Today was a beautiful day to go to the zoo. Mercer and Dad set out early to make the most of it. Mercer had been to the Bronx Zoo before, but it was so long ago (before he turned 2) that he doesn't remember anything. Which is cool, because there's nothing better than the look of discovery on a child's face (or a cubano sandwich).Anyway, many of the animals were inside because of the cold weather, but we saw so many creatures. In addition to everything we photographed below, we saw alligators, lemurs, bison, pelicans, toucans, mice, mongooses, seals, sea lions, all kinds of fish, giant beetles, and a huge, fat snake. The Bronx Zoo is just a gorgeous place to walk around. It's clean, amazingly marked, and kept relatively up-to-date in terms of design and hands-on exhibits.
Mercer takes in some birds.
Tiger!
The rhinos were kept inside the Zoo Center and stunk up the place something awful.
There was an excellent 4-D short movie involving Diego and Dora. There was the 3-D part, which was cool, and the "4" meant things involving your other senses. We felt water mist, smelled ripe bananas, touched bubbles, and felt our seat vibrate, etc. Great show.
This peacock seemed to follow us everywhere.
Pink flamingos braved the cold temperatures.
An all-too-common Coca-Colacus Bottilicus creature. Stop being so gross, people.
This is a real gorilla. He was beating everyone in a staring contest. Amazing to watch these animals.
The rhinos stunk, but the giraffe house was even worse. Beautiful creatures.
Mercer getting friendly with the peacock, showing a feather.
A big brown grizzly.
Mercer's favorite, the polar bear. He got pretty close to us.
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