Yesterday Te Ara Takitini went to Orana Park. When we got there a lady told us the rules then we went in when we went in there was a porcupine and I learned that they were the biggest type of porcupine in the world. My favorite animal there was the gorilla because they are big and very strong, I also learned that gorillas have 98% of our DNA here is a picture of a gorilla.
My second favorite animal there was the lion because those lions had no manes, but that does not mean they where all females it means that the males didn't have manes, this is because the males got fixed so they can't mate but that also means they can't grow manes because they don't have the right hormone so all of there energy goes into growing, here is a picture.
Another animal I really liked was the Sumatran tiger when we looked at it the tiger was inspecting its habitat because the zookeepers were cleaning the habitat, then they let the tiger out after they left, I would show you a picture but there are none from yesterday.
Before we left we had a look at the meerkats, they were cool because they had a swing and they were playing, on it and they were also in a blue pool type container they were cute.
The day was overall the most fun I have had in a long time and I am happy that we got to enjoy the day with my class and my friends but what I am most grateful for is that learned even more about animals.
