Saturday we went to the zoo, ZooAmerica in Hershey, PA to be exact. It's the zoo right next to Hersheypark that you get to walk through free when you visit Hersheypark. Unlike the theme park, the zoo is open year round and you can pay a few bucks to enter through the zoo's own entrance. Here's some pics we snapped:
The first building you visit on your tour of ZooAmerica is the Grassy Waters exhibit. It's a little frightening to find the barrier between you and a couple of American Alligators smashed and repaired with a cardboard box and some scotch tape. I can only imagine the window was damaged due to an angry alligator tail!
This is what my kids think of indoor animal exhibits.
This was pretty cool. This mammoth American Crocodile lives in a glass enclosure (right across from the crocodiles that tried to escape!) He was sitting right up against the glass and it was a pretty awesome experience being able to stand only inches away from this big guy. We even got a good look at his dental work.
My friend Andy and his son Silas got to help out with a live feeding demonstration.
