I want an Armadillo
Mar. 13th, 2016 03:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitYesterday I went up to London because it was my friend E's birthday. As it had fallen on a Saturday she had wanted to celebrate in style, so we went to London Zoo. There were 11 of us in total and E had very kindly made up party bags for each of us. And within the party bags were tiaras. So we walked around the zoo wearing tiaras. And what started out as a bit of fun became very useful when keeping track of the rest of the group - it's actually very easy to spot a number of adults walking round the zoo in tiaras. Even if various people assumed we were a hen party. One of the group decided E should have a crown instead of just a tiara, and her quick trip to the zoo shop produced something even better - giraffe ears, which go really well with a tiara.
We saw the penguins being fed:
We saw giraffes, zebras, an okapi, lemurs, reindeer being taken for a walk, the pigmy hippos:
And for me the best part was "Rainforest Life", which had monkeys with magnificent moustaches, an anteater, and a sloth, which, despite having a wide selection of branches to hang onto had chosen the water pipe.
And the very best of all were the two armadilloes. They scuttled all over the ground, one of them had a face off with the anteater (and won despite being smaller) and Mr Armadillo was quite amorous towards Mrs Armadillo, who didn't seem all that bothered. I took lots of pictures, most of which were of where the armadillo had been, rather than where he or she was. So have a couple of blurry shots.
It was an excellent day - and we were all extremely grateful to clamber onto the 274 bus and collapse on the seats.
We saw the penguins being fed:
We saw giraffes, zebras, an okapi, lemurs, reindeer being taken for a walk, the pigmy hippos:
And for me the best part was "Rainforest Life", which had monkeys with magnificent moustaches, an anteater, and a sloth, which, despite having a wide selection of branches to hang onto had chosen the water pipe.
And the very best of all were the two armadilloes. They scuttled all over the ground, one of them had a face off with the anteater (and won despite being smaller) and Mr Armadillo was quite amorous towards Mrs Armadillo, who didn't seem all that bothered. I took lots of pictures, most of which were of where the armadillo had been, rather than where he or she was. So have a couple of blurry shots.
It was an excellent day - and we were all extremely grateful to clamber onto the 274 bus and collapse on the seats.
