Enjoy the Zoo with us

This Zebra is going to have a baby any day , so the watch is on..

Our Giraffe family is growing with babies almost every year.

Bob falls in love with Merry the new Camel. She has grown so much she tried stepping over the gate, so she is back with the adults but acts lonely and looks at us like she wants our touch again.

One of the active Spider Monkeys

Wilda [above] and Collette with a 2 year old Crocodile in the class.

Our Gorilla Family on Gorilla Island. There are 13 in the family , so much fun to watch their interaction with each other.

Look who is in a uniform and working.......

One of Bob's first jobs was working the Fish Cone booth. He sells small Ice Cream cones filled with pellet type fish food . This is for the fish , turtles , ducks, birds, but sometimes even the kids eat it, at least the cone part. Ewwww.. We tell them when pellets are gone to break up the cone and throw it into the water . This is a big hit and there is no break when the Zoo is busy. The booth made 98.00 in 2 1/2 hours today. That is almost 400 fish cones at $.25 apiece. That is a lots of pellets to be put into cones. Keeps a guy hopping. Me, I run for supplies and "patrol" the bridge area to keep the food from being thrown to the other animals on different diets, take the money and make change.

There are big,big carp, and very large turtles that come to eat. Every once in a while a water snake swims by but does not eat ,this always gets lots of attention.

A Rattlesnake skeleton that was painstakingly put together with glue and a toothpick. Lots of patience was involved.

When you see the pretty rock waterfalls around the zoo,,, well,, this is what they look like from "behind the scenes". Did you think they were natural? Pumps and pipes move the water., Will walked down the steps by the boat and took pictures. I wonder if the Public could see him through the water fall..

Dr Burchfield discussing the information from the evening class.

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