On Friday 8th
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