Trip To The Zoo

We are starting to get out and about with our SPACE group and our first stop for Term 1 was the Hamilton Zoo. We piled in and headed round past the rhino's to the giraffe's where a zoo keeper told us a bit about them and how the Hamilton Zoo only have male giraffes. He also told us why they have grey tongues. It is so they don't get sun burnt in the heat when they twist and reach them out to eat leaves off the trees. We made sure you had your Sophie teething giraffe so we could get a photo with you, Sophie and the real thing. At the Savannah we also saw zebra, ostrich and antelope. Carrying on round we went past the pigs who were sleeping in the sun past the alpacas and wallaby's to the tiger. A zoo keeper greeted us there pointing out a female tiger asleep in her tree house and to tell us that she had a couple of three month old cubs but they were hiding in the shade. Next we headed to the chimpanzee enclosure. At first we could only see one in the distance up high you began to blow raspberries unimpressed that you couldn't really see him. All of a sudden he took off up the hill behind the shrubs but it paid to stick around because he grabbed his blanket and then headed back down the hill towards the glass we were standing behind. He laid his blanket down and then got comfy right in front of us. You had a great time waving and saying hello to the chimp. This was the highlight of the day. We headed past the red pandas then through the birds and reptiles. Once back to the start you hopped out of your pram to crawl around and chase after the peacock and sparrows hanging around the cafe. You are such an animal lover that despite being pushed around in your pram for over two hours there was no way you were going to sleep with so much to soak up and see.