I went to the zoo today. I went around the whole zoo twice. Here is a recount of everything that happened. It mostly just includes lots of small news so if thats not your thing then you should read it:
ROUND 1:
I was the first person there. I got there at around 10ish.
The warthogs and crested porcupines were not out.
Childrens Zoo is closed, and natures neighborhoods is officially "under construction" but there are no construction vehicles anywhere to be seen, or any progress made at all.
I immediately rushed to the tigers and Dinari and Kamaia to see them while they are active before they nap in the afternoon. They roared a little bit, so that means they are starting to get more comfortable. Theres also a plaque that honors christopher who died.
The RRH aren't out but the bongos are.
Gulliver is standing (He has a leg problem so he is almost always sitting).
There is a bulldozer in between Camel and Bongo on the side of the road opposite of camel. The bulldozer was right next to a big branch. I don't know why.
I then went to the TF. I passed two zookeepers talking next to the mandrill exhibit about how they wish the capybara had a better personality, since the one at the zoo is really scared about other people/animals and doesn't like keepers to be in with it. The keepers were fantasizing about having a family of capybaras in the future.
Surprisingly, all the TF animals were very active. Cleo the pygmy hippo was on exhibit, and she usually is always sleeping but today she wasn't. I watched her for 15 minutes and then she fell asleep. This was the first time that I had ever seen her awake. She was eating a lot. I also saw the capybara being active and eating too. the other animals were normal. I saw Kiki and baby gorilla Aziza and they were right up at the main viewing window interacting with a lot of toddlers. Kiki also sometimes put down Aziza and let her crawl a little bit. The volunteer who was watching with us said that was the first time she had ever seen Kiki put Aziza down. There was also a sign at the old hornbill exhibit that said it is being prepared for sloths to come in and replace them. The exhibit is full of ladders. The hornbills are now at birds world.
After I left the TF, I went to bird's world and nothing too interesting was happening there. I usually don't go to birds world at all, and have only been in there twice ever. It is really different than how I remember it, so it either had a big renovation in the past 7 years or I have a bad memory. I remember the exhibits being more like square box spaces in a museum that has all the taxidermed animals with glass fronts and painted backdrops. (but instead of having taxidermed animals there were living birds.)
Outback was normal
When I was at giraffe savannah, Jana and a zebra were the only ones out. I know it was Jana because she was shorter and when I called her name she looked at me. Beau might still be sick/recovering. I think they should change the zebra herd so they don't have all these males with conflicting statuses, because it would allow them to have more zebras outside at a time than what they can do currently.
Beau the giraffe undergoes ultrasound
ROUND 2:
The warthogs are now out but the crested porcupines aren't.
All the big cats are sleeping.
RRH and bongos are both out.
All the TF animals are sleeping or not really moving too much besides the gorillas, who are stretching.
In conclusion, always go to the zoo in the morning. The only animals who were equally active or more active in the afternoon were the warthogs and Jana.
