Our son has a bond with animals. He feels so comfortable with them. As he says “they might occasionally want to eat you but they never ever try to judge you”. Our local zoo gives you the opportunity to interact with some of the animals. As long as we go early, before the crowds arrive, then he is in raptures. The looks we get as we leave just as most families are queuing up to get in.
Dad was brave on the photo above and managed to get close enough to take a picture. On encounters with snakes, tarantulas and reptiles you normally find Dad a respectful 100 yards away – with at least two walls between me and the stuff of my nightmares. A few weeks ago he got to handle a cotton snake, a bearded Chinese dragon and two tarantulas. He was just so happy. Strangely dad was hid behind a wall.
For all his confidence with these terrifying animals he does have a couple of beast fears. Strangely those two killer beasts I am really brave with and would happily stroke them. 🐄 Cows and 🐪 camels.
Funny how we all view different animals and things. Welcoming snakes and spiders but scared of cows and camels is normal. Personally, I fear roaches but have no issue with spiders. My daughters loves animals too so this was a nice read… thank you! 🙂
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Brave lady Christy!
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Not brave with roaches… believe me… I can fly when I see them! 😬😱
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I’m as quick as Usain Bolt when faced by terror creatures
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Clever and cool 😎 reply!
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Very kind.
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I’m the other way problems with spiders but fine with roaches. Thank you for reading this
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My pleasure.
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It’s great that he can have the opportunity to interact with the animals.
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It is a real bonus thank you
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😃👍
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I might think it was a question of size – except that I have a 6′ 3″ nephew with a very large build who is afraid of cows
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Haha! 😊
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He would happily hug a horse or elephant or rhino but not cows/camels. Bizarre.
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Yep 🙂
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Declan told me that some spiders are “cute” and asked if I knew tarantulas could be kept as pets? I told him no way, no how is a spider moving into this house. I’m with you – terrified of those things!
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Our kid has asked the same thing. He tried to convince me that Tarantulas were great pets and I quote “the cotton snake I held was so playful and cuddly”. In your dreams son…..
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Tarantulas are gentle, sweet creatures. You can accidentally (or, on purpose) kill one just by dropping it on a hard floor…might split their tummies open.
I’m uneasy with a snake until I KNOW it isn’t poisonous. I grew up with garden snakes. Good pest control. I had more trouble over the Orb Weavers. GAH.
You didn’t want to pet the dragon?
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Orb Weavers just looked them up, they can bugger off as well. My fear of snakes came from a holiday to see my sister In Africa. Went to a snake park and a zoo keeper thrust this snake he was holding close to my face, fangs open, and happily announced this was the third most dangerous snake in Africa. That zoo keeper can bugger off as well.
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The zoo keeper was an ass.
My grandmother always told me not to mess with her spiders. She said they ate the flying pests. I remember crying that the spiders would get me. They were huge and you could make sweaters out of their web material. OY.
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Occasionally Yorkshire does have its advantages
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hahaha sometimes It’s surprising how our children can be so brave. Or is it because we know so much (pondering)
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I think our childhood view of the world is forced out of us as we get older.
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Animals are a better judge of character than humans! You’ve got yourself a real winner there!!
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They are. Often think the place would so much better run without us.
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Humans do not fit into the cycle of Earth’s nature.
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Some do but too many don’t.
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Haha! Way to go there for taking the picture, so sweet!
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If you notice I was using a zoom to buy me a few more feet of separation- the size of that beak.
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Haha! I think I’d do the same. There a place here called, ‘Butterfly World.’ They have an enclosed exhibit where you can hold smaller birds, it’s enclosed so the birds don’t fly away. Haha! No, thank you!
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From past experience even budgies can give a good peck. He’s held birds of prey and I’m sure they were eyeing me up and the next meal.
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Hahaha! Wow, he’s such a brave boy, he does indeed love animals. Hey! You never know, you may be looking at the next veterinarian 😊🙌🏽
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He would be great at that. Deep down he would love a zoo or to run a sanctuary.
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You should get a Carolina Wren in your hair. Or, attacked by a Mockingbird. Wrens are cute & crazy. Mockingbirds & Blue Jays are like Pterodactyls.
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Just looked up a Carolina Wren – now that’s a cutie. I wonder if I should watch Hitchcocks The Birds tonight….
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They are what I think of when I see a package of marshmallow peeps. They nest in anything. We have to make sure we close the mailbox lid on the porch. Last year, they did their level best to nest in my wreath on the door. They are the bunny-rabbits of the bird world. Heh.
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We have some Starlings which nest in the roof. Bunny rabbits of the bird world conjures some images.
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I don’t blame you. That beak could take a sizable chunk from one’s finger.
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It did look a bit viscous.
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Never fear animals. Always have a VERY healthy respect for them. They are all beautiful creatures in their own right.
I loves me some zoos…..
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Can’t beat a good zoo trip. I suspect our zoos might be a tad colder than yours.
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LOVED the Blair Drummond Safari Park in Scotland…..Not ‘zackly sure where it was. Somewhere between Perth and Edinburgh…
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Been there once great but it snowed.
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I love the way you are dealing!! Lovely share by you
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Thank you so much.
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Sounds like a fun trip! Thanks for sharing. There’s something really elegant about birds, and I think they know it. Pretty colors on the one pictured!
I don’t mind spiders as long as they have the decency not to crawl on any part of me. :p otherwise, I respect their role in the creepy-crawly world.
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I respect them and hope they prosper as long as they stay on a different continent to me.
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Agreed! 🙂
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What awesome memories! My kids are scared of ladybugs and camels, after on spit on their mom on a petting zoo trip 🙂
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Thank you. Yes spitting would certainly put a downer on an animal.
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Haha your son is smart💫
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Thanks
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I wish your son could meet Louis Catorze. Catorze would judge him but also give him lots of love. He LOVES boys.
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He gets on well with cats.
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What a Beautiful bird!
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Certainly is thank you.
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Hey, a cow’s teeth are like grindstones! I’m scared of deer. freaky things.
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That would explain our son’s fear then. I’m scared of donkeys, one chewed my shirt when I was a toddler. Yet I would happily hug a wolf. We are funny things.
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We sure are. 🙂
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sweet pic. keep up the good work. I love your blog
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Thank you so much for reading this.
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Love the pic, how adorable
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Thank you
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