Last Saturday, I went with my roommate to a park called Oak Openings Preserve. It was really beautiful and we went on a great hiking trail.
This week I started in the M&M section of my area of the zoo. It's basically where all the extra animals are put. We take care of two geriatric Jamaican fruit bats, a colony of mole rats, four spotted-necked otters, three borrowed camels, two cheetahs, and two dingos.
Although I really enjoy all of the animals, it's very hard not to be biased toward the dingos. They have been trained to be taken to a show for the education center and so out interactions with them are a lot like they are regular dogs. We can go in with them, pet them, (get licked by them... on the face,) and take them for walks. Of course I'm sure not too many dogs get chopped up mouse bits as treats for doing a good job walking.
So it was already a very good week. I had lots of firsts: first time feeding a cheetah with tongs, first time gutting and skinning a rabbit (for the cheetahs) first time walking a dingo, first time getting sloppy dingo kisses, first time brushing a camel,... I'm sure the list could go on forever.
Anyway, on Friday, my parents came up to visit. They took me out to dinner, then on Saturday morning we went to the zoo and then out to lunch. It was a lot of fun and it was nice to have different food for once.
That's all for now.
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