There’s always plenty of cool things to see and do when you follow events for AgWired and the other ZimmComm New Media Web sites, but this evening’s event at the St. Louis Zoo is among the coolest… figuratively and literally!
As part of the opening reception of the World Agricultural Forum, our friends at Novus International sponsored a behind-the-scenes tour of the St. Louis Zoo… truly one of the world’s greatest zoos. I’m posting a few pictures here, and I hope to win my battle with Flickr to post more at that site soon.
As I said, it was indeed a cool tour, as we started out seeing what goes on with the penguins and puffins. These two guys were more than glad to pose for pictures… a common theme for many of the animals at the zoo!
If these guys look all cute and cuddly as your pet cat, keep in mind that not only would a cheetah, able to run about 70 mph, easily chase you down, but it would also kill you and eat you. Come to think of it, if your cat got big enough, it probably would, too!
This guy’s another pretty tough character. Looked like we interrupted his nap… or his lunch. Look at those eyes… without that pit and fence between us, I have a feeling I would be the next lunch.
It only makes sense that the folks at Novus, who are so dedicated to animal nutrition, would be one of the benefactors of the zoo’s animal nutrition program. These folks at the zoo are doing some pretty important work, making sure these magnificent beasts are well taken care of.
I thought this one was too funny! At the end of our animal nutrition facility tour, we all got (well, at least we all were offered) biscuits designed for the primates. As most of us who tried it would agree (and, yes, I did eat one… proving that once again that broadcasters and news people will eat ANYTHING they’re offered for free!), it wasn’t bad. It wasn’t GOOD… but it wasn’t bad.