http://phisch.vox.com/library/posts/tags/austin+zoo/page/1/ More of YOU and less of me... en Vox Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:51:43 -0500 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss austin zoo http://phisch.vox.com/library/post/austin-zoo.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Phisch) http://phisch.vox.com/library/post/austin-zoo.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://phisch.vox.com/library/post/austin-zoo.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:51:43 -0500 <div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thephisch/2352866459/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2316/2352866459_f4d42ed24b_m.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thephisch/2352866459/">IMG_5476</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/thephisch/">Phisch</a> </span> </div><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thephisch/sets/72157604204954052/">Photos over here.</a></p><p>Last Friday, I took the kids to the Austin Zoo &amp; Animal Sanctuary which turns out is really, really close to where we live. I&#39;m still amazed at how much open space is around here and I have to make myself stop thinking that in a few years it will all be developed. Maybe not! </p><p> Anyway, the boys would have had a better time if I&#39;d brought them more food. Hehe. My bad...next time I&#39;ll do better. </p><p> Actually, it&#39;s really more of an animal sanctuary than a zoo. Many of the animals here are rescues from people who keep exotic pets then decide they can&#39;t or injured animals or similar situations. </p><p> The main reason I wanted to go was so that we could go over this week&#39;s science topic: primates. We did get to see most kinds: monkeys, apes (well, one kind of ape) and prosimians (ever-cute lemurs). There was also a huge petting area and J really enjoyed feeding the sheep and goats, but he really got a kick out of the axis deer (and not just because mom squealed &quot;cute&quot; but he said so, too). There was also a little train ride through the trees, not the animals. Both boys enjoyed that. <br /></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://phisch.vox.com/library/post/austin-zoo.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251f42b28e1d00f48d05f85a0001?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> austin boys animal sanctuary austin zoo animals. austin tx