Parrots on the Tree

Parrots are like other birds, but they have different colors like red, yellow and blue. They eat seeds and carrots. These parrots live in the jungle at the zoo.

Pythons are Big

We saw this python at the zoo. We thought it was big. When pythons eat, they squeeze and swallow their prey. They like to eat mice and rats.

Penguins Standing Around

Did you know that there are 22 penguins in this picture? This kind of penguin does not live in the south pole. They live in warm weather, and they are by the giraffes at the zoo.

Moray Eel Hiding in a Hole

Did you know Moray Eels eat octopus and fish? Moray Eels stay in their home and wait for fish to swim so they can catch them.

Mantis Shrimp in the Coral

Mantis Shrimp look kind of like little colorful lobsters. Every other time at the zoo, the Mantis Shrimp is hiding in the coral, but today he was out of the coral so I took this picture.

Apatosaurus, the Giant Plant Eater

This is an Apatosaurus. Did you know that Apatosauruses have teeth? But they don't use them to eat meat, they use them to eat plants. Apatosauruses are almost like Diplodocuses and Brachiosauruses.

Deinonychus Eating an Tenontosaurus

Deinonychus means "Terrible Claw". There were three of them eating a dead Tenontosaurus. Deinonychus have a big claw on their feet that they use when they hunt.

To see a video of all the dinosaurs in action, follow this link (20 mb, wmv)

Mosasaur on a Rock

This was a sea dinosaur instead of a land dinosaur. This looks a little like Maelstrom from Ice Age 2: the Meltdown.

Tyrannosaurus Eating a Triceratops

Today at the Children's Museum we saw these dinosaurs and my dad took a picture of this T-Rex. Inside of them was robots and they put plastic on them and they painted them just like a dinosaur. They moved just like a dinosaur. They had speakers inside so they sounded like real dinosaurs.

Prairie Dogs

When prairie dogs go in their hole, there is like a big city under the ground. When they go in the hole, they can hide from animals that are trying to eat them. They can go under ground and come up another hole.