February 23, 2014
19 degrees

The red ruffed lemurs were active and engaging when we arrived.









We don't often stop for a picture of one of the West African dwarf crocodiles, despite how easy they make it.

We were startled by how explosive the tapir's peeing was! Potty humor stays funny to kids for a long time, so it's good for us not to try and ignore bodily functions. If you witness things like this when you're at the zoo, you could follow up by reading Everyone Poops, by Taro Gomi.

We had worried this branch was going to be more of a challenge for this radiated tortoise to get over. Before or after seeing the tortoises, you could read the story of The Tortoise and the Hare, one of Aesop's Fables.



Look how far into the ground the snout of this warty pig was!

We had wonderful opportunities to see birds on the Tropics Trail. One of both the Victoria crowned pigeon and the Malayan great argus pheasant were walking right on our path.

 

This owl on on the Minnesota Trail was checking things out.

Allie and I were excited to see the bald eagle out since we have missed her or him on some of the extremely cold days we've had.

On vacations, sometimes we have one photo that we refer to as "the money shot." This shot of the Amur Tiger was the money shot of this zoo visit.

We're still keeping an eye on this pregnant snow monkey. An opportunity for an extension of learning would be looking up the gestational period of the snow monkey. How does that compare to the agouti (that had babies a few weeks ago)?