I was feeling edgy yesterday hush, Jeeem, got tired of laundry and organizing, and somehow found myself at the zoo. That seemed to match my mood: all those caged, restless animals. I suppose zoos provide a lot of educational opportunities to study wildlife, but those poor wild roaming beasts, trapped behind fence and bars. The meerkats didn't seem sad though. They looked like they were checking everyone out, and somehow I have this feeling it's only a matter of time before we'll be seeing meerkats in strange places.
Ivan, the Amur tiger, is twenty years old. He is the oldest Amur tiger in North America.
(Note to self: lions are from Africa, tigers from Asia. Have I got that right?) Ivan is so old that turning around appeared to stress his rear legs enough that I thought he might drop...bet his arthritis is painful. He still eats 8-12 pounds of meat a day, and the vet checks him daily, but he seemed...sad.
The lion pair were a lot more fun to watch. Well, she was, that is. He stayed over by the fence for most of the time I was there.
She was restless, edgy, and came over to groom him. Isn't that cute? Later, when I was in the primate house, I could hear him roar. I hurried back to the exhibit, but he was still in the same place. She, however, was on top of the rock mountain in the exhibit.
Michigan State lost. *sigh* Okay, guys, homecoming is next week, so let's regroup and reshuffle and win this next one, eh?
Speaking of football, Friday night I went to a high school football game. Oh my. All those hormones. Not on the field, though I'm sure it was there too, but in the stands. The kids...constantly moving, eyes roving, calling out greetings to buddies, giggling with their pals. It was one never-ending stream of motion. The half-time was a light show, and I was surprised that they actually turned the stadium lights out. That did slow the traffic down a little.