Zoo

Hank was off on Monday so he and Ry went to Knottsberry Farm for the day. Park and I skipped out because all they really wanted to do was ride the rollercoasters. On Thursday we took advantage of a nice cloudy day and went to the zoo.


We rode the Air Tram for the first time...

Park loved it, plus it is free with my membership, so we are definitely going to have to ride it again.

It dropped us off right by the polar bears.

We spent half the day walking around to different animals...

but then we got tired and decided to hop on the tour bus.

We ended the day with one of the our favorites- the sea lion show.

Actually, one of my favorite parts of the Sea Lion show is that they show how the trainers use house dogs to train their animals. Last time we saw a big white dog that was paired with a Leopard. The dog was a herd dog, and in the wild the leopard is afraid of it. By giving that specific dog breed to the farmers it keeps the leopards away from the livestock, which makes both sides happy- the livestock lives so the farmers let the leopards live. At the zoo they were best friends. This time they had a big wolf paired with a dog. It gave them both a sense of pack, but also helped the wolf become more social. When the wolf is uncomfortable in front of a crowd, or walking around the zoo with buses going by he just looks to the dog and because the dog is ok with it, it helps him to be. Pretty ingenious.