Field Trip to the Zoo

Today we headed off to the Guayllabamba zoo for a class field trip. We watched the jaguar and pumas be fed through enrichment activities. For the pumas, chicken was put inside a hollowed watermelon with a couple small holes in it. For the jaguar, his horse ribs (yes they feed their animals horses) was put up in a tree and he had to find it. They do different tasks with the animals everyday to keep their brains active and endorphins flowing. Many of the animals here were rescued from the illegal exotic trade. There were way more super cool animals, but I was too focused on staring at the animals to take any pictures, therefore there are no pictures of the tapirs or tiny adorable monkeys or Andean Condors, etc. I also decided to include a couple floral tree pictures because every tree in Ecuador has beautiful flowers that bloom year round, it's really quite spectacular.