Walk With The Animals

The Wife finally got to see her first Moose up close and personal yesterday.  We went off to the zoo with a couple of friends so they could do sketch exercises in front of the animals.  It was a bit funny in that one of the first exhibits at the Toronto zoo was an Indo-Malayan pavilian and the second we stepped in there, we immediately knew the animals wouldn’t be particularly happy.  It was neither hot nor humid enough for animals from that region and it sure showed with how depressed the Orangutans were.  On the other hand, I’ve seen my fair share of the Moose on the side of the road, usually just munching on something while watching the cars go by, so they’re not a big deal to me at all, but to the Wife, who had never laid eyes on North American animals, it was something of a minor revelation to take in Bald Eagles, Bison, Arctic Wolves and, of course, the Moose, who towered over her and looked at her with that apathetic glare that all Moose share.