52 Walks in 2010 - Walk 13 - A walk around ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire (26th April 2010)

Yesterday I accompanied Lara's school on a trip to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. The weather was good and the children were able to see lots of animals. I only took my little point and shoot camera so the photos I took aren't as good as I would have liked but they capture the day.

The 'In With The Lemurs' area gave the children a chance to go onto the lemurs’ island to get up close to the Ring-tailed lemurs. As it was sunny quite a few lemurs were sunbathing in the sunshine.



We managed to get to the Brown Bears just at feeding time and the children were all able to throw fruit to the bears. The bears weren't particularly interested in the fruit but the children enjoyed feeding them none the less.



The Humboldt penguins were pretty cute although rather smelly.



The high light of the trip was seeing the new elephant calf. He was 2-weeks old and born just after midnight on Monday 12th April to first-time mother Karishma, age 12. The baby hasn't been named yet and has spent his early days getting to know the other elephants in the herd, including half sister Donna who is nine-months-old, while enjoying the spring sunshine in the seven-acre elephant paddock.








Postscript - The Baby elephant was subsequently named George, or Mr George Ketchum to give him his full title!