Dublin Zoo

Ok, so i'm a bit behind, and I have alot of catching up to do. These pictures were from my class trip to the zoo. Yes, I know it sounds like we are in kindergarten and taking a field trip, but it was actually really neat. The Dublin zoo is wonderful and its exhibits try to play on the idea that you are in the habitat with the animals. Thus, the awesome pics. Obviously the tigers were my favorite. There were two kinds, the Siberian (eating the meat on the ground) and the other one...looks like the auburn mascot. Right after I took a picture of the one looking straight at me, it got up and walked over to the glass where i was squatting, put its HUGE head up to the glass and looked me right in the eyes. It was intense. There was only a few inches of glass separating me from this huge beast. Wow, it was an amazing experience. The other picture is of a red panda, and i didn't take it for AOII nostalgia purposes, but because my professor had never seen one before and they were really cute. The other huge zoo highlight was when we went into the orangatan's house. The mother (maggie) had just given birth and was lying right beside the glass with her newborn cuddled in her arms right where we could see it. It was as though she was showing the baby to us. Rightfully so because these animals only give birth once every seven years! So, it was a sight not many people get to witness.

Another thing about the zoo was that there were these red hearts promoting M&M's for valentines day, but on each of them was unique information about the animal in specified enclosure. Now, I know I was with all my feminist friends, but even a non-feminist would notice the extreme hetronomative and sexist comments written on these hearts. For example, the one by the lions cage said something to the effect of: the woman lion hunts the food and bring it back to the male lion, then she watches as the male lions eats (a true fact, ok) then it said, Who eats first in your family? hmmm. The one by the lemurs cage talked about the mating rituals of the lemurs and likened it a woman all dolled up in a tight shirt and mini-skirt while the male revs his engine and whistles at her....ummm, what??? So, basically the zoo was awesome, but I think our heads were wrecked by the end of the day.