Early March brought us to South Carolina and we had the opportunity to go to the Riverbanks Zoo while we were traveling. I had heard great things about this zoo and it was a great field trip!
Several of the animals seemed to be taking their afternoon nap when we first arrived, but the elephants were all out having a snack.
The squirrel monkeys were one of Rachel's favorites. Those little monkeys were incredibly fast as they jumped around those branches!!
This little lemur seemed to want to hang out right above Rebekah's head and get its picture taken!
Allie liked watching the wallabies!
Bethany liked them too!
Each wallaby had a name. Our Rebekah is standing in front of Rebecca Wallaby!
Allie loves all kinds of "sishies" (fishies). She was enthralled!
Rachel and this gator were seeing eye to eye.
Rebekah was so excited when she found out we were going to Riverbanks because they have (lots and lots) of flamingos. This was one spot she made sure we didn't miss!
They also have penguins, which are another of her favorites!
Because this was a field trip as part of their school day, we made sure to spend some time learning a bit about each animal we saw. I learned something new as well. Apparently harbor seal can actually be found on East Coast beaches at times as well!
They were cleaning the sea lion habitat when we first arrived and it was closed. We were all a little disappointed. It was funny though, we could hear the seals barking all over that side of the zoo even though their habitat was closed. We were headed to another exhibit and realized they had reopen the sea lion habitat. They were so playful!
It had been drizzling a little bit and they seemed fascinated by Bekah with her umbrella. One of them kept looking right at her!
On our way out of the zoo, we had time for one more stop. Otters, along with fishies, are hee very favorites right now. She even has 2 otter stuffed animals that she sleeps with every night! Well, the otter was out and very playful! It even swam right up to where we were watching! She was so excited!!
We got to see several animals that we rarely have seen before at a zoo! We had a great field trip to Riverbanks Zoo!
