Trip to Zoo

We took a trip to Metrolina Zoo today. I have been in Charlotte since 1993, but did not know about this Zoo until 2004 ! I suspect lot of Charlotteans do not know about this place.

They have few dozen large cats, Camel, Zebra, monkeys, reptiles etc. It is not a big zoo like the Ashboro one but it is good enough to spend nice couple of hours, especially on a nice day like today. The weather today feelt like April than Jan. It was 70 degrees! Heard that warm weather is here to stay for a week or more.

We fed the animals, and saw them getting fed by the zookeepers.

Last time when we visited, Srinidhi was in our hands and the large cats were indifferent to us just like Zoo animals normally are. But this time, Srinidhi was walking by himself by our side and the big cats were not indifferent! Cage after cage, they were displaying their stalking moves with their eyes firmly on Srinidhi. On larger cages, the lioness even ran up to the fence. It was interesting to see how silent and fast she ran. Guess they thought Srinidhi was small enough for them to threaten and attack.

Monkeys were putting on a show to get peanuts from us. One monkey repeatedly was performing somersault to impress us. It of course got lot of peanuts and biscuits from me.