Zootopia

Guess who has an annual pass to the Copenhagen Zoo?

We do!

And guess who is already putting their annual pass to good use with 3 trips in the past 2 weeks?  That's right.  Us again.

This zoo is awesome.  It's super close to our house (about a 20 minute walk, or a 5 minute bus ride).  They have really wonderful animal exhibits including those featured above, plus a huge elephant world, a very cool hippo tank, gibbons, baboons, et al in the primate realm, brown bears, all kinds of birds, rhinos, and real live reindeer!:

Taking a rest before Santa comes calling

You get the idea.  

Alex LOVES this zoo.  We had a membership to the LA zoo from the time he was about 10 months old until we moved away, and he generally had more interest in people watching or leaf collecting on our visits there (although he has always enjoyed the giraffes).  But now he seems to be the perfect age to truly appreciate all the wonderment a zoo has to offer.  

Thanks to a camel petting session on our second visit he is now completely bonkers for camels:

And double bonkers for goats (like really, really LOVES):

"Be nice, Goat!"

Aside from all the wonderful animals, the zoo also has a huge playground which is perfect fun for our little tot:

Racing the other zoo goers.

"Whee!"

One odd (if not a bit creepy) aspect of this zoo is the posting of these ranger signs all over the place, providing zoo facts.  Am I crazy or do these characters look a little too much like a certain former Iraqi dictator?

Alex was appropriately weirded out by this photo op.
Notice him refusing to peek through the face hole.

Anyway, it is an overall fabulous zoo, and a great way to spend a morning with a toddler. Three visits in, and the pass has already paid for itself.  Definitely a worthwhile investment for our stay here.  I'm planning to keep going as a weekly adventure with Alex.  I don't think he will complain considering that he has started regularly telling me "Amimals" when I ask him is he wants to go out.