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| - Meh, I was pretty unimpressed with the Phoenix Zoo.. Dont get me wrong, any zoo is cool as shit in my book, I just wasn't wowed at all by anything going on here.
There is an alright mix of animals, coolest ones included the giraffes, my favorite of course, the jungle cats and the stingrays we had to pay $3 each to hang out with and pet. Then on top of that you pay another $5 for a cup of shrimp and anchovies to feed to them.. $16 collectively for two people for one exhibit alone and you've just bought another adult admission. Steep, but I will say the rays were pretty rad even though all ll I could think about was Steve Erwin and dying a miserable electrical death, so my inhibitions were high, but once I realized 37 5 year olds were braver than I was, I sucked it up and stuck my hands in the pool. In case you didn't know, they are wicked slimy.
Another thing that I wish I could have done was ride one of the camels, but my dumb ass wore a dress, so this wasn't about to happen.
The biggest let down of the day was the fact that one of the exhibits was under some psycho construction, so there were baco's and dump trucks and other various tractors making copious amounts of obnoxious noise. Needless to say the safari trail was anything but tranquil.. I felt really bad for the chimps that had to sit next to that shit all day too. Not cool.. wait till you close and move those babies.
I dunno, maybe its just the concept of tropical animals residing in the desert that is strange to me, but its just not that awesome here. I felt bad for them, and I don't think its just because I am a hippie. Also, I'm not sure if its always as crowded as it was or if every pre-school in Arizona was taking a field trip here that day but it was so loud, there were strollers everywhere, I almost fell on about 12 kids, got tripped by about 54 of them, but nonetheless, it was funny and seeing how excited they got at the sight of the animals made it a little bit more magical, even though this zoo kinda blows.
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