San Francisco Zoo

I took the girls to the San Francisco zoo and it was such a beautiful day! If you look closely you will see a giraffe in the background. The giraffee put on a display for the girls by running around and then stopping and then running again. If Alyssa told you this story she would have also added that the giraffe took a shower at the end of all that running. Alyssa and Amelia had to pose on every animal statue. It was cute but I had to take a pic of them together and then each individually for their album. Needless to say we did not make it through the zoo in our alloted 2 hours. Another one of her posing...she seems to enjoy this part of the zoo. ;)


We had a zookeeper follow us all around the zoo talking about what the animals ate, drank, how they lived and so on. While it was useful information and it was kind of nice to have another adult with me she gave us way more info than we needed. Like the fact that polar bears eat sea lions. Um, I had to whisper that we were just at Monterey Bay Aquarium and the girls enjoyed seeing the sea lions. I doubt she had kids. She also said that tigers do not really like people. They are isolated animals by choice and don't even look our way unless provoked. (I wonder if this comment had anything to do with the tiger mauling last December?) So then we get to the last tiger exhibit where I kid you not, this tiger literally followed the girls back and forth. It was like she wanted to get as close to them as possible. Alyssa thoroughly enjoyed it while Amelia kept her distance for the first few minutes until she realized that it would not get her.

An interesting fact that I actually enjoyed. Do you know why flamingoes are pink in color? Alyssa's answer was that God made them that way. Genius! They actually get their color from their food, shrimp and krill. If the flamingoes are vegetarian then they are white only. I thought that was cool. The only picture I took of our very informative zoo keeper.

After we went through the entire zoo, the zoo keeper asked the girls what was their favorite animal. Amelia said the bears and Alyssa said the ducks. I have to admit I was a little embarassed. I think part of that was due to the fact that the zoo did not own ducks. They have a pond that wild ducks play in but they don't live there. Oh well, that is my daughter and I love her. :D Later, in the car, I asked her again and she said the koala bears. I totally wanted to turn the car around so that she could tell the zoo keeper.