Today our daycare planned an outing at the zoo. It was really crappy ass weather, but we still managed to go down for a couple of hours since we had purchased the tickets ahead of time. Brynna's request was to see the giraffes, so we made sure we made a pit stop there. They were not out in their natural habitat b/c it was raining and one of the zookeepers told us they had to stay in their barn b/c when it rains, it gets really slippery and due to the fact that they are skittish by nature, they tend to slip on the grass and fall, sometimes injuring themselves. Apparently, because they are such skittish animals, they only sleep/nap for 15 minutes at a time. They are always "worried" they are going to be preyed upon, hence the skittish-ness.
Another perk? We saw the Lion, Bear, Mountain Goat, and Jaguar UP CLOSE. This was the first time in three visits that we had seen these animals close up and personal, so it was pretty exciting. :)
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Crikey! You're lucky that jaguar doesn't like Baylen-meat! You were close enough he could have been eaten. The National Zoo has some pretty sweet panda things... maybe you've heard. I got about this close to them one time and it was awesome!
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