this afternoon i am going with the science department students to the copenhagen zoo :) the last zoo i went to in denmark was pretty different---less cages, more animals up close and personal...and of course there was the snake temple.
difference between US zoos and Dk zoos #1:
check out the carnage in the wolf cage.
it seems that farmers and others in denmark who have extra roadkill or carcasses have a waiting list to donate the bodies to the zoo for feeding these lovely canines. not exactly your friendly toddler show :) but it works here. sometimes things are more natural in denmark--things that should be realistic and are normally glossed over in the state.
and then there were the reptiles. come on, you knew i had to find them somewhere :) the leader of the university group also volunteers/works at the zoo, so she took us into the education rooms with all the animals. aka, my newfound heaven and favorite place to be :)
meet a bearded dragon! hehehe, it's bobo's long lost cousin. (bobo = bearded dragon at charleston day, where i was the only one who would play with him!)
isn't he cute? we like to cuddle. i like to watch them eat crickets. it's funny :)
and i am dying to get a ball python. there was another one about 8 ft. long in the back room
olli liked to torture things...but not so much with the living things. he is allergic to most of the animals. hehe--so much for strapping german type.
ok, so maybe i joined in the torture. you do remember what happened the night i tried to introduce cary's pet gecko to the kitten?? at least this time there was no blood.
TURTLES! or TORTOISE, rather!!
view from the tower of the zoo. there are a lot of towers in copenhagen.
and after the zoo, a lovely cozy cafe evening in vesterbro. gotta love that hyggelig side of life in denmark. this cafe is called obelix--a great place with student discounts and pretty decent coffee/food/beer. we met up with carsten and the rest of the international gang here for a snack, and pre sunday study night coffee.
some kind of european cartoon/comic... asterix, and the character obelix which is where the cafe got its name.
international friends:
vincent (france), on the left and oliver (munich/bavaria, germany), on the right. don't ask me what is up with olli's face--i can't tell you.
