XXX at Artis Zoo

We went to the Artis Zoo today and as you can see, the Zebra was VERY happy to see us. Papa might recall a similar expression of happiness that time we went to the Toronto Zoo and the baboon was liking him alot. Felt sorry for the Zebra, though. It looked rather painful.

It was 33 C in Amsterdam today. I don't know what I was thinking but I decided to ride my bike to the zoo. It wasn't so bad except for the little bridges that I had to go over and they're so steep, (and with only 3 gears and a 40lb kid on the back) I almost tipped over into the Amstel river.

I don't know how he does it, but that kid always picks up the blonde Dutch girls at the zoo. He's got the moves.

It was feeding time at the zoo. We saw the geckos gettin their crickets. I told Jack how Daddy had a Tokay Gecko and he used to feed him crickets. He wasn't that impressed. However, when he saw the chameleon, he was like, "That's Daddy's tattoo!" But then we saw them feed the boa constrictor a bunny and it was really gross. Jack said, "He's not eating the bunny, Mommy. He's just hugging it." How true. And then I saw the snapping turtle tank with all these half eaten mice floating in the water. I almost puked. I'm really not good with the whole predator/prey thing. And to be honest, I think I'm a vegan at heart. But I do love the steak and the bacon and the curried chicken... just no so big on the mouse and bunny entrees.