Zoos are educational. We listened carefully to all the animals, they each had important things to tell us. We were interested in what it is like to live in captivity.
I think this is a Softshell turtle that the children are talking to….
"Hey Tommy, I have a big bathtub, will you come home with me?"
"Sorry girls, I like living here, they feed me and besides, I have my eye on Tilly, that cute little thing on the log over there..... Don't look now,... but I think she is looking at me. Is she?"
I find I look for personalities in the creatures at the zoo. My experience with my pets indicate that they are each unique, with quirks and habits, little ways about them that differentiate each one from the other. I know these are wild creatures, but they are individuals creatures. This seahorse had plenty to tell us.
"I can't believe I ate the whole thing... "
I am warning you, flash that light in my eye once more and I am calling the authorities.
I am not a lying fish, I am a Lion Fish, Wanna hear me roar...?
"You would be grumpy too if you had to listen to that lying fish roaring all day long."
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