It was a cold and cruddy day, but I had told Ben we could go to the zoo a few weeks ago, so we went. And it was a great day to go because we had the whole place to ourselves! There were maybe 6 other groups of people at the zoo. The boys played in Nature's Neighborhood for over an hour! We typically don't spend more than 20 minutes in there because it gets crowded, but they had the whole place to themselves.
I couldn't figure out what this fluffy chicken was. I stared at it for a long time trying to figure it out. A zookeeper showed up and was crate training the two chickens, so I asked him. It is a Chinese chicken, also called a Silkie, I think. He was crate training them so they could be used in educational programs. They were crazy looking chickens! And they have black skin under all those white feathers.
So these lemurs are like rabbits. They have had babies every year for the past three years at this time of year and they did not disappoint again this year. The two sisters had babies the week before. We tried to see them, but the mamas had them all bundled up and cozy in a mama cocoon and we didn't get to see them. I expect we should be able to see them this Friday when we go to the zoo again.
In the meantime, we did get to see this little guy (little brown head, second from the left). He's two months old and pretty darn cute. He's a crazy little thing - hopping and swinging all over the place when not cuddly with is mama. And I swear there is a pregnant gorilla at the zoo (no picture). I'll keep you posted.
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