My son's favorite animals, currently, are the tigers at the zoo. We literally have to pick him up, tears and all, to go look at the other animals. Because if we just sat there and watched these beautiful big cats, my husband and I wouldn't feel like it was money well spent. Plus once we leave them behind and go look at more of God's creations, Mr. A forgets all about those amazing beasts. Until we go to leave, because whoever designed our local zoo had the brilliant idea of putting the tiger exhibit as the first and technically last one that you will go by.
And so we start out pulling our toddler away kicking and screaming... and we leave with him kicking and screaming....
Thank you, you brilliantly sadistic zoo designer.
Other than that one "flaw", I really love our local zoo! It has a great big, multi age playground, loads of animals, a petting zoo, and plenty of trees to shade us poor parents running behind our children trying to keep them out of the fenced exhibits. (Who's bright idea was it to fence in alligators? Because no child ever thought of climbing a chain link fence ever....)
Getting back to those tigers; as a kid I had a special fondness for tigers, just like my one year old son. Other than horses, (because what girl doesn't love horses?) I LOVED tigers. There's something so amazing about these big cats and their individual stripes. Lions and cheetahs are all beautiful and cool too, don't get me wrong, but tigers are strangely mystical to me.
Maybe someday I will head out to a rescue or the wild and get some photos without that glare of the glass, but for now these will do.
PS~ If you're ever at a loss of what to get a young family for a gift; a membership to a local zoo or aquarium is a phenomenal idea! We ADORE ours! It's a great way to let kids learn and explore, and helps parents justify getting out of the house. Honestly parks are great and all, but even the kids get bored of them after a few trips.
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