Today we woke to rain and overcast skies. Decided to walk 20 minutes to the Taronga Zoo from our Airbnb. The zoo was filled with a variety of animals we had never seen like the red kangaroo, tree kangaroo, cassowary, ring-tailed lemur, tamarin, platypus, red panda, gibbons, and koala. We attended the Chimpanzee Keeper Talk who discussed their social and tool behaviors. Alecia was particularly touched to learn that if someone were to try to take the baby chimp from the group they would first have to kill the mother and then every member of the group. Chimpanzees do not give up their young. To know that animal traffickers actually do this is so sad. Taronga's chimp family is getting ready to integrate a group of female chimps that have come from other zoos. We checked in on them, but they mostly seemed...sad. We understand Taronga participates in breeding partnerships with a variety of other zoos to preserve certain species but couldn't help but feel sad for so many in captivity. They didn't all look like the picture of health displayed on their enclosures. We did enjoy the seal show, and the seals seemed to be enjoying themselves. The zoo has some great views of the city across the bay and the sky rail that transports visitors between the top and bottom of the zoo is fun to ride. It was a great time to escape the rain and take a soaked selfie. Walked back to our place and decided to take it easy for the rest of the day instead of going out and fighting traffic. It's a simple menu tonight, Grilled Cheese and TimTams dipped in peanut butter. Cheers!
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