Auckland Zoo

Our Cool Auckland Zoo Trip

On Tuesday Rooms 17, 19, and 16 drove on an awesome bendy bus to the amazing Auckland Zoo to learn about the loss of habitat for endangered animals.

First John the zoo educator took as in to a zoo classroom. We looked on a Smart board at endangered animals like kiwis and tigers. Did you know that if a Turtle got out of his shell it would die? We patted a blue tongue lizard, it was awesome. It felt scaley and soft. We looked at a snake skin. Taylor opened its mouth. It had 50 teeth. Did you know that an elephant has 4000 muscles?

Next we went to Pridelands. I drew an ostrich and a chicken. We saw a giraffe poo. We saw an ostrich put his head over the fence to eat some huge long green grass. Then we went to see the wee red panda. Also we saw a star tortoise getting hot by a massive heater. It looked like someone could get killed by the spikes on its back.

Next we saw the tiger enclosure, but they were not there. They were having a shower so we could not see them. Instead we went to the birds and wallaby area. I saw that an emu fur can make leather. I saw a big fat wallaby tummy. It was as fat as a tiger head. I saw a special parrot. It looked like it had a Mohawk.

Next we went to the orangutans. We were laughing hard out because the orangutan was climbing down with his blanket. He put it over himself and went to sleep.

I led the way to the meercats. We went in the very black dark meercats tunnel. We got up in the foggy window but we could not see anything. After that we found the spider monkeys. They were making loud noises while they were swinging along the rope. When they breathed a big bubble came up. It was so weird that I laughed and laughed.

Then we went to see a tortoise. It was huge and old, plus disgusting and it was struggling to carry its shell. It looked heavy. Next we saw a tuatara. It was blending in with its surroundings.

Last of all it was fun!