08. we're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo

Last Saturday I went to Borth Animalarium with the geography society (geogsoc) and it was loads of fun!!! :) Although when we first arrived, it looked rundown and we thought that it was going to be an 'experience' However, we were wrong! Although it was an experience, it was definitely a good one. As we went as a group it was £9 each instead of £12 (win!) and for £1 you could buy a pot of food to feed the animals!

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When we arrived the reptile talk was just about to start, so we stayed and watched :) It was pretty cool, they had lizards, a tortoise and then quite a few snakes. I stroked all of them, but I wish I'd gotten to hold this little guy, he's adorable!!

This was the biggest snake at the reptile talk, so I couldn't resist having a picture taken with it. Unlike a lot of people, I'm not scared of snakes, especially when they're in captivity. I don't know how I'd react to one in the wild, but as British snakes aren't really too problematic, I'd (hopefully) be okay! 

I had to take pictures of meerkats, because... what's not to love?!? They are  lovely, bless them, even before the whole comparethemeerkat thing came about! Also, my grandad loves them, so next time I visit him, I'll have lots of lovely pictures of meerkats to show him! 

This photo is on a mummy meerkat and her baby. The baby meerkats (possibly pups?) were only 5 weeks old, and they were so cute! Because it was cold, they were doing little shivers, and we got to see them being fed meal-worms. We found out that the mums dig in the ground for the meal-worm escapees and then place them in front of the babies so they can have them!

This is me feeding a monkey called Mango! He was the fattest monkey in his cage, and would make sure he took the food off you before the other monkeys could! If he saw you feeding another one, he'd run over and scare them away so that he could get the grapes! All the same, he was adorable, even for a fatty! :')

This old guy was the kindest, gentlest monkey ever! When going to feed him, he'd reach is arm out slowly, and take the grape from your fingers without snatching or grabbing! His little face with the moustache and beard is just the best too! 

Baby wallaby! :D The arm in the picture was Kate, one of the girls on the trip, trying to feed it a piece of lettuce, but due to mine and another girl's random cabbage throwing onto the ground, it wasn't interested in hand feeding.

The baby wallaby again, captured eating a carrot stick that we threw down for it!

Cute little kid :') Unfortunately I'd given all my food away at this point (mostly to the monkeys!), so I was  unable to feed it, even though him and his friends were jumping up on the fence in the hope of some food! I felt so awful that I wasn't able to feed him :(

I had a really good day out, and I definitely want to go again, and this time, I shall take Rob along with me, so he can feed monkeys grapes too, as it's something that I think everybody should do! Go visit Borth Animalarium people! It's in Borth... erm, and you can get there on the train from Birmingham! I expect to see an article in the local newspaper about how it was overrun with visitors! :D
Anyway, that's all for now :)

Tara