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We Went to the Zoo, Zoo, Zoo.....

Thanks to a great groupon deal on zoo memberships, we decided to go to the zoo today:


I'll share some animal photos later, but first, I wanted to show you some funny signs I saw.  It's nice to see that the zoo welcomes Spanish speaking visitors (as long as they know English, too!):


In the zoo's defense, this sign was an isolated incident.  The other bilingual signs were truly bilingual.

Zoos work hard to protect animal species, except flies:


Seems like overkill to me, but I guess it's OK, as long as the traps are far away from this:


Funny signs make me laugh, but I love watching the animals (especially the primates!):




After a long day, we were all tuckered out, just like this koala:

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