In the hills overlooking Issaquah is the Cougar Mountain Zoo. I have been meaning to go there and check it out for a while. We finally got around to it last week. It is a rather small zoo and there is ALOT of stainless steel bars everywhere, but the habitats are nice and spacious and they have some cool animals. My friend Ashley works there as a volunteer. So that is the other reason we went, just to say hi!
Anyway, they have cougars in an exhibit right when you walk into the zoo. You can practically reach out and touch them. They sat watching Maxwell and making chirping noises, then started pacing, following him walking in front of the enclosure. Amazing big kitties. They also have some Bengal tigers. Their enclosure is quite impressive and there are warning signs everywhere about their spraying habit. It was awesome to see them so up close and personal. The only time I have been that close to a tiger was at the zoo in Santiago, Chile. I could have reached through the enclosure there and felt their fur if I felt like losing a hand!
They have lots of exotic birds, some wallabies, alpacas and lemurs. Like I said, kind of small but a really nice little excursion for Maxwell.
Here is Maxwell inspecting a Crowned Crane or vice versa. This is an example of how close you can be to all the animals. It was very personal.
What they lack in actual animals they make up for in bronze sculpture. There are bronze animal everywhere, especially in this one area at the center of the zoo. Of course there are signs saying not to climb on the bronzes, but I couldn't resist and obviously neither could Maxwell.
We had a great time and will probably do it again when daddy is off of school for winter break. They have a reindeer festival with Santa. Should be loads of fun.
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