Discovery Wildlife Park

Cutest baby monkey ever? I think so!

Yesterday morning I went to Discovery Wildlife Park with my brother and nephew. It was really quiet at first, not very many people. The weather was nice, a perfect temperature with enough breeze to (hopefully) keep the mosquitos away. (Turns out, it didn't, I have about a bajillion bug bites) There was a tiger show, which we watched a bit of, but Kale got bored so we continued wandering around. We saw wolves and elk and kodiak bears and black bears and grizzly bears and reindeer and a badger and a raccoon and squirrels and porcupines and monkeys and a jaguar. The monkey's were my favourite, and where we spent the most time, I think. There were probably a dozen in the habitat, including two babies.

Watching the monkey's interact was really amazing. There was one point where one of them started to bouncing on this branch that was leaned against a tree so that it bounced into the air. It was like he was using it as a trampoline. And then there was another time when one of the other monkey's tried to take the baby monkey from the mother. Ohhhh she did not like that. The monkey's screams were so so loud and high pitched. Watching her protect her baby made me really think that we must be part of the same species. I mean, I know from facts about evolution that we are, but just seeing her protect her baby at all costs, made me really realize it. The way she pulled him to her, hid him and lashed out, it was very human. It's really fascinating how we are so interconnected to each other.