Anyways, it was designed so that we walked above the animals on a wall (like a mini Great Wall of China, with animals on both sides). There weren't any fences over the animals. It was concrete and a few electric wires. Most of the walls were 9 to 15 feet high. Just knowing that if a leopard really wanted to eat you he could skip to the top of the wall was exciting. Hearing them roar added to that feel of fear. The lion roars reverberate through our chests. I wish we could experience that in the States but there is no way that kind of exhibit would be allowed!

As we continued walking, we were lead to a mountainside with monkeys. Again, there were no fences, just a rope to show us the path. A mama monkey gathered food as her baby clung to her stomach. While some monkeys played tag across the rocks, others twirled on ropes.

The next exhibit was the enclosure with birds and small animals that you could hand feed and pet. It was mostly rabbits, hamsters, and squirrels. My two favorite animals were the crazy rabid squirrel and the sugar glider. It was kinda sad in a way; looking at the animals you could tell they had all been traumatized by overexposure to humans. Most were hiding in corners or at the bottom of the cage. At least they were well fed.

In the third enclosure we saw eagles and vultures. A zoo handler had a giant vulture on a branch posing to take pictures. We lined up to get next to it. It was almost as scary as the tigers! We got too close and it nipped at us.

Next were a few random animals. We saw a beaver, a lot of turtles, snakes, ostriches and kangaroos. The snakes weren't as scary as I would have thought. They were about 4 feet below us. What made it worse was the amount of snakes that were kept together! I did get to feed an ostrich an apple and that was fun! They are beautiful birds!

Next to the big cats, the monkeys were the biggest attraction. It was fun to watch all of them interact with each other. In one enclosure all the monkeys were chasing after one little monkey. It was too quick for the bigger ones to keep up. Several monkeys had found empty soda bottles that people had thrown in and were playing with them. It was sooo cute! An orangutan had two bottles, one in his mouth and another he held onto with his foot.