Singapore Zoo Video

If you have been reading the blog, you know we are zoo people. And the person who made us zoo people is my mother. It was on my Mom's list to visit at least one of the animal parks while she was here, and she ended up visiting two, the zoo and bird park. We spent almost the entire day at the zoo with her. The weather while Mom has been here has been amazing for Singapore. It's cold here for Singapore. Usually when we go to the zoo we are drenched with sweat and dying from heat, but not that day. I made a video of our day there because it was a special day having Grandma there with us. We got to have lots of animal encounter experiences with the orang utan (that's how they spell it here in SG), feed the elephants, petting the pony, and Cosette was picked as the child volunteer for the Safari Splash show! It was an epic zoo day and we were so so tired when we got home. We closed that place down. We saw pretty much every single animal in the zoo, minus the baboons. One thing that was exciting for me to see with Mom was the Tree Kangaroo. When we were little she would tell us stories about a Tree Kangaroo, so I was excited to see it with her. We saw the pygmy hippo open up its mouth "roaring" twice, heard the lions roar, had a ring tailed lemur walk right up to us, see the largest species of crocodile in the world swim right up to the window (that thing is huge and it was a small one), see the Proboscis Monkey's getting fed, and the elephants dancing. It was a most excellent zoo day. Here is the video and some photos from the day.

 Henry channeling the spirit of Ah Meng the famous orang utan at the SG zoo.

 We found a stink, I mean skink in the bird's nest fern.

 Blurry picture, but funniest story. These girl were taking a photo in the igloo and then my kids decided to hop in and photo bomb their group photo. Luckily the girls did not mind and their aunties and other people started taking even more photos. 

 The cuteness monster.

 Grumpy Cosette, and fruit bats!

 Lemurs are cool.

 So proud of Henry for petting the animals at the kid zone. He is very cautious when it comes to animals so I was really happy that he was not afraid and pet all three animals that were out: pony, ferret, and dog. And Aunt Bunny will be happy to know that he used the two finger touch method, just like she teaches at the zoo.

 Dogs are the one animal he is not afraid of.

 Tradition!

 Mom really enjoyed seeing the orang utans. I love their exhibit at the zoo because it is a free range exhibit. You can look up and see them hanging out in the trees above you. Just watch out for falling pee. We saw a kid almost get hit by some one time we went. 

 We got to see the orang utans up close like this twice that day. When it was time for them to go back up into the trees, one did not want to go so the zoo keepers took it by the hand and took it back to the other orang utan enclosure. Seeing the orang utan holding hands with the zoo keeper was the sweetest thing. 

 Elephant feeding time! So cool to feed these beautiful creatures. In between people feeding them they would sway back and forth like they were dancing. It was so interesting. 

Since Cosette was the kid volunteer at the Splash Safari we got first dips on taking photos with Pedro the sea lion. 

Mom said she really enjoyed going to the zoo. Her favorite thing was the orang utans. I am glad we got show her one of our favorite places in Singapore. It's hard to do a ton of sight seeing with the kiddos in tow. Raphael has started screaming like a banshee when he is frustrated or wants something and Henry is a crazy person chewing on everything including my arm. We are a constant walking circus. Anyway, that whole spiel was to say I am glad that Mom really enjoyed our kid centered outing.