A visit to Fort Worth Zoo

2 Nov 2013

Two weekends ago, we took Xavier to the Fort Worth Zoo and it was so fun!
Beautiful weather made for a perfect day at the zoo
This zoo is amazing! WAAAY better than Dallas Zoo

Here are some pictures from the day

Getting ready to ditch the stroller to explore the zoo

 

Checking out the monkeys

 

 

This cheetah was so close! He was pacing up and down along the fences

 

 

Checking out the rhino

 

 

 

 

 

The orangutans were so energetic...enjoyed doing tricks and acting kind of silly up and down on his climbing structure

Xavier watched him probably for 15 mins... he was totally fascinated  

 

 

 

I think this gorilla is pregnant... her belly is so huge!

 

 

Baby chimp was putting quite a show... swing up and down the vine

The chimp even stomp on the window when we stand close to the glass

 

 

Took a short break to enjoy snacks

 

 

We had lunch inside MOLA, the museum of living art

The crocodile café shares a window with the crocodile exhibit

 

 

Baby animals - elephants and giraffe

 



 

Xavier is getting a lot more independent day by day!

He loves walking together with us :)

 

 

One of the highlights of our visit was the show put on by the lion
We have never seen one awake, most lions are always asleep
but this one growled and roared for several minutes
It was incredible loud and intimidating

 

On to raptor canyon. This is a Harpy Eagle who was enjoying a meal of freshly  caught rat!

Feel so disgusted...

 

 

Now on to something more pleasant!

I loved the aviary cage in the zoo, which is filled with many parakeets and cockatiels

We purchase the food stick for USD 1

The birds will land on the food stick and practically eat right out of our hand

we waited for quite sometime finally a bird landed on our stick

Xavier has never seen bird up so close... he did fine and seemed to really enjoy it

 

 

There is just nothing like taking Xavier to the zoo

Yes, it can be exhausting to spend all day walking around a concrete path and looking at some stinky animals. But the joy and wonder on his face make it so worth it.

 

Till next time :)