We spent Labor Day at the Denver Zoo.
Throughout the exhibits, volunteers show kids educational materials like zebra goggles (helps humans see the world through a zebra’s eyes) and real animal skins.
At the polar bear exhibit, an older woman had a real polar bear pelt draped over her arm. She encouraged the kids to touch it as she explained that the skin itself is black and the hair is not actually white, but hollow tubes which absorb light. I pet the pelt, too. It was rough and thick, just as one would expect.
Tommy asked several questions before offering up the observation that the lady’s hair looked just like the polar bear pelt.
I hope she is laughing about it now.
Oh my! The things our children say! I’m sure she is laughing too. Have a blessed Monday 🙂
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Might I surmise that she didn’t laugh when he said it?
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At the Monterey aquarium a few years ago, they had the pelt of a sea otter to show everyone. I had brought along a small, stuffed sea otter to take pictures for my students back at my elementary school about my trip.
I posed the stuffed sea otter on the sea otter pelt and took a really cute picture.
And then I realized I had taken a picture of an animal on his OWN PELT.
I didn’t use the picture.
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LOL, I think I have polar bear looking hair too. I’ll keep it covered with color, thank-you very much.
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ROFL!
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I just almost spit water onto my computer screen! Tommy calls it like he sees it — can’t blame him for that!
Now that is educational. Black skin, hollow tubes, who knew?!
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Ha ha! Now I’ve noticed that some people bear an uncanny resemblance to their pet, but I’ve never seen a person who resembles their pelt. Perhaps this is a happenstance unique to zookeepers and other (zoo) volunteers. 😉