My buddy ~ Denise is bringing me to the Zoo today! Her corp pass allows to admit 4 & two of her colleagues joined us. We met up for lunch at AMK Central for some kopitiam chicken rice, which was yummy & came with a big bowl of peanuts soup too! As it was super duper hot, her colleague suggested to cab to the Zoo. Hence, we hopped onto a cab & got there pretty soon...
We started from the White Tiger which I had been wanting to shoot, cos my last trip (2yrs ago) didn't manage to catch sight of them! This round, I was lucky to get a few shoots of the White Tigers (thou pretty challenging). Next, we saw the hippo swimming, iguana & the supposedly kangaroo.... But where's the Kangaroos?? All hop away? The funny thing we observed, all the animals were hiding in the shade & with their backsides facing us! Ahh!
We were melting as we walked along & came to the monkeys area & hanged around for awhile as we wanted to catch the Animals show. The key attraction of the show was probably the huge white python! It's 40kg & need 4 zookeepers to lift it! I was also smart enough to bring some bread as we really burn our energy fast!
After resting, we wanted to see the Polar Bear! We were desperately in need of some air-con. Along the way, we saw the cute Orang Utans... where the mommy Orang Utan was playing with a rucksack & covering her head (prob to shield fr the hot sun), haha! Next, we came to the Snakes area. We saw a handsome looking zookeeper letting kids touch a small snake. Denise & I were really scared & after we saw her colleagues tried touching the snake, we also took turns to touch. Omg! It's my 1st time touching a snake, the skin texture is smooth & abit slimy. That's not the end of our mini adventure... we walked thru' an enclosure & saw a huge Monitor Lizard in the midst of our path. Wow! Never before, we were so up-close & after some pics, we carefully stepped over it.
Nice clouds
For some reason, we kept walking a couple of rounds in the same area & missed the polar bear! We were excited when caught sight of sign... turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as it's Feeding Time now! The born in Singapore Polar Bear ~ Inuka is pretty old already, he's born in 1990. I'm surprised to hear that the water is at room temperature, isn't that very hot! I bet Inuka won't survive in Antarctica! We love this area as we finally got air-con! haha!
It's about time for us to head out... we saw the cheetah, lions, giraffe & zebras. What caught our attention were some wild storks nesting on two almost barren trees! The trees were very tall & I managed to see clearly only with my zoom lens. When the storks soar in the skies, it was a beautiful sight. When they nestled on the trees, the scene is like a Chinese painting coming alive! It's was pretty rewarding today as we had much fun & laughter, while learning abit more about the animal kingdom!
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