The art of zoo tripping

[Parrotsandrew]

My wife for Christmas bought us a trip to the Cotswolds staying in a cottage and all so I can visit zoos!

Oh, maybe being in a relationship is not all bad then.

 

[Tim Brown]

A relationship will certainly cramp your zoo visiting..unless you find a girl into the same[on a par with locating a Thylacine whilst we are on the subject].I can honestly say that my need to travel the world and look at animals has cost me at least 4 relationships including my marriage!I dont wish to sound totally myopic because ive known some fantastic,and if i may say so,beautiful women-its just that their idea of a fortnight in the states is not 20 zoos and/or aquariums[not surprisingly] whereas cracking "the thousand" has become almost obsessional for me,plus i get good material for "Zoo Grapevine" as a very nice bonus!

 

[snowleopard]

It is possible to go on mega zoo trips if you find the right person!

2008- 30 zoos in one summer with my wife

2010 - 39 zoos in 46 days with my wife and 10-month daughter

2011 - 30 zoos in one summer with my wife, 20-month daughter and 2-month son

2012 - 50 zoos in 50 days with my wife, 33-month daughter and 14-month old son

2013 - No more trips! Baby #3 is on the way and so I'll probably be stuck at 180 lifetime zoos for quite some time.

 

[Javan Rhino]

A relationship will certainly cramp your zoo visiting..unless you find a girl into the same[on a par with locating a Thylacine whilst we are on the subject].I can honestly say that my need to travel the world and look at animals has cost me at least 4 relationships including my marriage!I dont wish to sound totally myopic because ive known some fantastic,and if i may say so,beautiful women-its just that their idea of a fortnight in the states is not 20 zoos and/or aquariums[not surprisingly] whereas cracking "the thousand" has become almost obsessional for me,plus i get good material for "Zoo Grapevine" as a very nice bonus!

I'd probably have gotten to Frankfurt much sooner if I could have left the missus behind, but they do have hellbender there and I know for a fact she would never ever forgive me if I did

 

[Stacey Owen]

Sadly you have to be at least 40 to have visited Belle Vue[and have some awareness of what was going on], when i left school i was offered a job in the reptile house there by dear old Clive Bennett[the curator]who was the first person[in a zoo at least] to breed the Royal Python in the UK. I visited half of the place Shavington mentions and of the others Aberdeen holds most curiosity i suppose.Thanks Parrotsandrew for putting me in the picture- tho im still somewhat curious-without prying, why would a place in Germany be so inaccesible?

Dear old Clive Bennett was my grandfather. He loved Belle Vue, the Tropiquaria and all the animals he brought home. I do miss him