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Monday, September 22
assiniboine park zoo 2:45 AMThe Assiniboine Park Zoo is home to more than 1250 animals from 300 different species, including native animal exhibits of polar bears, cougars, elk and bald eagles. Animals from around the world include the red panda, tigers, leopards and monkeys. It is said that there is also "a statue of the most famous bear who takes Winnipeg's name - Winnie the Pooh" - but I didn't get to see it anywhere :(
Hmm. I don't know where to start! As with every zoo trip, you don't always get good pics all the time and there are animals whose names you can't remember, haha. Anyhow, I'd say this zoo experience's kinda different from back home. Even though they feature exotic animals that I haven't seen before, it feels that their manmade habitats are neither as visually appealing nor "majestic" as Singapore Zoological Garden's. We did walk a lot of course, but mostly along mere zigzag aisles that separate an exhibit from another; I still find Singapore's more spacious lanes and larger animal ranges to be more conducive. (Oh besides, this is the first time I don't get to see rhinos, giraffes and elephants in a zoo leh, haha).
Zoo admission here is really cheap, at about CAD 5.50 per adult! They also have unique events at different times of the year, like "Lights in the Wild" in December, and one that's coming up really soon, "Boo at the Zoo" during Halloween in end-October - we may make a trip here again with Laura cos she says it's really fun, albeit for the kids. Still, it's our first time officially celebrating Halloween ever so I really don't mind spooking around with cute toddlers, haha.
Here's documenting my day at the zoo:
Assiniboine Park Entrance and the Pavilion
I love these 2 shots.
Didn't know the LHS shot turned out like this..!
The entrance, in preps for Boo at the Zoooo.
See they have cute bright strollers that parents can use for free
Grizzly Brown Bear
White Black-bear - a black bear but of a white phase! In fact, this bear was born from a black mother; her light colour is due to a lack of the black hair pigment melanin (informative eh). By the way, it's also refreshing seeing polar bears in the open instead of being enclosed in deep blue waters, haha.
Paying respects to Kungfu-Panda's shifu, the Red Panda! Squirrel monkeys are cute and hyperactive too, though I wished they looked more like squirrels than monkeys.. haha.
Press-a-penny machines are still fun to play around with.
Caution: wild animals on board!
Then it was time for lunch and a great big dessert.. heh.
Goofin' around with Boo at the Zoo props.. haha. Read the tombstones!
Cute and sociable raccoons
Don't know what this is, but it's cute and prances all around when you put your finger near them
Prairie dogs burrow everywhere in the ground
Bisons, reindeer and some dono-what-anymores..
Chasing peacocks
This feels like the FotoQuest Fishing game in my phone, haha.. piranhas to the right.
Vultures, and a very cute snow owl that looks like it's smiling!
Feeding the ducks with dried corn
SMU jumps that didn't really work.. looked more like I was preparing to go somewhere haha
Caught stealing maple leaves! Haha.. and finally treating myself to Baked Expectations for 2 whole days of walking. Well well, I guess this pretty much wraps up my remaining days of summer here, Fall starts tomorrow! Brrr.
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