We took 35 pictures of the giraffe, and then 5 pictures of the poisonous dart frogs, then a couple of the boys in the park. But, we had a wonderful day, even though we didn't take pictures of it. The weather was great, sunny, 85 degrees, low humidity. Here is Ben in park ...
Alek and Ben on the praying mantis in the park ...
And Alek on the praying mantis in the park ...
Our first stop was to the new giraffe feeding deck. It was free yesterday, because you could only look out at them, not feed them. They have one adult female, and five babies. The five babies all were aquired from other facilities, and are not related to each other. When we got there, the ostriches, zebras and giraffes were all up at the new feeding deck, so we got to see them all up close.
One baby came over, and the zoo keeper lured her in with a bunch of leaves on a pole. She came in close, so the zoo keeper gave Ben and Alek each a branch to hold out to her. Note that the zoo feeding deck was built to the height of an adult zebra, so the 6 foot tall baby just came up to the bottom of the deck. She ate Ben & Alek's leaves! The deck was just completed last week, and they are training the giraffes to come up to eat, so Ben and Alek were the first kids to get to feed the giraffes! It was totally cool.
Alek and Ben on the praying mantis in the park ...
And Alek on the praying mantis in the park ...
Our first stop was to the new giraffe feeding deck. It was free yesterday, because you could only look out at them, not feed them. They have one adult female, and five babies. The five babies all were aquired from other facilities, and are not related to each other. When we got there, the ostriches, zebras and giraffes were all up at the new feeding deck, so we got to see them all up close.
One baby came over, and the zoo keeper lured her in with a bunch of leaves on a pole. She came in close, so the zoo keeper gave Ben and Alek each a branch to hold out to her. Note that the zoo feeding deck was built to the height of an adult zebra, so the 6 foot tall baby just came up to the bottom of the deck. She ate Ben & Alek's leaves! The deck was just completed last week, and they are training the giraffes to come up to eat, so Ben and Alek were the first kids to get to feed the giraffes! It was totally cool.
1 comment:
How cool is that to be able to feed the giraffes! Neato! Loved the Praying Mantis too:)
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