Saturday, January 19, 2008
I went to the zoo today. The first time I think in over 10 years. It was actually quite exciting at the start, and no doubt very tiring. We walked the whole zoo in one day, saw pretty much all the animals, took quite a few pictures as well. But a trip to the zoo isn't very interesting as all is usually the same, however me being me, I did do something quite stupid. So here goes the story.
I was walking into the reptile area and we headed to the snakes enclosure. The first snake we saw was the King Python. Huge, white, long, scaly looking thing. I thought it might pounce on me any minute so I walked slowly over, and squatted next to the pale looking thing that could have easily been sick. It did not move. So I gained more confidence and started to take pictures. Next up was some lizard looking snake. I then realised to read all the information on the panels about the snakes would take too long. So I resorted to just glancing through. Next up was the rattling snake. I couldn't really see the snake, so I walked closer to the tank. When I finally spotted the snake, I heard a rattling sound coming from the tank so I jumped into the loving hands of my girl, only to see her laughing her head off. Then I realised that the sound had come from the speakers above the tank which was motion activated when people walked close to the enclosure. It was so embarrassing and also frightening.
Well that was my zoo experience for all.
Dan
2:58 am
