thailand

I think their bird’s name is Trigger. Whenever we would go to their house, he’d be the entertainment! He’d squawk, and slide down the railing and hang out on people’s shoulders & move his head around like he was dancing! We miss you guys and your Disneyland-type house!

I don’t know how accurate this fact is- but I read that only about 35 pandas live in zoos outside of China and we saw three of them! These pandas live in habitats nicer than some of the hotels we’ve recently stayed in.
There was a mom, a dad and their baby- but each had their own area complete with jungle gyms, toys, chairs, misters for when it gets hot, fresh foods set out on little platters & bamboo to chew on. Wow! What service. They were fun to watch, even though they didn’t do much.

Most of the ostriches kind of walked around and pecked at the ground, but a couple really had personality. This one saw us from across the habitat, ran over and fluffed up her feathers for us. I hope I’m not misinterpreting a sign of aggression. hee. She seemed pretty happy and even showed us her feathers from different angles- geesh, maybe she was hitting on Jesse!

Depending on the species- the tusks can grow 15-18 cm per year. They start growing when the elephant reaches 2-3 years old and continue growing until the elephant dies. We don’t know how old this guy was- but he was huge and gorgeous.

Sorry for the onslaught of giraffe pictures- just couldn’t decide which ones to use!