Zoo, April 2009: After Chloe’s gastroenterologist appointment I figured since we were in Baltimore anyway, and the kids had off school for Good Friday/spring break, we should go to the zoo. Chloe’s been asking about going to the zoo for many months, but we kept telling her it was too cold. Finally we got a great day and the sun even peaked through a few times. The animals were more active than I’ve ever seen them. The otters were so playful I just had to video them. The boy polar bear and the girl polar bear were separated, but there was a sign advising that it is breeding season that at times the bears will do what comes naturally. The zoo has set up a new area in which patrons can buy a sprig of acacia leaves and hold them up for the giraffes to eat. I bought 2 at $2 a pop. Alex decided he didn’t want to do his, so I was going to do it for him, but somehow Chloe ended up with both sprigs and managed to feed them to the giraffe before I got my camera turned on. Sigh. It was still a really cool experience. We also got to talk to a bat expert. The kids loved the slinky metaphor for echo-location, and we got to ask her about vampire bats. Ever since the kids saw a National Geographic video about creatures of the night, they’ve been asking about vampire bats. We were assured that they only live in South America. That doesn’t mean anything to the kids, so I told them “even further away than Florida”. Minor bickering aside, it was a great day.
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