Our daily walk took us to the High Park zoo yesterday. The second pen had two baby goats in it (Gavin said "aww"). The third pen had a baby wallaby in it. The little wallaby is getting too big to stay in its mother's pouch, but it kept hopping in and out, mostly for entertainment, I think. Another pen had a very small baby bison still shakey on its knobby legs, and we also saw a baby llama (I'm omitting the technical terms for all of these infant animals, but when you visit the zoo with us next time you are in the neighbourhood I'll point out the newly revised, kid-friendly signage that contains all the info). Thinking we'd seen it all, we turned around and headed back out of the zoo, up the long steep incline to the main road - but then we spotted a family of red foxes playing in a half-hidden pen towards the back of the enclosure.
Although I only saw four, a watching local informed us that there were six baby foxes and two adults - all somehow living the free life in the city-bound park. Two of the babies were tossing the body of an unfortunate squirrel back and forth between them while their proud parents looked on. I don't know why, but this reminded me of Caroline's practical approach to farm 'pets'. Hopefully our own baby will take the hint and come out to play sometime soon...I also hope that, next time we trek into the High Park zoo, we remember to bring our camera. Despite feeling sorry for the larger animals, I find the zoo a cute place to visit at this time of year.
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Yeah, a post!!! The boys and I look at the blog every day hoping for a glimpse of the Hammel-Lovett child. They are obsessed with babies! Although, I have a feeling that they would have been equally impressed with images of baby animals!
Sorry about the lack of pictures - we'll get some up soon, though it was harder to see the baby animals during our second trip (with camera) to the zoo...
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