Make Zoo Time

I like photographing - a lot....a shame it don't pay.  What I enjoy equally as much is the zoo.....
The Toronto Zoo is a pretty great way to spend a day. 

5 MUSTs & 5 MUST NOTS

1.  DO: When you visit the orangutan cage, don't just peek and walk.  This is a great time to have your lunch and take a seat.  People miss a pretty good show cuz they don't wait.  Hang on, big laughs are coming. Hee hee.

DON'T: Don't haul your cookies down the big-ass hill to the Canadian Pavillion.....you can see a Raccoon or a crazy Grizzly anywhere....and the moose are Americans!

2.  DO: Go to the "meet the keeper" events.  See the tigers get fed, or the elephants get a check up.  You learn a ton and the animals come up very close

DON'T: Do not feed the damn animals - how many times do you need telling man!!

3. DO:  Be patient with the hippos.  If it looks like there aren't any - look closer - they may look like a rock with their back to you or they are in the pool.  They"ll come up for air eventually

DON'T: Do not freak out when the stingrays in stingray bay fly out of the water......just go with it

4. DO:  Go in the fall or on a cool day.  The animals will come out in the rain - they like it

DON'T:  Don't sit at the back if you find your lazy backside riding the zoomobile...the exhaust fumes are just awful.



5.  DO: Buy an Elephant Poop souvenir.  Nothing makes a cooler gift than stationary made outta elephant turds!

DON'T: Don't visit the polar bears at dinner time...its too heart breaking to watch them pace at the door they expect the food to come out of....they look a bit manic

And you really really really - Must have a Beaver Tail......Ottawa is too far away to get one :)

And now to find the weeks ugliest shoe