London goes to the ZOOB!
Today we took London to the Oakland Zoo. He loved it.
First stop: the giraffes. I think they're my favorite zoo animals. You can see one of the zookeepers feeding them here.
This sneaky guy got caught reaching into the cookie jar.
They don't look particularly comfortable sitting down.
I've always been mad for turtles. When I was little, my favorite zoo animal was the giant tortoise. This guy here is from Aldabra, in the Indian Ocean, not the Galapagos Islands, which are in the Pacific. A passing zookeeper told us that he is more than 100 years old. There's a pretty good chance that this tortoise hatched out of his egg before the Wright brothers made their first powered flight (1903). Definitely before the Model T (1908), before Teddy Roosevelt left the White House (1909), and before the first of my grandparents was born (1911). That's pretty darn old.
Some of the tortoises stayed inside. London saw them, too.
He and his momma rode a big fake tortoise.
He even played tortoise himself.
We saw an alligator laying on the grass right by the fence.
The zoo had a big kid's play area, with big lawns, picnic tables, cute critters like lemurs and otters, and stuff to play on.
We didn't see everything at the zoo. After a couple of hours of roaming around, it was time to find some lunch and a nap for Tiny Man. Also, we blew off a few critters so London could have a ride on the zoo train. The only ones I regret are the elephants and what London calls the "zebrabras". But it was still a great day.
First stop: the giraffes. I think they're my favorite zoo animals. You can see one of the zookeepers feeding them here.
This sneaky guy got caught reaching into the cookie jar.
They don't look particularly comfortable sitting down.
I've always been mad for turtles. When I was little, my favorite zoo animal was the giant tortoise. This guy here is from Aldabra, in the Indian Ocean, not the Galapagos Islands, which are in the Pacific. A passing zookeeper told us that he is more than 100 years old. There's a pretty good chance that this tortoise hatched out of his egg before the Wright brothers made their first powered flight (1903). Definitely before the Model T (1908), before Teddy Roosevelt left the White House (1909), and before the first of my grandparents was born (1911). That's pretty darn old.
Some of the tortoises stayed inside. London saw them, too.
He and his momma rode a big fake tortoise.
He even played tortoise himself.
We saw an alligator laying on the grass right by the fence.
The zoo had a big kid's play area, with big lawns, picnic tables, cute critters like lemurs and otters, and stuff to play on.
We didn't see everything at the zoo. After a couple of hours of roaming around, it was time to find some lunch and a nap for Tiny Man. Also, we blew off a few critters so London could have a ride on the zoo train. The only ones I regret are the elephants and what London calls the "zebrabras". But it was still a great day.
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