Rhino what you're doing...

On Sunday we started the sight seeing in earnest with a trip to Singapore zoo. Designed in a figure of eight lay out and with large open areas for the animals to roam sans bars, it was a long way from the traditional image of caged zoo animals, although I did wonder whether the pit around the tiger enclosure would really stop a hungry feline if they felt a bit peckish. The range of animals was also impressive with an extensive cat collection including Lions, the aforementioned Tigers, Cheetahs and Jaguars, plus a variety of Primates and an array of other large animals including Crocodiles, Zebra’s, Elephants and Rhino’s.

Matty enjoyed himself a lot although sometimes even the most impressive animlas would lose his attention to something even more interesting; a twig; a shoe lace; his stroller belt buckle. Still, Matty’s youth came in handy when the Rhinos’ got, there’s no other word for it, “horny” (I’m sorry) while we were by their enclosure. While Matty played with his new pet twig, I sympathised with the parents of slightly older children as, “what are they doing Daddy?” why is the one Rhino on top of the other one?” “are they hurting each other?” rang out across the crowd. My day will come for those awkward questions, but mercifully not quite yet.