December 15, 2013

Once again Allie joined me for a trip to the zoo. It was also another chilly morning.  It was 0 degrees in Plymouth when we left home at 8:45 am.  We started out inside, Discovery Bay and Tropics Trail, hoping it would warm up before we hit the outside exhibits, but no such luck. (It had only warmed to 2 degrees at home by mid-afternoon.)

We discovered something most zoo-goers probably already know.  It periodically rains over the exhibit where the white-cheeked gibbons and flamingos live. Some exhibit residents seemed to love it,







some seemed to dislike it,

while others seemed ambivalent (but this was after both gibbons had traveled to the center of the exhibit where it wasn't raining).  

FUN FACT OF THE DAY:  Tortoises bob their heads like this to greet one another!

Selfie Sunday was celebrated with these dozing pumas!

The Northern Trail and Russia's Grizzly Coast did not disappoint.  Two tigers were alternately grooming and resting when we went by.  One dhole leaped in greeting as we approached his exhibit. The camels were right next to the walking path, once again trying to manage a nibble of something outside their exhibit.  But we had the most fun at the last exhibit we walked past -- the sea otters.  One otter kept locating ice blocks containing food, and then swam, resting them on his chest.  As he swam by, he would pound it on the the Plexiglas to try and get the treats out.  While I didn't get organized to take some video soon enough, you can imagine it with this clip.