Chester Zoo Trip

On Friday 8^th May, most of the year7s went on a trip to Chester Zoo. It was an educational visit, but at the same time, you could have a lot of fun with your friendship groups. We were given an activity booklet to do during the day, and we had to find the answers by reading the information on the signs at each animals’ habitat.

We all had a great day out and took a lot of photos! Some of my pictures actually turned out pretty good and we had a close experience with many of the animals. The weather held out to be sunny for a few hours then started to rain, but all the animals were out adventuring.

 My favourite animals had to be the fruit bats, giraffes, flamingos and the cheetahs because they were cool and the flamingos are my favourite of all. I was most excited about seeing the bats because I’ve never seen bats and I liked just standing there and watching them flying around. They come really close to you as well and you can feel the air moving around you. I liked the cheetahs too because they aren’t animals you see every day. They are really cute and not as frightening as I thought they looked. The giraffes were cute too, because they had babies and I took a lot of photos of them (as you can see at the top).

Whilst you're there they have talks going on around the zoo and they give you a lot of information and facts. Like the elephants the women told us they eat 170kg (27 stone) of bark,roots,vines,leaves and grass a year. Their lifespan is 60-65 years and are currently endangered. The komodo dragons eat up to 80% of its own body weight each meal. That is like humans eating 550 burgers in one meal! Another thing is that some animals features keep them living like the cheetahs incredible speed keeps them away from predators.

I advise you to go on this trip as it is a low cost, full of great facts and information, good day with your friends and you get to see some animals you've probably never seen before.

JordanPerry -Guest blogger from Stanford