We visited our local zoo today. It was our first trip to this zoo. It is pretty small compared to big city zoos, but then again I live in a small city compared to big cities. Anyway, one of the exhibits is of Japanese Coy fish. There is a dock with multiple gum-ball type vending machines filled with fish food. For 50 cents, you can feed these fish. As you can see from the pictures, it is a feeding frenzy! The fish were literally swimming right over top of each other. The picture may look a bit misleading. These fish are not trapped in this square pool. They have a whole lake to swim around in. So they are gathered around the dock by choice or, more appropriately, learned behavior.
I like that the exhibit is interactive, however I also think it is just ridiculous! All these fish crowding around this dock for food doesn't really represent anything about what they are like in the wild. But heck, I was at the zoo! Nothing is really as it is in the wild. It was really more representative of any McDonalds in the US.
Alli's favorite game is pat-a-cake.
Grandpa Dave is here to cram in as much golf as he and Dan can in 5 days.
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I want to take Fischer to the zoo one of these days! It was great to see all of your new pictures...especially the feeding frenzy. I am going to have to show Chris...
How nice to have Dave their for a few days, I bet Alli is enjoying it.
It looks like Alli likes food as much as Fish does. He can hardly shove it in fast enough. :)
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