Trip to Cairns - Day 9

28-7-2012    Friday    Sunny

        Zoo! Zoo! Zoo! We went to Cairns Tropical Zoo today! I had been waiting for long to visit zoo and see lovely animals. Either koalas and kangaroos symbolize Australia. And they are so unique that you can hardly find them in other places. It's a rare and commendable chance to have a look and even have a touch on them! Fortunately, I did that today! Do not envy me~ 

        I always think that visiting one place's zoo is a great way to learn about popular science. It is because you will be able to now some special species or extinct species of that place if you visit the zoo. By knowing what special species does a place have, you can gain knowledge on how a place's climate (temperature and rainfall pattern), air quality and natural environment affect the existence of species. So, visiting zoo is a vey good science lesson! Besides that, you can learn about different species' habitual behaviors. This absolutely widen your horizons. 

        In the morning, we first gathered at Cairns City Mall at nine o'clock. and waited for the coach to bring us there. Badly, the coach delayed for nearly one and a half hour! It's already 11:30 when we got there. Sadly, we had missed some of the spectacular show... So we grabbed our every minutes and seconds left. We rushed to see the snake show first. It's a bit disappointed that he only showed us two short snakes but not the long and giant one! Then, we ran to see my favourite animal, koala because I could not wait anymore! Even so, We got disappointed again! When we reached there, koalas were sleeping! All of them were sleeping on the trees. It's really a pity... At that time, a question came up in my mind. Why don't the koalas fall onto the ground when they were sleeping? How come they can hold the branches that tight? Their claws should not be that tough!? I still do not get the answer at this moment. Although they were sleeping, we still found them extraordinary lovely and sweet. The koalas curled into a ball and went to sleep.zzz.... That's funny and humorous! After that, we went to hand feed kangaroos! They were cute as well. Their fur was soft and snug. It seemed that it felt so embarrassed to take photos with me and that's why they jumped awsy from me! ha-ha! On the way to the exit, we saw there were dogs inside a cave! Have you ever seen dogs in a zoo? That's my first ever time to see dogs in a zoo! We were so surprised! The staff there told us they are called Dingoes. They're Australian dogs! What a interesting thing to keep dogs in a zoo~ When we were about to leave, a peacock suddenly appear behind us! We were startled by its unexpected appearance. Just in a few seconds time, we started to chase after that peacock crazily and took photos of it. I think the truth is that the peacock was actually startled by us! 

        Anyways, we were cheerful to see so many cute and rare animals today! What's more, we shopped a lot in the souvenir shop too. We bought a lot of koala and kangaroo doll!! They are beautiful. :)