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I've always wanted to go to ZooLights! at Utah's Hogle Zoo, but never had gone. This year, thanks to getting off at 5pm yesterday, Matt and I headed up. (Bonus - it was the last night of member's night - so we got an extra $1 off of the price!) I actually ended up getting off work earlier, so we were able to get there by like 6pm. We were going to stop at Little Caesar's up in Salt Lake because they are supposed to have vouchers for $3 off, but the Little Caesar's we were going to go to (because it was on the way) apparently doesn't actually exist. Go figure. So don't trust the internet... It was okay, we still got in for $4 each.
Quite a bit of the zoo is closed during ZooLights! (like the Giraffes and Great Apes :( ) Granted, a good portion of the zoo is under construction for the new Rocky Shores. However, you can still see a few animals. It's fun to see who's awake at night - or to see how they sleep :) The zoo had lots of fun light displays, too. We bought some hot cocoa and shared a deep fried s'more. (It actually was pretty tasty. :)) Below are some pictures and videos of our trip. :)
We went to Discovery Land first, and this poor goose kept honking - he wanted a snack! He came up to me and opened his little beak up. Unfortunatly, they had the bridge where the pellets are closed off. I felt bad :(
Baby Colobus! I didn't even know they had one! He was awake and hungry. Everyone else was sleeping, but poor mama kept getting woken up. :D
One of the light displays by the Beastro - it made me laugh :)
Birdies for Matt - most of the real birds had been moved for the winter, and you couldn't see them.
Sleepy Black Footed Cats :)
Common Squirrel Monkey trying to keep warm :)
Tigers!
If you pay attention, you'll notice all of the animals help to put the star on the tree.
The drinking fountain - for comparison....
Sorry I'm shaky - but you'll see the comparison at the end. :)
You can't really hear what Matt says, but he makes the comment that they're funny looking Christmas trees.
You can't really hear what Matt says, but he makes the comment that they're funny looking Christmas trees.
Two of Santa's reindeer
Bad picture of Matt - but cute elephant and giraffe :)
Me with the ZooLights! sign :)
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