So, have you ever had an interaction with a primate?  I can now say, I have!  This gorilla was sitting about 20 yards away and when I walked up to the window, he did a double take and then looked at me like, “I know you are not going to make me come over there!” as he slowly got up and walked over to me.  He never broke eye contact with me as he stared me straight in the eyes, and right there, one foot away, separated only by glass, our worlds collided.

Everyone had backed away from the window at this point, the kids were all freaked out.  Too close!  And then he made this face, which I soon found out meant, “Now I’m going to do something that will really impress you!”  *Stop reading for those of you that don’t like a good poop story… he pooped right there while he was still staring at me… and then he picked it up with one hand and slowly ate it with his other hand using his pinky finger.  That’s simply what happened, don’t shoot the messenger.

I asked the girls what they learned at the zoo today, and the first thing both of them said was, “Gorillas eat their poo poo with their pinky finger!”  No wonder this is a top rated zoo… you don’t just see the animals and keep walking, you really learn about them, whether you want to or not.  It’s just there.  It’s nature.  It’s life.