To The Zoo!

We were supposed to be going to go to a Sunday brunch to celebrate my mom's birthday, but unfortunately she didn't feel too well and had to cancel last minute. With nothing to do we made a spontaneous decision: "Let's go to the zoo and watch the monkeys throw poop at each other!" So we called the Phillips, who couldn't possibly refuse an offer like that, and off we went! The weather got worse the longer we were there, but we still got to see everything, including some truly unique things (keep reading!).

Jack was truly fascinated by the elephant. "Look at that dog with the long nose!"

The whole gang at the monkey exhibit. (Un)fortunately, it was a poop-free show.

Ann caught on video demonstrating her monkey abilities. Who knew?

When it really started pouring we went into the reptile house for some shelter. Jack could have cared less about most of them unless they were stuck to the front glass like this frog and he could smack it.

"Why does that weird dog have feathers?"

Susie was making some awesome bird sounds in an attempt to communicate with the condor, but once the camera was rolling she refused to cooperate. Bummer.

At the sting ray petting pool. They were slimy!

Susie and Ann intimidating a lounging tiger.

The giraffes were pretty awesome, but then something happened back at the tiger cage...

This was cool! We were next door at the giraffe habitat when we heard some roaring. We ran back over and found two tigers seriously fighting- they were NOT playing around. I couldn't get my camera out quick enough and this is toward the end of the scuffle, but you can still get the idea. We found out later that the male had recently been introduced and that the female did not like sharing her space (typical).

After the main event, but they were still going at it!

Possibly the biggest missed opportunity of my life! After the fight, the male tiger was pacing back and forth in front of us and then started scratching at the ground. We all thought he was going to "use the facilities" and being the sophisticated and tasteful man I am, I turned off the video. BIG MISTAKE! It turns out he was just feeling territorial. He turned around, lifted his tail straight into the air and sprayed through the cage, absolutely HOSING DOWN a couple standing next to us! For how bad cat spray smells, I can't even imagine their drive home being drenched in tiger spray! We all almost peed our pants laughing and, believe it or not, the couple actually tried to play it off like nothing had happened! I could have made millions from the YouTube video!

And that was our day at the zoo.

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