This was (and always has been) Amelia's favorite animal at the zoo... the Sea Lion...
This was a smaller black and grey sea lion... he loved to swim right up and slide along the viewing glass.
At the end of our day we made a stop to ride the carousel. All of the zoo animals are represented on the ride. Amelia chose the wolf.
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