We went to the zoo again today, our favorite place here in Albuquerque, and finally got some video of the polar bears jumping into the water. It is seriously so much fun to watch them and hear the kids reactions.
We also go to see the new baby Ankole. Which is basically a Texas Long Horn but the Ankole is twice as big and they live in Africa and not Texas. And oddly enough for a baby animal he wasn't very cute.
Baby Ankole
Most of the animals were sleeping today because it was so hot. We still got some cute pictures of some of our favorite animals.
The King and Queen of the zoo.
Don't you just want to rub his tummy?
This guy didn't look very happy but he did seem to be posing for the camera.
All in all it was another great trip to the zoo!
Because Chet had to work late on Tuesday, he took a half day on Wednesday and we decided to head to the zoo. We love the zoo here, it is so fun! Once again, we were not disappointed by the animals. The first animals we went to see were the polar bears. They have an amazing enclosure that they live in. There are waterfalls and a water slide and giant balls that they get to play with. When we got there they were playing with the balls. It was so cute to watch them carry the ball around. (There were two balls but they both only wanted the yellow one.) After they played with the balls they started climbing to the top of the rocks and diving into the water! It was amazing! (Unfortunately we didn't get video of the diving just them playing with the ball.) The kids were in heaven and didn't want to leave. The bear in the video had just taken the ball from the other bear. After he took it he went and hid in the back of the enclosure with it. The other bear would hear the ball and then stand up looking for it. So fun. :)
There were also a ton of baby animals! There was a baby elephant, giraffe, zebra, a takin (its in the yak family), and several monkeys.
For some reason we only took a picture of the baby zebra. Isn't he cute though?!
Another thing I love about this zoo is how close you get to be to all the animals. That cougar was only an arms length away. Not that we would dare to stick our arm out to prove that. It's just a "guesstimate". :)
Yep only that little tiny rope to keep us from getting into the pond with the flamingos.
