Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina

[lv4dogs]

Wow, you can feed the animals at that zoo?
Sounds like I need to take a vacation to SC.

[CagneyDog]

The giraffes were so much fun! We got to feed them. The platform is up high of course, because they're all at least thirteen feet tall. They ate pelleted food and carrot bits right out of our hands, it was nice. They didn't like to be petted, though, so, I just admired and took pictures. They were really that close to us, I had to get out of the way several times, and, had to zoom back in to get them in!

I'm not sure if I agree that poeple should be feeding the animals in the zoo, but that must of been really cool. They are such neat animals.

[finn's mom]

Wow, you can feed the animals at that zoo?
Sounds like I need to take a vacation to SC.

Yeah, they have specially created pelleted food for the giraffes, as well as carrots. The lorikeets have a special nectar, and, the fish and goats also have pelleted food. Goats eat everything, it seems, so, I don't think they worry about how much they're eating. And, the food is dispensed from gumball machine type things, and, I don't think even if they ate the whole thing it would be too bad for them. The giraffes have specific feeding times and someone is there handing out the food and supervising. The fish have the same type of gumball machine things, and, you just toss the food into the water. The lorikeets are supervised and are so brave, they come and sit all over you. It's pretty cool.