The Zoo was okay overall, and, although it had a severe lack of bears, it does receive high marks for having lots of bunnies. There were rabbits everywhere: in the elephant enclosure, in the giraffe enclosure, pretty much everywhere that wasn't inhabited by carnivores.
We were able to see the elephants (and rabbits) being fed shortly after we arrived. We got to see the elephants walk over their scale; they weighed a combined four tonnes (that's about 8,000 kg, or just under nine US tons at 17,640 lbs).
After we finished watching the elephants, which were located at the very far end of the zoo, we worked our way back down the front side of the zoo and visited the restaurant, where we had some nice French fries and fair trade apple juice. Actually, only 50% of it was from South Africa; the other was from unspecified "other sources," so no word on whether that was fair trade or not.
After we had our snack, we visited the Desert and Wetland House. Despite that they would seem to be quite different, the two actually share a greenhouse so that they can maintain the proper temperature. After we finished there, we worked our way back up past the primates to the big cats, most of whom had already gone in for the night before we got there (we arrived at about 3:50 pm).
However, two lions were still out, and we got to see them and take a few pictures.
After we finished with the lions, it was getting late, so we began our hike back to the train station and our journey home. However, due to some things I had to do this morning on campus, I had left from St. David's in Exeter, while Amanda had left from Exeter Central. Thus, I had to get off the train a stop before she did. This was fine, and we were able to get some very cute pictures while I was standing on the platform and waiting for the train to depart!
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