Cincinnati Zoo

Today's agenda included a visit to yet another zoo. We hit the Cincinnati zoo. The draw for this zoo was my wife's desire to see the new two-month-old Sumatran rhino. This little guy marked his entry into the world by breaking a record. Harapan's mom Emi became the first Sumatran rhino in history to produce three calves in captivity, breaking her very own record. One of the claims to fame of the Sumatran rhino is a very hairy body. It was quite a site to actually see the little guy running around all over the enclosure -- full of energy!

The rest of the zoo was very well laid out, again not a lot of extra walking. Thank goodness! This was another 90+ day with high humidity! A baby gorilla, a wonderful "wings of wonder" presentation, a pretty cool manatee, and a three-toed sloth that was less than a foot away from us made this yet another enjoyable zoo visit.

We listened to the trainers at the elephant exhibit for quite a while. It amazed my wife how non-chalant they were with the three female elephants that were in the pen with them. These ladies were well behaved and quite fun to see interact with the handlers. The male will be in his own little hide-away. Apparently he has a little too much testosterone to be around the other elephants (or humans)...

Oh, yeah. My daughter and 3 year old got to handle live snakes as well! My middle boy bowed out of that experience for some reason. He's all into bugs, and frogs, bodily functions/noises and other things boys, but not live snakes. Go figure!