Foot and Fire

The University of Santo Tomas houses in their main building a museum filled with stuffed and preserved animals from monkeys, snakes, tigers to birds, kangaroos and heron. Also there are different kinds of shells encased in a glass enclosure. Stuffed and preserved animals may be an old-fashioned way of showcasing animals now that photographs, videos and zoos abound, it surely can give children insights as to how the animals really look up close and personal.   *** The tigers with the stripes still evident despite their years of preservation... *** The Kangaroos, which can only be seen live in Australia,  can be viewed in UST Museum too. *** The rodents and their kind in repose... *** The Herons ready to tango! *** Noynpy posing by the rabbit... *** A lot of them to view *** The long snake which scared the little boy. *** The turtles seem to swim... *** The bat with wide ...

Noynoy enjoyed his half-day tour at the Manila Zoo September this year. He saw turtles, crocodiles, snakes, elephant, hippopotamus, monkeys, tiger, zebra, and various birds. Noynoy looked for the parrot so he can practice speaking in Filipino and he found a Macaw which does not talk yet. We suggested that he stay with the bird because they eat vegetable salad or chop suey like him and he said, "Yes," while clapping his hands.  Manila Zoo celebrated its 54th anniversary last July 25, 2013 and as reported, in 2012,  the Zoo earned an income of P33M with 691,000 adults and 272,000 children visitors. Of the the P14 M allotted for food of the animals, P300K goes to the medicine. Entrance to Manila Zoo costs P40 for adults and P20 for children. Manila residents are charged half the price. The ring of turtles... *** Noy noy following my snake moves!  Thank you Manang Cooky for the Photo. *** The albino snake must be very cold. *** ...