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This past Sunday (May 19) my dad picked me up and took me to Jungle Cat World as my birthday present (May 25). I've never been before and I was so excited to go that I woke up at 3:30am that morning and couldn't go back to sleep because I was so excited. It was a wonderful day and I got to go on a feeding tour and watch them feed some of the big cats. But they had so much more than just jungle cats...I saw lions, tigers, cougar, black jaguar, leopards, hyena, silver and red fox, arctic and timber wolves, a kangaroo, llama, peacocks and geese, lemurs and monkeys, and a cute fennec fox sleeping next to a teddy bear. I did take lots of pictures but most of them weren't very good. It's hard to take good pictures of the cats behind a fence. If only that fence wasn't there I would have lots of good pictures-but it's also possible that I might be on the menu if there was no fence!
The arctic wolf seemed quite friendly. He/she came up to the fence when people came by. I howled at him but he didn't howl back. My dad says that they only howl at night.
There was this very maternal Canada goose who was busy feathering her nest around her eggs. Her mate kept hissing and growling at me when I was taking a picture. I also got a good picture of a llama with very bad teeth and a goat. They were free-roaming and not caged in. I also saw a peacock splay his tail feathers and chase away a little sparrow and then a goose. I think he has some territorial issues.
The zoo also had other programs where you could spend the night and they would take you on a tour of the nocturnal animals when they are active. And you could go out at night to the wolf tower and howl to the wolves and they would howl back. That sounds fun! And they also have another program with a pretty price where you can interact with some of the animals (like pet the wolves, hug and kiss a tiger cub, hand-feed the lumurs and have them jump on you). I would love to do that one day!
I had a very good time and I hope I can go back again sometime...
The arctic wolf seemed quite friendly. He/she came up to the fence when people came by. I howled at him but he didn't howl back. My dad says that they only howl at night.
There was this very maternal Canada goose who was busy feathering her nest around her eggs. Her mate kept hissing and growling at me when I was taking a picture. I also got a good picture of a llama with very bad teeth and a goat. They were free-roaming and not caged in. I also saw a peacock splay his tail feathers and chase away a little sparrow and then a goose. I think he has some territorial issues.
The zoo also had other programs where you could spend the night and they would take you on a tour of the nocturnal animals when they are active. And you could go out at night to the wolf tower and howl to the wolves and they would howl back. That sounds fun! And they also have another program with a pretty price where you can interact with some of the animals (like pet the wolves, hug and kiss a tiger cub, hand-feed the lumurs and have them jump on you). I would love to do that one day!
I had a very good time and I hope I can go back again sometime...
Thank-you!
I just wanted to say thank-you to the anonymous person who gifted me with a 1 month core membership! Thank-you so much to whoever you are. I'm sure I will be on dA a lot more now that the libraries have opened up and now I can have unlimited time on the computer (as long as no one is waiting to use it)...I don't know much about the new features of core membership though, so I am open to advice on how to use it... But thanks again.
My Butterfly Daughter...
I have another butterfly friend!! On September 9th, I found a Monarch caterpillar in the pollinator garden back of my building , I brought her home with the plan to watch her metamorphosis and then release her back into the garden so she can start on her long journey... she turned into her chrysalis 3 days later...10 days later when her chrysalis started to hatch she had an accident and fell from her chrysalis! I put my finger down and she immediately grabbed hold and I took her to her empty chrysalis and she climbed onto it...but she never pumped her wings to get them in shape...so her wings dried miss-shaped and she can't fly...I was so depressed and cried (I so wanted to release her so she fly with her friends) and I ate almost a pound of dark chocolate almonds. But since then we've bonded and I call her my flightless butterfly daughter, she's my best friend just like Sweetie was (in 2019)...I named her Beloved Beauty and yesterday was her 2 week birthday! I sang Happy Birthday to
I know, it's been a while...
Hello everyone, I know it's been quite a while since anyone has heard from me, but I just wanted you to know that I'm still alive and I hope everyone else out there is still alive and surviving living in this world with the new plague. I thought I should explain a bit... I think most people that I talked to regularly before the Plague know that I don't have my own computer at home and I always go to the library to use the public computer ( which I have always liked doing and still do-internet is free at the library). But with the continuous lockdowns in Ontario (we've had three, where everything was shut down besides essential services). The libraries were shut down... they are open again and have been for a while-but people only get to use the computer for 1 hour per day.Since the start of this Plague in 2020, people only are allowed to use the computers for 1 hour per day and after looking after some things on Amazon (been buying lots of books, dvds, cds this year), and looking at
Memorial for Ginger...
My heart is broken and I know it will never be whole again...it is too upsetting and distressing to say what happened, but an accident happened and Ginger (my very first crested gecko from 2004) passed over...and I wanted to die with her...and I don't know how I can still be alive without her. She has always been such a big part of me-and she always will be. She is my breath and heartbeat...my child, my angel, I feel like half of my heart is missing, and I pray to her every morning and night for her to still be with me...
Here are Ginger's photos:
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Sounds like you had a wonderful time! It's so amazing to see animals up close. TV and movies just can't convey how awesome they are! I'm glad you got a chance to do something so great for your birthday! Hope the day was happy!