A Zoo In Darkness

Have you ever wondered why zoos open when most of the animals sleep in the day? Well, Singapore Night Safari's solved this by only opening at night! A zoo at night is very different to one in the day, there is so much more happening and I thought it was brilliant (And a little bit scary at the same time).

I started with a 'safari ride' (Think Longleat but with a long golf cart style vehicle) and drove past some very interesting creatures. The most dangerous animals, like Asian lions and hyenas, were only seperated by moats instead of fences or glass and the others could come right up to us. I don't think the lady who had two kiss-chase playing tapirs accidentally run into her part of the cart at high speed will forget those creatures for the rest of her life!

Afterwards I was free to wander the rest of the zoo and got to see fishing cats on the hunt, porcupines battling over food and even a rare Malaysian tiger come out of the darkness and roar so loud it was heard in other parts of the zoo.

Activity: Google a picture of a binturong and for smell-o-vision ask your parents to make some popcorn because this curious, bigger than you think creature, makes a smell like popcorn to mark it's territory!