My trip to the Singapore zoo

       Last Sunday was a lucky day for we got the chance to visit the diverse scarce species in Singapore Zoo. The zoo which is located in the northern Singapore occupies 28hectares of land. And it is elected as the 10 greatest zoos in the world. But what excite us most was that we would see a lot of rare tropical animals which cannot be observed in zoos in China.

      I still remembered the moment I walk through the check place. I was definitely astonished when I saw a monkey with white head climbing on the tree which is within my reach. There are no fences or glasses between me and the monkey. If the tree is lower, I would have touched it. Moreover, I could see the orangutans walking through a pair of paralleled wires to get back to its manmade house beyond the trunk. I found out that the Singapore Zoo is an open type zoo that doesn’t have any iron made cages to isolate animals from the nature. Without any sorts of artificial separating methods, people have an easier access to the animals both visually and emotionally.

      Besides, I also noticed that the zoo is putting a lot of endeavor into making bonds between tourists and animals. To accomplish this aim, the zoo had put forward some interesting plans like offered an opportunity to have breakfast with orangutans. In addition, tourists are also given the chance to feed kangaroos and ride the elephants, take photos with parrots and orangutans. In most cases, we could see parents participate these interesting programs with their young children. Surely, they seem to have a quite enjoyable experience.

      But what impress me most was the harmony between animal and tourists. When we got to start our journey, there was only two hours before the zoo closed. But in some popular spots like white tigers, kangaroos and orangutans, it is still crowded. Though people can easily get to touch the animals, nobody utilize the freedom to cross the fence to interfere the animals’ lives and nobody feeds the animals with their own food. They all solely observe the animals from the set distance. I think they are showing the respect to the nature and themselves. Compared to human beings, the animals are much calmer. Surely, they have been accustomed to these kinds of closeness.

      I think the animals in the Singapore Zoo are lucky for they were under caring from both the tourists and the zoo keeper. I hope the Singapore Zoo can spread its interactive administration to the world as soon as possible to let more people concern with the animals concern with our earth.