A Day at the Zoo

We went to the Giza Zoo last week. I thought it was cool, but others would beg to differ. It costs 1 pound to get in, which is like, nothing. One pound is like 20 cents, which makes it very accessible to everyone, and so everyone was there.

We went on Friday and there's a masjid inside the zoo (There's a masjid inside the zoo!), so we were able to spend all day there. It was very crowded, and near the bigger, cooler animals there was more of a crowd. Oh, you didn't know that some animals could be cooler than others? They can, just like people. Some people are dorks, some people are cool, like us, we're cool.

We saw the usual animals, the lions were a big hit, everyone crowded around  them to get a look, and they had a bunch of different kinds of monkeys. A guy showed them some candy with silvery, colorful wrappers and the monkeys went crazy. Then the guy tossed them a few pieces and they pounced at it, unwrapped and ate in quicker than any kid. One of the animals that really made an impression on me where the hyenas. I have never seen hyenas in real life before, only on the Lion King, but these were incredible. They were amazing creatures. They heads necks are so huge, and there was a real soulfulness in there eyes, it was amazing. I had a connection with them. Their cages were real prisons for them though, and you could see it in them. Some of them looked like they had just gone crazy and some of them were pitifully depressed. It would be incredible to see them in their natural environments.