The gorillas (mother & baby)
Gerritt kissing gorilla's bronse statue
The lemurs
A beautiful bird from the tropics
Gerritt hugging a fox's statue (He is quite affectionate!)
Feeding of the penguins
A parrot
Another ride on the carousel
We had so much fun visiting the zoo on Sunday, Gerritt & I decided to do it again 2 days later (thanks to the free yearly pass provided by Gerritt's Russian daycare owner Tamara). Sophia stayed at home with her nanny Irina, allowing us a certain kind of freedom.
We've spent about 3.5 hours this time & explored a different part of the zoo. It is impossible to see all of the exhibits in one day due to the zoo's size, so another day of exploration is a must. We visited the African savanna again (my favorite part of the zoo) where we saw gorillas including the baby & zebras. We were in the rain forest where we observed all kinds of exotic birds in a sauna-like environment. We saw the beautiful peacock once more (he was in a different part of the zoo, looks like he moves around). Gerritt really wanted to see the meerkat exhibit again, so we've spent about 20 minutes observing & laughing at them (they are just adorable!).
The new animals we saw on this trip were kangaroos & emu birds (both from the Australian continent). We visited the endangered snow leopard & the lemurs. We also visited the bird sanctuary full of strikingly colored parrots. I even bought a bird seed feeding stick, which resulted in one parrot sitting on my shoulder & another one on my arm. Gerritt was too afraid to hold the bird seed stick, so he just observed from a distance.
We took a couple of rides on the historic carousel & then spent some time observing the feeding of the penguins. After scrumptious lunch we headed back home for another long nap in the afternoon. Gerritt insisted on walking everywhere at the zoo so fell asleep easily & without his usual book reading. Another fun day to get summer off to the right start!
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