Zoo

So, we went to the zoo a week or so ago when I had a friday off.  Of course, we didn't make it there until after 3pm even though we theoretically had all day to get there.  I don't know what that's about, but mornings and even early afternoons suck all our time up.  Don't try to hang out with us before 2pm, you'll be sorely dissapointed.

 


 We went with our friends Anna, Aleks and Sebastian, of course.  Here we are checking out the seemingly uninteresting ground below.  If we are up we must look down; it's always good to get a different perspective, I guess.



 This is a capybara, which is the world's largest rodent.  This giant guine pig and you've about got the idea.  There was a small farm a within walking distance of my house, growing up, that had capybaras.  They seem like such sweet, strange animals.  



Behind him is an Giant Anteater.



 There were two Anteaters, and though they mostly just paced back and forth, they had quite a bit of personality, I thought.



 I think, here, the kids are looking at some big, leopard looking fishing cat.  They were really climbing and wild this day.  The kids, that is, not the cat. It just sat there looking bored.  



Ah, yes, the Francios Monkeys.  I have mentioned these before.  I have only ever seen them doing this strange behaviour.  These are a french monkey, and I think Anna said it best, "They would not have looked odd drinking espresso and smoking cigarettes."  The females just laid there with their butts in the male's face while he groomed her, at least, we think that's all they were doing.  It was kind of sketchy, to be honest.  



Who's child is that?  Certainly that is not my little boy!  Look how grown up he is.  This is killing me, I swear he was just my tiny baby a minute ago.  They're checking out the otter.  They all kept running way over here to see the otter, which would have been fine if they'd all done so together.  



While Aleks and Lavinia ran off to visit the otter (and Anna ran after them) me and Bastian and Jonas got cozy with the male Orangutan.  



Actually, he got cozy with us!  He came right over to Jonas and Bastian and started showing them his orange peel he was chewing on.  It was really cool!



 He is 22 years old and the only male with a whole bunch of females.  There was also a baby, of which I think he is the father.  It was really interesting to watch them interacting with eachother.  There was one point where a younger looking female came over to him and started dropping sticks and leaves on him.  Once she got his attention she started walking around and bending over.  The bending over part was pretty graphic and made me feel really bade for her and this whole zoo situation.  Poor thing had to have giddy teenage girls laughing at her being a normal Orangutan.



 This is a snake necked turtle.  They're real cool because he'll just be swiming around looking like a normal turtle and then all of the sudden out pops this long neck!  Like a jack in the box.  



A corcodile!  



We loved the Corcodile.  It was neat to walk along side it.  










A little freaky, actually.



 The snapping turtle was swiming with the croc.  He looked like he could hold his own, too.  



Anna nursing Bastian infront of those silly Francois Monkeys.