And now for something different......

They're not scotties...I bet you picked that straight away. They're rhinos....black rhinos. We live near a zoo. (Not that I've ever been there.) On our early morning walks sometimes we hear the Siamang Apes. That's if the kookaburras quieten down for a few minutes. Siamangs sound REALLY wild.
Anyway, our zoo is a breeding zoo for endangered wildlife. This little girl is only 2 months old. She's the eleventh calf born in the breeding program. She is one of the hopes for the future of the black rhino.

Alpha thinks she's cute....but then, she thinks any baby is cute (even kittens).

After she visited the new rhino, she went to say hello to some of her favourite animals. This is Suzie the wombat. She was rescued when her mother was killed and now lives permanently at the zoo. Alpha reckons that wombats and scotties look similar. Well....I do sleep on my back, dig, we both have stumpy legs and pointy ears. But I'm not that fat!

The zoo 'enriches' the animals by hiding their food. This little Meerkat is getting crickets out of a papier-mache ball. He had to stretch to reach them. The spin-off of this is WE get enriched. That's why we go for so many walks, have kongs, bones, chase balls, ride in cars, get brushed and get cuddled. We're very happy to hear about all you other doggies being enriched, too. (The dog next door only gets enriched when Bella puts her paws under the fence and upsets it so they have a growly game.)

If they ever allow dogs to go to the zoo. I'm going to be first in line.