At first, walking into the zoo after regular hours seemed odd--especially because most of the animals weren’t out for observation. Towards the back of the zoo we could hear a rumbling—the sound of folks chattering, music creeping through the trees and, as we got closer, the clanking of ice cubes being dropped into glasses.
The evening began with the otter presentation, which we weren’t able to see much of because of the limited viewing area. The zoo keeper (is that the appropriate term?) seemed very knowledgeable on the otter and was able to take questions from the crowd.
We grabbed a (very unreasonably priced) domestic beer and headed towards another open exhibit—the sun bear. Not so amusing, but cute to watch snooze.
My favorite part of the evening—the orangutan exhibit! Oh man, were these guys fun to watch. The zookeeper shared with us some awesome facts about how smart they are! The big tree in the center of the exhibit is actually a huge computer that assists their studies on their cognitive behavior. The 3 year old, Remy, is said to be AS SMART as a 50 year old gorilla a few exhibits down!
As we were leaving, we were lucky enough to catch some elephants (my fave!) wander around their area. It was cool not having to wait for a front row view of one of my favorite creatures!
All in all, it was a cool way to spend the evening. The event in September is “Rhinos and Winos” so I invited some of the girls to attend with me—hopefully they will serve something OTHER than Cupcake wine (ew!)
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