Zoo

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We went to the zoo for the day. Kiwi birds are nacturnal and kinda rare to see in the wild except for Stewart Island so we thought going to the zoo would be a for sure way to see a kiwi bird. We saw a couple which were in a dark room so thats why the picture is blury and dark. The blob on the bottom of the picture is the kiwi. It was like most zoo's in the states though. Thankfully I really like most zoos in the states so it was a good day. One thing that was different and very cool was they had feedings through out the day every 40min or so. One of the feedings was for the lions which you could pay an extra fee and get to ride in this truck that had a cage on the back. About 20 people and the feeder were in this cage and the lions just swarmed the truck as the feeder pushed out meat to the lions. It was a great experience. We also got to hand feed the giraffes. And see a cheeta run. It was a good day.

Here are some videos:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2365385418806680022&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1662869583456455178&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5953039043114035936&hl=en

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Photos

Spider Monkeys
Feeding the spider monkeys.

Bird
I'm bad with names of birds.

Feeding Lemurs
The one in charge is in the bucket of food.

Crazy Bird
Just kept running back and forth like this.

Kea
These are mean birds that steal your stuff in the wild.

Friendly Bird
This one followed us around the cage and just kept talking to us. Look at video.

Giraffe
Giraffes are so cool!

Comments

[Mom]

Lions
OH MY! I would have been scared to death in the lion gage. I would think Cassandra thought it was too much? Looks like a lovely zoo. Too bad for the Kiwi photo!