Singapore Zoo - Part One

When we first arrived there was a huge tree looming above us filled with tiny chirping Cotton-toppedTamarins.  We were really surprised about how unenclosed all the fantastic animals were.

This is a False Gharial.  It is part of the same family as crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials.  They look very similar to gharials but their snout broadens more towards the base.  They live in fresh water.  They eat fish and freshwater turtles.

LEMURS

Lemurs are kindof like monkeys except they are a different type of primate. They eat mostly fruit and insects.  The smallest Lemur can weigh only 10 grams.    There are nearly 100 species of Lemur.  Most Lemurs are nocturnal meaning they have a great sense of night-vision which they use to catch their prey.  They are also very stealthy hunters and mostly use the trees to get around.

As you can see from these photos, the ones we saw at the zoo had TERRIBLE table manners!

I wonder if I can fit this whole banana in my mouth?

Maybe if I keep trying....

Hey why are you staring at me like that?

I said WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?!?

Heh!  I'm just gonna eat this in private then.

Don't you know what PRIVATE means?!?!

From this photo you can see how lucky we were to get so close to the Lemurs.  So close in fact that he threw his banana skin at my baby brother Patch.

PROBOSCIS MONKEY

This is all the monkeys in our family about to go into the Proboscis monkey enclosure. 

Once we were inside the Proboscis monkey enclosure we noticed how similar the Proboscis monkey looks to someone in our family... can you guess who?

If you want to find out more about the Proboscis Monkey you can check out Isaac's Interesting Information Bites about them on his blog.

WHITE TIGER

Can you spot the tiger in this photo?

Here are some clearer photos of what the tigers look like.  White tigers are a sub-species of Bengal tigers. 

THE FROZEN TUNDRA

One of the areas I was really looking forward to was the FROZEN TUNDRA!!!

First we go to see an awesome polar bear dancing through the glistening green water.  He was covered with thick soggy fur and swam swiftly and gracefully towards a face ice-berg, using his muscular arms to claw his way onto the immense structure.

Here's Isaac next to a polar bear picture.  The picture is life-sized so you can see how big the polar bear really is.

One of my favourite animal is this amazing minibeast called the Wolverine.  It's very brave, fearless and fierce.  It will even fight bears or wolves over a kill.  The Wolverine is the biggest and strongest member of the weasel family and will eat nearly anything meaty.

When you look at the size of this cool creature it's quite surprising that it's actually been filmed killing one of those ginormous polar bears by wrapping it's arms around it's neck and then with constrictor strength suffocating the bear and biting it in the head with it's bone-crushing jaws.

I was so happy to finally get to see a real life wolverine because I wrote so many reports at school on it.  It was amazing to get so up close to one of these fearless animals.