Zoo Trip

  

Yesterday all of Ls1 and most junior classes went to the zoo for a school trip. First we needed to arrange the groups and what instructor we are gonna be with around the zoo. At the zoo we went with the instructor Hohepa. He worked at the zoo for a long time so he knows heaps about the animals. We started to take off at 10:30.

First we visited the serval cats. They are kind of like cats but they have bigger ears and rough fur. We asked some questions about the animals. Serval cats can jump so high so they needed to make a bigger wall. Then we visited the cheetahs. Cheetahs are the fastest animals in Africa and in the whole world. Hohepa showed us a skin of a cheetah. The fur was soft and the claws were hard and dirty. Cheetahs are endangered animals so they are trying to keep them safe. All the cheetahs in this world only eat meat. Cheetahs can run up to 100m than they stop for a break.

Next we looked at the elephants. There were two elephants named Angalee and Burma. Burma was the oldest she was 36 and Angalee was 12. When elephants stomp they are silence so nobody knows there, there. They also use there trunks like there hands. They only eat hay, leafs, and vegetables. The zoo managers, and keepers said that they can make a story book out of elephant poo. We than went and looked at the flamingos. Flamingos are pink animals and they are from South America and Africa. When flamingos sleep they only sleep on 1 leg. We asked why do they sleep with 1 leg. Hohepa said that they sleep like that so if any animals come up to them they can run fast.

Afterwards we visited the lions. Lions are carnivores they only eat meat like cheetahs. Lions are fast but not faster than cheetahs. Did you know that when they walk there heel doesn't touch the ground / floor. Then we looked at the rhino's. Rhinos are big and there are different coloured rhinos. Did you know that rhinos often feed on grass because of their short snout. White rhinos on run 50 km. Did you also know that rhinos are endangered animals. Hohepa gave us a rhino horn that came off his head or nose. It was hard in the outside and kind of soft in the inside. The rhino horn was made up out of finger nails and hard rock.

Upcoming Hohepa took us to see the Giraffes. Giraffe are the tallest and highest animals in history and they are also have different patches. Some giraffes have dark patches or light patches. Giraffes have blue long tongues and they are from Africa. Giraffes only eat Acacia. Did you know that giraffes have the correct hardware to make vocal noises, but they just dont. There speed is 60km. There are more taller animals they are called common ostrich and a bear. Then we went to the kiwis. Kiwis are native to New Zealand. Did you know there are five known species of kiwi, as well as a number of subspecies. Kiwis kingdom is Animalia. Then we visited the monkeys. Monkeys are jumping animals that are really good at climbing. They can only live for 20 years.

Then the instructor took us to visit the baby penguins. Penguins are black and white birds that live in Antarctica. They only eat fishes and they are eaten by sea lions. The seals are next to the penguins so they needed to make a net so they cant get through. Then we visited the seals. They are big animals that mostly stay underneath the surface. They only eat, Penguins, Squid, and Krill. Did you know stellar sea lions are the biggest species than sea lions.

Then we looked at the spiders. The spiders were trapped in the glass so they couldn't come out. There were big ones and small ones. Some spiders live up to 25 or 15 years. Then we looked at the Galapagos tortoise. They are like turtles but there legs ain't the same as them. Galapagos are the largest living species. We than stopped and had a feed before going to the other animals.

 Later we looked at the red pandas. They are coloured black, white and red. They are really good at climbing. The red pandas that were at the zoo were mostly males. Then we visited the Nyala. There are really cute animals. They kind of look like deers but there coloured white and light brown. They have big ears that go different directions. They are really good at hearing things. Then we visited the meerkats. They are small animals and they are light brown, with dark edges, and white fur.

Meerkats live up to 14 or 12 years. Did you know that meerkats can close there ears, and membrane covers. Then we went to look at the New Zealand reptiles. We then first looked at the lizards. Lizards are green and they have white ends. You can keep lizards as a pet.

I really enjoyed learning new information about animals that come from different places. The most thing I enjoyed was looking at the animals that I haven't seen for long. I was excited and happy looking at the smart elephants and how they can coroporate using there trunk.