Three Wild Things at the Zoo!

On Monday we went to the zoo. Will had never been to our zoo and I think he liked it. Here are some pictures of our day.

Helen and I got to brush the goats. They let some sheep come in to the pen while we were in there and it scared Helen. She screamed and one of the rules was not to scream. We left the area after that. Wonder who that other kid is on the left? I've got no clue!

BIG FAT BEAR! We got to see almost all of the animals up close because it was such a nice day. This bear was huge! This is a black bear and these are the kind of bears that live in the Smoky Mountains near us!
This year in Science we are studying Zoology and the "Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day". We saw this sandhill crane at the zoo. It lives in Canada and migrates through Tennessee to the south sometime in the next month or so. You can see a bunch of them at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge during that time. We might go see them when they migrate soon. It eats insects, worms, fruit, plants and amphibians. I am learning all about them in my Birds of Tennessee field guide. We got so close to the gorilla that we could scratch his back!
Just kidding! There was some glass between us. The gorilla got mad and smacked the glass at me. It scared me to death. We also got to see baby George. He is the newest addition to the chimpanzee family but we didn't get a picture of him. He was very cute!
We saw an elephant up close. We watched him eat some hay out of a little net bag.

This is me driving the jeep on a safari.

This is Helen driving Will and me up to the giraffes!

We went into a section about barn animals and saw some owls.They eat mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Here are three barred owls!

ROCK ON WILD THINGS!