Ten on Tuesday: going to the zoo

per the usual, link up over at Roots and Rings!


(I'm answering this for Tallahassee, because I haven't really been to a zoo multiple times since then!)


1. What is your favorite zoo to visit?
I really enjoy the Junior Museum in Tallahassee (it isn't called that anymore, but I dunno the actual name.)

2. Do you visit a zoo very often?
Nope!

3. Do you have a membership to a zoo?
My family had one to the Junior Museum, but then we stopped going as often so we stopped getting memberships. My dad gets free passes when the Swing Band plays there for events and stuff, though, so we very rarely have to pay to get in. My grandmother may still have a membership. I dunno, I don't live there anymore =P

4. When you visit a zoo, do you stay all day or just an hour or two?
We stay for a couple hours. Not usually all day, unless it's a LARGE zoo. Or there's lots of activities...or it's in/near a theme park ;)

5. Do you buy food at the zoo or pack a picnic lunch?
I'm not pick on packing lunches, but I'll usually pack snacks. Sometimes we eat sometimes we don't.

6. What is you favorite animal to see at the zoo?
I love Otters. And the big cats, especially the tigers. Ooh, and the birds of prey. Those are probably my favorite.

7. What is your least favorite animal to see at the zoo?
Mm...I like most animals. Maybe not bugs? But even bugs are pretty cool...

8. What is your favorite memory of going to the zoo as a kid?
Probably going for the Native American Festival. We went every year in elementary school and got to see weaving, flint knapping, food making, canoe making and other stuff. It was super cool, even if it didn't really involve animals.

9. Do you visit the gift shop when you go to the zoo?
Yup. They have ridiculous things there. Like...animals hats. Hehe.

10. On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the best and 1 being the worst) how nice is your city’s zoo?
It's pretty good -- clean, spacious. It isn't super fancy, though. It's a lot of native animals that can't be released into the wild because they're injured. The "visiting animal" enclosure isn't very nice or large, but the animals aren't there for a very long time. There's also a working farm, which is cool. I'd give it a 6.