The best exhibit in our opinion was the Brown Bear one. Scott has been so excited to see these bears for a while. This is coming from a boy who last summer developed a very big fear of bears. He loves them now.
A little more up close. They were pretty massive.
The kids also got to go into a net area to feed some birds. This girl was nice enough to let Scott and Madeline feed the bird on her hand for quite awhile. Dylan was just content to watch from the safety of mom or dad's arms.:)
We also got to see this monkey come down and visit us. While we were watching him, he peed for all of us to see. Madeline thought is was funny, but gross. A few seconds later, he swung down right against the glass, unfortunately, right where Dylan was standing watching him.
Dylan had the fright of his life.:( He was standing right against the glass with kids pressed in behind him. When the monkey swung down against the glass all the kids were surprised and jumped back, but Dylan was smooshed in with nowhere to go. Needless to say he lost it. Poor little guy was terrified. This big monkey jumping right at him. It was almost like he was aiming for Dylan because he was the smallest. Everyone felt so bad for him.:(
This kids liked playing on these little drum's.
Doesn't he just look too grown up in this picture? He's just my little boy....!
As you can see, Dylan had not gotten over the monkey scaring him when we went to the petting zoo. He remained in our arms the whole time, and wouldn't let a limb near any more of the animals. If we asked him if he liked seeing the monkeys and wanted to see them again, he would look at us and just say, "Nooooo".
I don't know what it is about flamingos, but every time I see them in the Zoo, they are fighting with each other. They fight dirty too. They try to bite each other like the flamingos above are doing, or get each other's legs. Do they have bad temperments?
The gorilla visit was close to the end of our day, and the icing on the cake. This gorilla was on his way down to say hello to the people behind the glass. When he got within a few feet , he turned around, pooped for us all to see, then turned back around and proceeded to eat in with his fingers. Oh. My. Gross. Everyone was dying. We always get such good experiences like this when we go to the zoo, like last summer when the two lions got a little frisky with each other in this post, or when the lion gave us his personalized greeting in this post. What will happen on our next visit, and are we ready to find out?!
We also got to see this monkey come down and visit us. While we were watching him, he peed for all of us to see. Madeline thought is was funny, but gross. A few seconds later, he swung down right against the glass, unfortunately, right where Dylan was standing watching him.
Dylan had the fright of his life.:( He was standing right against the glass with kids pressed in behind him. When the monkey swung down against the glass all the kids were surprised and jumped back, but Dylan was smooshed in with nowhere to go. Needless to say he lost it. Poor little guy was terrified. This big monkey jumping right at him. It was almost like he was aiming for Dylan because he was the smallest. Everyone felt so bad for him.:(
This kids liked playing on these little drum's.
Doesn't he just look too grown up in this picture? He's just my little boy....!
As you can see, Dylan had not gotten over the monkey scaring him when we went to the petting zoo. He remained in our arms the whole time, and wouldn't let a limb near any more of the animals. If we asked him if he liked seeing the monkeys and wanted to see them again, he would look at us and just say, "Nooooo".
I don't know what it is about flamingos, but every time I see them in the Zoo, they are fighting with each other. They fight dirty too. They try to bite each other like the flamingos above are doing, or get each other's legs. Do they have bad temperments?
The gorilla visit was close to the end of our day, and the icing on the cake. This gorilla was on his way down to say hello to the people behind the glass. When he got within a few feet , he turned around, pooped for us all to see, then turned back around and proceeded to eat in with his fingers. Oh. My. Gross. Everyone was dying. We always get such good experiences like this when we go to the zoo, like last summer when the two lions got a little frisky with each other in this post, or when the lion gave us his personalized greeting in this post. What will happen on our next visit, and are we ready to find out?!
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I forgot about the mating lions!
I love reading your blog updates. We miss you guys and are excited to see you in August.
We went to that zoo once the 4 years we lived there. It reminded me a lot of the L.A. Zoo, but yet I wasn't totally impressed.
If you guys get the chance you will have to drive down to Tacoma and go to the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, that was our favorite place to go, of course it was closer to where we lived too. They have two balooga (sp?) whales there.
so fun! we love the zoo.
We'll totally have check out the zoo before the summer is over.
It was so fun to hang out with you guys the other day!! Hope we get to do it again :)
I miss being close to a zoo. Poor Dylan may not ever want to go to the zoo again! Isn't it nice when you see animals behaving badly? But then, I can't really blame them for wanting to put on a bit more of a show, make things a little more exciting . . .
I am really ready for a trip to the zoo we always talk about it and never do it....hmmm still don't have a defined plan but I'm sure we will get it in sometime this year.
Poor Dylan with the monkey...but I loved picturing that playing out in my mind. :) So long as he got plenty of hugs and comfort after the fact.
Your repeat comments crack me up. I got on and said, "Melissa commented! And again, and again. Oh wait, that is the same comment." You must have a trigger finger!
I'm sure you would make a very good detective, but I would be uncatchable. Hate to break it to ya. :)
That is too funny! Those animals must your coming and put on their best show! :)
I love your pics so much I'm almost inspired to start taking some myself! It is good to know that Scotty and bears are now friends! Hopefully, Dylan wasn't too traumatized by the monkeys. I'm so excited to see you all in a few short weeks! Please give my love to all!
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