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Nicey nicey zoo zoo, for him and her and me and you.....okay, enough Bob Fossil quote-time fun- my point is that I went to the zoo last week with my B.F.F. and a fun time was had by all. Especially by the koalas, who were so thrilled that we came to visit them on their last weekend at this zoo, that they lapsed into a deep, deep sleep, from the excitement, that began just before we arrived -someone must have told them we were coming- and lasted until after we left, lol. They were still pretty cute, though, even curled up and sleeping- they looked like stuffed toys!

But, seriously, we did have an awesome time- the weather was lovely, the animals were awesome- the grey leg-faced man, the long-mover- you know? the wind-y man (sorry! but hey- if you can write about a zoo trip without quoting Bob Fossil, then you're a stronger person than I, lol...I'll try to stop now)....okay, very well- the elephant, and the python ("ooh, I'm Howard Moon, and I know all the names of the animals at the zoo!!" *rubs nipple in mockery*....okay, I lied, I have no intention of stopping, not ever, lol)....well, maybe not the cheetahs- they snubbed us completely by sleeping in their little hut where we couldn't see them, lol. I finally got to experience the famous Monkey Village exhibit, where you get to enter the squirrel monkey enclosure- I even managed not to snicker when the zookeeper explained that the monkeys pee on every square inch of everything in the enclosure, so if you touch anything- your hands now have monkey pee on them and you should wash them once you come back out. (It was hard, I'm snickering now just typing this- not even sure why that's funny, lol)

Here are some pictures, for your viewing enjoyment:

giraffes

zebras!

a red bird I don't remember the name of

Here's a pic Shane took of me brushing a goat in the petting zoo...I've cropped out most of myself, as although it's a fairly flattering photo of the goat, it's not so flattering of me, ha ha.

a close-up of this baboon...he put his face right up to the glass! I was literally inches from him, only separated by the glass- it was pretty awesome....

tortoise, getting ready to chow down on that hay

sorry for the glare on this one, but I had to snap a photo of the mandrill wives, for Bollo....

and, last, but certainly not least, the fearsome Komodo Dragon!!!! oooohhh ahhhhh

(seriously cool)

 Unfortunately, our zoo doesn't have any pandas- Because I've heard that when the man panda kisses the lady panda, they invent new baby pandas, and everybody comes from all over and gives us money! (You seriously didn't think I was going to not manage to get that one in here, did you? lol)