SF Zoo @ the bear enclosure

Originally uploaded by mtnbkr1

A few weekends ago we decided to celebrate the end of summer at the San Francisco Zoo. We love going to the zoo, not only because the Lion House is one of the coolest attractions found in any zoo, but because our daughter absolutely loves animals. This time we were out to check out the new grizzly bear exhibit. The grizzlies were very playful, and we spent a fair amount of time watching them eat broccoli and frolic in their pool. (yeah, I said broccoli.  Who knew bears ate broccoli?!)
Anyway, we always buy our daughter a ‘key’ that activates a sound recording in front of some of the animal enclosures throughout the zoo. (The keys are animal-shaped and are fun to collect.) The funny thing is that when we approached the bear exhibit, the sound box was actually located out of reach – inside the enclosure! Obviously an oversight (and to be fair, on the safe side of the moat), but shouldn’t someone  realize that this might, perhaps, entice someone to jump over the fence, no? Shouldn’t this box be in reach of the children, rather than the bears? Thankfully, the lazy Sun Bears were not interested in our feeble attempts to reach the box, unlike this unlucky woman from another zoo.

Joe