ZOO

I always want to go to the zoo.Yesterday was my chance. Weird how i always write about something the day after it happens. Strange, but it's probably because I'm doing the thing and don't have time to write about it. Anyway, we got to see tons of fun animals!

There were three otters but they were so fast or they were sleeping. This one is the only picture i got that is not blurry and he's yawning.

This is a while alligator. i know that's weird, but it was real! These alligators have a mutation that makes their skin white and they have to be kept in zoos. There was only this one white alligator at this zoo but there are others elsewhere. The white skin is hard for the alligators to camouflage so they can't hunt prey but prey can hunt them. That's why they have to be kept in captivity.

This groundhog would not smile when i asked it to, he just sat there, but it is a good picture.

There were normal deer there, and my mom said, Hey those live in our back yard, but people that live here in Florida probably think the same thing about alligators. Anyway, this deer is called a mini-deer or at least that i what i think it should be called. it was imported from China so i forget the name, but it was small and cute.

The black bears. They were really close to the screen and close to each other. You can see both of them in this picture which is why i chose this one. They were cute, and when we visited them again, they were asleep. Most of the animals slept sometime when we saw them.

Kangaroo! These animals were one of the reason we went. I had never seen one before and wanted to see one. Although i thought Kangaroos had to hop but these ones just crawled and it looked uncomfortable. Their legs are longer than their front legs so it looked painful. I still liked them.

It's Yerdle the Turtle from Dr. Seuss, but this one is cuter. I love turtles and they sure had a couple of them here.

This animal was not as cute as the other ones but it was interesting. An anteater, and it had a huge tail. I always thought they looked different, but now i know.

RAWR! A tiger was prowling the jungle for prey or strutting for pictures! It was really cool to see a tiger, as always seeing any animal is cool, except for the cage in the way of the picture. i am glad it's there, but i don't want to be at a zoo where a tiger runs wild!

My favorite and it was saved for last. You can kind of see what a fennec fox looked like in this picture, but if you need to see one clearer, look it up on google! Right when we got there she was walking around and digging, but soon fell asleep, we visited her a few times and she was somewhere else in the cage - sleeping. These desert animal sure sleeps a lot but it was cute.

There were other animals there but i can't put that many pictures up, and i didn't take good pictures of all the animals. Some were sleeping, but the zoo people were playing this peaceful music, so it was a wonder that they were sleeping! We saw some birds, lots of birds including flamingos and peacocks. Then we saw a jaguar, a panther, an ocelot, and a multi-colored squirrel. i took a picture of it, and I'm going to show it to Bailey and see what he does. He probably won't be able to tell what it is, but I'll try anyway. We saw tons of animals and it was quite an adventure. Did I mention that I went with my mom? Well, i did, because Michael is going on a field trip today, maybe he'll even write about it. We'll have to see. I also was wearing my necklace my dad gave me. i hope i talked about that earlier but if you didn't read the others ones I'll tell you again! (i don't think i ever mentioned it, oops!) It's a granite necklace that had a big peace sign on it and i love it! Sorry Bekah, but i have it, not you. HA! I loved going to the Zoo and i was glad my mom could take me. THANK YOU!!!!!
LOVE, annalise
ps. i got an bean-filled (like sand) alligator from on of the zoo giftshops, and i named him Zooligator, (Zooy for short.)