Going to the National Zoo

What's the coolest thing to do on the hottest day of the year? Go to the National Zoo!

When my cousin,uncle,sister,grandpa and I got to the zoo, we found out that most of the animals were sleeping. So I asked my uncle if we could go to the reptile house and he said yes. Therefore I sprinted toward the reptile house. When we got in, a gust of cold air blasted into my face. What a relief! I was overjoyed because outside of the reptile house it was about a hundred degrees Fahrenheit. Desperately I needed air conditioning. The first thing I saw was the chameleons, which were brown and easy to spot. Next I went  to see the green anaconda. In the green anaconda cage, there were two things. One was a snake, the other one was a piece of skin. At first I thought the skin was the snake so I stared at it, then I realized that the skin wasn't moving. Thus I assumed that the other thing in the cage was the snake.  I kept on walking until I reached the end of the house. Something that caught my eye was a trio of large turtles. In addition, I saw lizards and even frogs for some reason. After we all finished the house, my cousin asked to go to the invertebrate exhibit. So we went there.

When we got to the invertebrate exhibit, it had air conditioning too. The room was a little dark so it was hard to see small or black animals. I got  addicted to the jellyfishes. The person who took care of the jellyfishes told me these kind of jellyfishes are called comb jellyfishes and they don't sting. If you feed them, they keep on swimming. Then I went to see the leaf cutter ants. Since they were small and black, they were extremely hard to see. Then I went out the door and saw a little garden with honeybees and butterflies. Now we were going back to the entrance of the zoo.

On the way to the entrance we were attracted to the scene of gorillas feeding. The man feeding the gorillas was throwing a bar in cylinder shape . At first I thought it was a kind of fruit. After I asked what he was throwing, and he said it was a bunch of frozen fruit juices mixed together. The gorillas were so smart that when every time the man called out a name, the gorilla with that name got a bar.

My favorite things at the Zoo were the reptile house, the invertebrate exhibit and watching the gorillas getting feed. Going to the zoo was the greatest and coolest experience in a summer hot day, don't you agree?