I went to the London Zoo yesterday! It is located inside of Regent's Park, which is a really enormous, beautiful park not too far from where I live. I decided to walk there and make my way through the park to the zoo. I guess I didn't realize how big the park was, because it took me an hour to find the zoo! The park was really pretty, so I didn't mind wandering around it for so long. There was an art fair going on, but the admission was 25 pounds or something, so I decided that was a bit too much. The park has canals and lakes with paddle boat rentals. There are lots of ducks and geese swimming around. The leaves are starting to change here, so walking through the park was the closest I could get to fall in New England. The colors are nowhere as pretty, but it wasn't too bad. I found some really nice gardens with fountains. There were lounge chairs around (probably for when the weather is a bit nicer). I also found the sports fields where loads of people were playing "football" and rugby. Eventually, I came to the zoo.
The admission there was 15 pounds, which is kind of a lot, but it was definitely worth it. I went straight to the reptile house (where part of the first Harry Potter was filmed) and I think I figured out which case could have been the one Dudley falls into. Then I went to see the gorillas. There were two of them grooming each other and they were adorable. The last time I saw gorillas was at the Bronx Zoo and one of them kept throwing up into its own hand and then eating what it had regurgitated. These gorillas weren't as funny, but definitely more pleasant. I saw lots of birds and some bearded pigs and hippos. Obviously, I spent forever looking at the monkeys! There was a whole exhibit called "Meet the Monkeys" where you could walk through a fenced in area where Black-Capped Squirrel Monkeys could roam free. They are the most adorable animals on Earth!! I wanted to take one home with me. They are little monkeys and they jump and swing all around. There was one that was eating berries in a tree and he was right in front of me!! Literally, he was two feet away from my face. It was really the cutest thing I've ever seen and I didn't want to leave. I just wanted to stay inside that exhibit all day. You aren't allowed to touch or feed the monkeys, but I was happy just to watch them. Eventually, I left and went to see the rest of the animals. There was also a butterfly house that you could walk through. It was really hot inside of there. I saw giraffes, zebras, okapi and lemurs. There was a whole aquarium within the zoo too. It wasn't as big as a regular aquarium, but they had at least three different rooms with South American fish, coral reefs and other tropical fish. There was an exhibit of nocturnal animals too. They were kind of hard to find in their cases because it was so dark, but it was pretty cool. I stayed until the zoo closed. The only thing I didn't get to see were the otters, but that's ok because I'm really glad I spent all that time with the monkeys.
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