Saturday, October 2, 2010

Part 16: Zoo – Nuremberg

February 19, 1991
Weather: Sunny and cold
“Hardly anyone was at the zoo, so we could sort of play with the animals. There were 2 hippos in the water pools with only a metal bar separating them from us. I held out my zoo map which made the male open his mouth real wide.” …stepped over the rail to take a picture of the wolves who then rushed towards us putting their paws on the fence and wagging their tails like puppies. ”


Playing predator and prey games with animals is a very good way to build essential climbing muscles. Had a lovely day roaming the Nuremburg Zoo, and quite enjoyed having the run of the place. Apparently, frigid winter days cause low visitation rates. Despite the lack of people anonymity escaped us. We quickly discovered our growing fame had begun to spread not only through man-kind but through animal-kind as well.

The zoo inhabitants were quite thrilled about our visit. Since the zookeepers were oddly absent, we dared to get as close as possible to our new found admirers. One of the manatees even requested I sign his paddle, but I didn’t have a Sharpie. Not to mention Furchtlose-Schloss-Aufsatz-Bergsteiger-Frau takes some time to write properly and a lazy day had already made the manatee quite tired. Instead, we promised to send him a postcard from our next outing, which we did.
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Many people are afraid of frigid days and manatees. Admit it, I am FEARLESS.