Both Mike and Deb volunteer at the St Louis Zoo and as such they have become very involved in all things zoo related. They are sponsoring a building for the Prairie Dogs and this has elevated then to VIP status at the zoo. One of the perks is a private giraffe feed. We invited Donna and Ray and Mike and Deb invited David Abbot and then entire crew had a blast feeding the giraffes. After that we had to ride the train around a few times!
A huge iron sculpture at the entrance to Forest Park
Blooms aplenty
The entrance to the zoo was quite busy
The Living World
Abbots are in the house
Puma!
Bears
Oversized penguins all part of the "Glow"
We m have time for a quick carousel ride
Ride the ostritch!
Giant mushrooms
Actual flamingoes
A zillion animal sculpture
The biggest blooms yet
Weeee!
The prairie dogs are waiting for their new enclosure
The night time glow is going to be spectacular
One of Africa's big five
A sleepy tiger
Kudus to you
This is the largest of the goat species, a takin
We have reached the giraffes
Roamin lettuce for the giraffes, there was an entire case
Too huge to fit then entire head in the frame
The female is particularly small
She is also pretty particular about the lettuce
She prefers the core
We were all mobbing the giraffes but their appetite was up to the task
Despite expert coaching
We had a hard time getting the giraffe and the humans coordinated
As good as we are going to get!
Such amazing animals
The female was Honey
The male is Gomer
Feeding time is over
Time for a drink
Roos
Okapi
Snow leopard
Beware be very wary!
Sloth time!
Two toed sloth
GHo go Komodo!
Another kind of dragon
Time to ride the train
All aboard!
Riding along in Leslie's happy place
It has been 3 years and 324 days since we began our Migration
