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Who's the most excited? Hard to tell.
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Ben carefully looks out the train window to see whether we're underwater.
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Meanwhile, Bethany demonstrates just how hungry she really is.
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Bethany runs like the wind!
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a sloth bear browses its enclosure
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The red panda was sleeping up in a tree.
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We kept telling Ben to relax, but he was so tense he had a hard time sitting still.
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a happy duck.
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The highlight of the zoo? These water sprayers.
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Enjoying the spray.
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Cooling down.
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The greater rhea checks out the fake termite mounds.
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They've got big wings but they still can't fly.
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Flamingo chicks scavenge for whatever it is they're looking for.
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patrolling around.
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A Golden Lion Tamarin. We had been to the zoo so many times and never seen them that we assumed they were an urban legend!
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What's better than an ice cream cone on a hot summer day? TWO ice cream cones on a hot summer day.
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yum!
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"if this guy would stop taking pictures, I could eat my ice cream!"
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Ben likes ice cream too.
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Sharing makes ice cream taste better.
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Ice cream is the best, even on your nose!
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This ice cream cone is lasting forever!
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The house sparrows want ice cream too.
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This zookeeper was feeding the seals.
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doing the backstroke.
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this bear sure is slow!
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turtles!
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prairie dog
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having a snack
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roar!
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playful tigers.
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Bethany pretending to be a prairie dog
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Bethany IS a prairie dog!
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Running through the tunnels
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Intrepid prairie dog Ben.
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