Tama Zoo

While down at Tama Hills we hopped on over to TAMA ZOO (only a few minutes away). It was nice because it's winter so NO ONE was there. We pretty much had the whole zoo to ourselves.

Dad & Jayden on a very large grasshopper.

The Butterfly Exhibit They have a really awesome indoor butterfly exhibit at the zoo. It was so warm inside we wanted to stay there all day! There were many many butterflies flying all over the place.

The kids thought it was cool that they would fly right past them and sometimes land near or on them. They are watching the butterfly to the left that just took off flying because Jayden tried to pick it up.

Shane holding a butterfly.

The Lion Bus We took a bus tour through the Lion's exhibit. The lions sit around waiting for the bus to come by so they can eat the meat that has been tied to the bus.

Here it is looking right at me as I'm taking a picture about 12 inches in front of it's face.

Shane video taping the lion eating the meat in front of him. It's funny going to the zoo with a Vet. I heard many things about the exhibits, the animals, their homes, etc. He was having a blast. I'm so glad he loves what he does. We both decided these lions need to be cleaned and groomed...they were pretty scraggly looking.

There was a cute Japanese couple to our left who kept saying "scary, scary". (you'll have to excuse my lame laugh)

Elephant FeetCute boy comparing his foot to an elephant's foot.

The MonkeysMonkey's are so smart. To get their food these ones had to find a stick, poke it through a little hole in the wall, and knock their food into a hole in the middle of the floor. Then, they had to go to another hole on the outside and stick their hand or stick up a barrel to retrieve the food.

There were 2 layers of this and if they wanted the really yummy food, they'd have to knock it down from the top layer first then do it again on the bottom layer. Poor monkeys...at least it gives them something to do all day-I guess.

After a few short hours of hiking up and down a bunch of hills we were all pretty worn out. Tia couldn't even get all the way in her stroller. I tried to straighten her up a few times, but this is how she preferred it. It was a good day, but we were all worn out-I love days like that!