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The London Zoo has Penguins. I repeat- the London Zoo has PENGUINS!!
They have loads of other things too but PENGUINS!!! I’ve only seen them at Sea World and that was ages ago! Adorable. But I’ll get to that.
After Paris Stephen and I, his flatmate Matt, and Matt’s girlfriend, Sandy, took at trip to the London Zoo. Matt’s cousin works at the zoo so we got in for free (bonus!) and got a bit of a behind the scenes tour (double bonus!).
It's hard to tell but this was the 'outback' exhibit. The emu was front and center most of the time but it took a while for us to spot the kangaroos!
There were SO MANY penguins!! I was fortunate enough to snag a spot next to the glass and they put on quite a show for me (well... mostly for my camera. They were little hams).
This was the coolest display. In the reptile/insect house they had an ant colony with ropes leading out of the display to different plants and you could watch the little workers bringing bits of food home.
Speaking of the insect house, Matt's sister's boyfriend, who also worked at the zoo, took us back and showed us what lies behind the 'staff only' entrances.
WE GOT TO HOLD A TARANTULA!!!
And we learned so much about the other bugs and fish and snakes. We even got to feed some Chicklids! The fish were the coolest part for me... my father used to be an avid aquarium... collector? Creator? We had them all over the house growing up and his pride and joy rested in a 75 gallon live reef tank in our living room. Chicklids were a fascination of his for a time.
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