On Saturday, we saw the primate house (which Timmy really powers through, it's more just a passage to the snakes and fish) and were about to go to see the snakes when Erik stopped to talk to some Boy Scouts. They were really nice and had a little first aide test tent set up. You rolled a giant die and then had to discuss what you would do in that scenario. It was pretty fun. The first one was you were sitting around a campfire eating dinner when suddenly one of the older adults collapses. What do you do? Erik did a really good job answering that one. Then since I guess they weren't getting a lot of visitors (I'm really just guessing), they said they had another scenario that we would find entertaining, especially for "your little guy there"--yeah, that's how they actually referred to Timmy. It was an ATV accident where the ATV is flipped over and the rider is trapped underneath, you smell gas and the engine is warm. What do you do? The best part about this one was the demonstration. The Boy Scout put on a helmet and came racing out from behind the curtain on a little trike and then flipped himself over and had the trike sitting on top of him. Timmy just wanted to go play with the trike, but we were able to restrain him enough and actually learned what the proper recourse would be.
On Sunday we went just for a little bit because Timmy kept talking about wanting to see the moose (I think he remembered that from a Calliou episode) and I told him we could actually see a moose at the zoo. He was a little skeptical and just really wanted to see the elephants when we got there, but we were able to go see the Australian animals first by saying we'd come back and see the elephants. We saw the emu and the kangaroos but didn't go in the house so we didn't see the koalas at all. We then saw the brown bears, the sheep and went over by the moose.
The moose were actually out and walking around. I haven't seen that in a long time and not since Timmy was actually able to identify the animals. This may be more from us not going over by the moose often than anything else. Timmy was able to see both of the moose at the zoo and watched the one drink water and the other eat his lunch. It was a really good time and I'm glad we went. It's especially nice when we get to see animals that we don't see that often.
We then walked back to see the giraffes and the elephants. We got to see the elephants just in time because about 5 minutes after we got over by the elephants, they went inside to do training. I would have felt bad to say we could see the elephants outside later and then weren't able to, but it worked out. We then went to see the hippos, also a favorite, and were able to hear the one hippo "laugh". I've never actually heard that in person and it's quite the creepy sound, almost sounds like it belongs in a haunted house or something. One family had their little boy get freaked out by the sound and then proceeded to make fun of him for getting scared. Oh well.
Here are a few pictures from our Sunday trip. Enjoy!
Timmy and I by the brown bears
Both of the moose
Erik and Timmy watching the moose eat, it walked right up to the wall so Timmy was able to get a good look
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