ChesterGemsbok
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Hi every1
I was at Chester today with a friend, i had a fantastic day, even though we went round the zoo in a storm! I have never experienced a zoo in a storm before (I've ovbiously been when it's throwing it down with rain, but never with thunder and lightning), but funnily enough the animals didn't mind a bit. In fact im glad it was stromy as i got to see all of the animals all snuggled-up cosily in a soft hay stable, unlike us leaning on a cold wood railing in a middle of a wet cheshire storm. The high-light of my vist had to have been watching Batschii (the female Indian Rhino) run through the muddy paddock in the stormy rain, i know it dosn't sound like nothing but it really was a magnificent sight. I saw the new Babirusa exhibit by RoRA but i didn't see them out on the paddock. Now as i passed the best exhibit in the zoo, the Gemsbok exhibit, there was a note saying there doing some developing work on the Gemsbok stables. In the morning it was only Upali out on the elephant paddock, but after the storm blew over some more elephants had access to the elephant paddock while the house stayed closed. It really wasn't the same ithout Raman in the herd and all of the elephants seemed pretty glum (the rain probably set a scene of depression aswell). Also there's a new members gate at the zoo called "Fast-Track" entrance, which is also for Annual Passes and Pre-Booked Tickets. Now to finnish i'd like to ask how you tell the elephants at chester apart, i know all the names of the elephants but i'd love to be abel to tell them apart, all i want to know is something like "Jumbo" as the widest forehead (ovbiously i know there is no elephant named Jumbo at Chester but you get the idea)
ChesterGemsbok
I was at Chester today with a friend, i had a fantastic day, even though we went round the zoo in a storm! I have never experienced a zoo in a storm before (I've ovbiously been when it's throwing it down with rain, but never with thunder and lightning), but funnily enough the animals didn't mind a bit. In fact im glad it was stromy as i got to see all of the animals all snuggled-up cosily in a soft hay stable, unlike us leaning on a cold wood railing in a middle of a wet cheshire storm. The high-light of my vist had to have been watching Batschii (the female Indian Rhino) run through the muddy paddock in the stormy rain, i know it dosn't sound like nothing but it really was a magnificent sight. I saw the new Babirusa exhibit by RoRA but i didn't see them out on the paddock. Now as i passed the best exhibit in the zoo, the Gemsbok exhibit, there was a note saying there doing some developing work on the Gemsbok stables. In the morning it was only Upali out on the elephant paddock, but after the storm blew over some more elephants had access to the elephant paddock while the house stayed closed. It really wasn't the same ithout Raman in the herd and all of the elephants seemed pretty glum (the rain probably set a scene of depression aswell). Also there's a new members gate at the zoo called "Fast-Track" entrance, which is also for Annual Passes and Pre-Booked Tickets. Now to finnish i'd like to ask how you tell the elephants at chester apart, i know all the names of the elephants but i'd love to be abel to tell them apart, all i want to know is something like "Jumbo" as the widest forehead (ovbiously i know there is no elephant named Jumbo at Chester but you get the idea)
ChesterGemsbok
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