Wednesday, June 26, 2013

A Visit to the Belize Zoo - 6/22

By Megan:

On Saturday, after our week of teaching at Bullet Tree was done, we decided to go to the zoo.  After we walked though the entrance, we were greeted by a man holding a boa constrictor.  The man offered to let us hold the snake and Blair took the opportunity to be the brave one and held the snake first.  While some of us were intrigued, others were a little scared and nervous when the snake started moving in their arms.  At the front of the zoo were the tapirs, the national animal of Belize.  While they did have an interesting odor, I found the tapirs to be very cute.  My favorite animal at the zoo was the otter.  When people came up to his cage, he put on a show for us, swimming and running along the front of his cage.  We all found the otter to be adorable, but it was difficult to take a picture of him when he was moving a mile and minute!  We were also lucky to be able to see a leopard get fed just feet in front of us through a thin wire cage.  Our experience at the Belize Zoo was very different from an experience at a zoo in Dallas.  Since the cages were thin, we could view the animals close up, right before our eyes.  We also walked around with wildlife sure as a large rodent called a gibnut and different iguanas.  All of the animals at the Belize Zoo were either rescued from the wild or born in the zoo and the zoo does a lot of work with conservation and education.  Overall, I would say our trip to the zoo was a success and a fun addition to our trip!



Blair with the boa constrictor


Rebecca


Kelly


Mr. Koehler


The tapirs enjoying their lunch!


Rebecca and Jessica with the Scarlet Macaw 


The Jaguar enjoying his snack


After the zoo, we went to a Mayan market


Saturday afternoon, we had time to play in the river in San Ignacio

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