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Going To The Zoo, Zoo, Zoo. How About You, You, You!

Posted on December 1, 2008January 10, 2012 by Andi

On Friday, Chuck and I went to the Minnesota Zoo and had a great time. I only took a couple pictures and they were taken with my phone since it didn't even occur to me to take my camera with me. How silly!

This first picture is of one of my new favorite animals to watch! It's a Red Panda. And it is also the Mozilla Firefox mascot. I think they picked a great animal for it! They are so cute and fun to watch. I stood there watching them for quite some time. One was eating. They were kind of hard to take good pictures of. And I didn't have a zoom on my camera or I would have gotten really good pictures of him!

This other picture is of a bald eagle. This was on the Minnesota Trail and I don't remember going on this one. I think it was closed the last time we were there. I think he was tethered to the branch he was on. The funny part is there were a couple of cats right across the isle from him. Just staring at him and probably becoming incredibly frustrated that they couldn't get to the bird and eat it! But he was very cool to see up close!

I am also fascinated by bats. I could watch them all day long! Now, mind you, if I were encountered by one of these creatures in a pace other than with glass between us, I would not be nearly as interested in them! I would run and scream and you wouldn't want to be in my way. But in a safe environment, I love them!

They have also finished the Russia exhibit with Grizzly Bears. They apparently, as we learned, do not hibernate. Just sleep. If you can wake them up, that means they are not in hibernation. Now they weren't very active by any means, but they were sleeping in a cave you can get really close to them and see the enormity of them. And that was cool!

The cool weather also made all of the cats very active…even the ones that weren't being taunted by eagles! And Chuck and I both love watching the cats. They are such amazing creatures!

The dolphins aren't doing any more shows for a while because one of them is pregnant. So keep that in mind if you want to see a show. 🙂 And the Baboons with the red butts just had a baby and there are a couple that are only a year old. They were fun to see and so very tiny! They made me laugh. They imitate everything the older monkeys do!

Overall, I think you should go! It was fun even though it was cold out. When we are in Omaha for Christmas we are already planning on going to the zoo. I can't get enough of those animals!

Oh, and Happy December!

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