Going to the zoo, zoo, zoo...

Another beautiful day. Seems I've been lucky with the weather.

Today we went to the Mogo Zoo. This is a relatively small but beautiful zoo in South Coast NSW, Australia. Their focus is working to protect threatened species. I suppose due to the climate, they are able to have open air enclosures for a lot of the animals, birds and reptiles that were really quite extraordinary.

My favourite exhibit (not animal) was an area of small islands that housed lemurs and gibbons. Apparently these guys can't swim! The little moats were quite close to the viewing areas, and there were no fences. So the animals just roamed free with no bars. We saw an animal trainer in a small aluminium boat putter around to the separate islands to feed them.

Australian Dingo

Brazilian Tapir

Wild Cockatoos eating the giraffe's food... pair of characters to be sure.
They were bopping up and down like a whack-a-mole game

Cotton-Top Tamarin
(About the size of your hand)

Cotton-Top Tamarin

Emperor Tamarin

Giraffe

 

Golden-Lion Tamarin (these are gorgeous!)

Green Iguana

Lemur enjoying the sun

Meerkat

Oriental Small-Clawed Otter
(I wanted to take these two sisters home. Adorable and hilarious)

 

Pygmy Marmoset
(Okay... these were the sweetest animals we saw today... this one was obsessed with Peter's sunglasses)

Napalese Red Panda

Napalese Red Panda

Napalese Red Panda

African Serval
(This cat was hand raised and we saw it having cuddles with one of the trainers)

Silvery Gibbon
(The rarest primate on the planet. This zoo has a baby and are hoping for another!)

Sumatran Tiger

White Lion
(These lions are "white" not albino... beautiful)

Peter risking his life to feed man-eating deer.
He survived.