The Zoo!

Last week I went to the zoo with my friend Nicole. Our other friend Jaki is actually painting faces at the zoo for the summer, so she also joined us for a bit. I haven't been to the zoo in a LOOOOONG time and I was worried I wouldn't like it as much as I used to, that it was more for kids or something, but we had an awesome time. Also, if you are a fan of the elephants, as I am, go now because they're not going to be in Philly much longer (if they're even there now). They're scheduled to leave for other zoos this month because they are too expensive to keep here any more. Sad. I was happy to hear that they're at least staying together though.



Nicole and Jaki...



the cats...







the monkey guys. Okay, I read Life of Pi where they go on all about how animals in zoos are happier or whatever and I just don't know. Whenever I get to the monkeys I have trouble believing this. Look at these guys? :-( They have such sad little faces and they just look like they want to be out there playing. In defence of the zoo though, it's possible that these monkeys did have an outdoor enclosure too, I can't remember.





lemur guy looking all funny...



Nicole protested going in the petting zoo...but I think it was the best part. We pet sheep and goats and cows. Jaki said if I came back as a cow I would have looked like one of them. Not sure how to take that... :-)



This is the zoo tender guy yelling at one of the jersey cows in the petting zoo. hehe. See how ashamed she looks? She'd pushed her little red ball which they have for enrichment in between the rungs of the fence. Then when the other cow wanted to play with it she couldn't cause it was stuck. (This isn't the cow that looked like me btw)



Last but not least Nicole and Jaki got to ride the tractor...fun. :-)