A Day Spent at the Zoo

We recently won a family membership to the Denver Zoo as part of what we bid on at an auction for AVS. It had been many years since I had been and Larr could not remember his last visit, so we spent the day there on Sunday. We went with the family that provided the pass for the auction.

Artic Fox

Camels


I love the elephants. During the summer the zoo staff used to have the elephants paint pictures that would then be sold in the zoo gift shop. It was fun to see. I wonder if they are still doing that. I wonder if the elephant enjoyed it.

The hyenas were very cool. I left that exhibit with the music from "Lion King" in my head.


The small mongoose that is looking up appeared to be very popular. Several of the other mongooses wanted to snuggle with her. Was it desire for companionship or warmth, or both?

At the end of the day the mountain goat was in a talkative mood. He would bleat and wait for you to respond, then he would return with his own comment. We went on like that for a while.

These monkeys were very cute, almost cartoon like.

One of these monkeys really seemed to like Ethan.

The tigers were in a playful mood. One of them hid behind a rock and wiggled the way our cat, Toby, does when he wants to ambush his brother. None of the other tigers came close enough to play so he eventually went over the gang and pounced on one there.

It was a great way to send an entire day.