Fun with Mom and Dad - Part 2

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Next was a visit to the Singapore Zoo, which I'd also never been to. I was thrilled that my parents wanted to go, the zoo always makes me feel like a little kid, and being with them only added to the fun. The Singapore Zoo is pretty great, lots of opportunities to feed the animals yourself (no, not like the goats with food from the bubble gum thing, I'm talking feeding a fruit basket to a rhinoceros), and all the "cages" were natural barriers, making you feel like you were up close and personal with all the animals.

A gorgeous white tiger:

I don't know if this was the thiger who killed the guy in 2008, but I wasn't stupid enough to jump in the moat, so I felt pretty safe.

I get giddy when getting to pet things myself...

The Proboscis monkey falls under the "God has a sense of humor" category...

And this peacock was strutting his stuff around the rhinoceros pen. Not sure who he was trying to impress...

And we fed the giraffes! We weren't allowed to pet them, which was a disappointment, but have YOU ever been this close to a giraffe's head?

We also learned the difference between a leopard, a jaguar, and a cheetah. (Hint: Below is a leopard. They have different kinds of spots and they're all over the body, including the face.)

This picture doesn't do it justice, but this kimono dragon was huge. 10 feet and 300 pounds...

And the smallest bear in the world, the Sun Bear.

Mom having a heart to heart with the orangutan.

It was a hot and humid day (does Singapore have any other kind?), but I'm pretty sure we saw every single animal in the place. And we learned stuff, too!