Zoo Buddy

Today (Tuesday): the opal discovery center and the Taronga Zoo, across the harbour on the north side of the city. We saw potoroos, quolls, wombats, wallabies, kangaroos (they were sleepy, no hopping), and platypuses -- or is it platypi? Perhaps we'll add more pictures later, but can't resist sharing this with you.

• Did you know koalas exist on eucalyptus leaves and sleep 20 hours a day?
• Did you know a group of kangaroos is a "mob"?
• Did you know wombats' pouches are upside down so that when they dig (they are VERY short chubby animals that waddle along the ground) their babies don't get dirt in their faces?
• Did you know that an adult kangaroo can jump 9 meters in one hop (as they run)?