We took a family outing to the Potter Park Zoo in Lansing yesterday and had a great time. It's a smaller zoo, just big enough for preschool age kids to walk around before saying "Mommy, my feet hurt." Still, it has a lot of the things people want to see like lions, tigers, penguins, monkeys, etc. It was while approaching the lions that we had the highlight of our zoo experience.Ellary was a little fussy as we approached the felines. So I zoomed her around in the stroller and situated her right in front of the lions cage to get a good look at the beautiful lioness sitting so regally on a large rock about 15 yards from the fence (there wasn't a trench separating us from the lioness, just an iron fence and a metal bar in front of the fence to keep people from getting too close to it). Hearing Ellary's cries, the lioness perked up her ears and within seconds and just few leaps and bounds was perched on her hind quarters eyeballing the baby. I'm sure she would have loved to eat Ellary for a mid afternoon snack! Her abrupt charge startled me and a few other on lookers, including the tiger in the cage behind her. The lioness sat there a few moments, and after I turned Ellary away from her, strolled on back to her perch on top of the rock like nothing out of the ordinary had happened. Needless to say, Ellary will never remember the lioness charging her, but it will forever be ingrained in our memories.
Our first brief glimpse of the lioness before she charged
After she charged
Returning to her roost
A picture of Ellary following hopefully the only time she is ever charged by a large feline
One of Alyson and Kourtney's favorite part of the zoo was taking a pony ride.
We won't bore you with pictures of animals you have all seen before. Just wanted to let you all know that we had a fun time exploring another part of the new place we call home.
After she charged
Returning to her roost
A picture of Ellary following hopefully the only time she is ever charged by a large feline
One of Alyson and Kourtney's favorite part of the zoo was taking a pony ride.
We won't bore you with pictures of animals you have all seen before. Just wanted to let you all know that we had a fun time exploring another part of the new place we call home.
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I don't know if you guys ever went to the Exotic Feline Rescue Center when you were in Indiana, but we went one year with the University Ward and a father brought his two kids, a toddler and a baby, and pushed them around in a double stroller that was green and yellow. Every time, and I mean EVERY time he strolled them past a cage, the lions and tigers all ran up to see the two kids. Practically drooling.
Interestingly enough, the EFRC staff feed the lions & tigers from a green and yellow ATV.
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