Wellington Camp #4 Part 1 - We are going to the zoo, zoo, zoo

We were all ready to go this morning, bags packed and on our backs because we were off to the zoo! A few of us did have to wait for the shuttle as it was a little late but we just took selfies instead.

We had a little bit of waiting time but it gave us a chance to listen to the Gibbons and look at all the soft toys in the window. Also, we got a group shot. Don't they look great?!

Our main aim this morning was to learn about careers at the zoo. Six students volunteered to become workers at the zoo. Can you work out what their jobs are?

It was fascinating getting to hear about the jobs and a few of the students were interested in what they did. Lots of great questions about the jobs and Tim, our guide, was able to show us a couple of behind the scenes things and we got to pick some grass to feed some Kuni Kuni pigs.

The nutrition area where they prep all the food. Red buckets for meat and white buckets for other stuff. They spend $15,000 a week on kai for the 600 odd animals. Amazing.

Picking grass.

We then got to go wander the zoo. Check out some of the things we saw.

It was pretty cool to see lots of animals. The sun came out too and so that was nice. The otters are smailing about it. We finished our time at the zoo by heading to the gift shop were some new pets (and a hat) were purchased. 

Check out Abby's new friend.