This was a lovely zoo, I just wish they had less p...

This was a lovely zoo, I just wish they had less poetry and more information about some of the animals... and that we d come on a less swelteringly hot day. Praise the misters!

The leaf-cutter ant exhibit was fantastic. The lions were napping against the glass so I could compare my hand to a lion s paw and contemplate how much it hurts when my house cat swats.

The gorilla troop were right up by the glass inside and we stayed to watch the young ones wrestle until the nearly human souls gazing back at me made me want to cry. The conservation effort they are making is incredible and awe-inspiring but... I wish we lived in a better world where it wasn t necessary.