{"id":1050,"date":"2010-04-25T20:50:27","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T03:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2010-04-25T20:50:27","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T03:50:27","slug":"cougar-mtn-zoo-issaquah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/?p=1050","title":{"rendered":"Cougar Mtn Zoo &ndash; Issaquah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was such a nice day today mommy and daddy decided to take me to the Issaquah Zoo. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4753.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4753\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4753\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4753_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A couple of squawking Macaw birds \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I found these guys quiet interesting because they were making all sorts of noises.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4754.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4754\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4754\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4754_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>These ones made even more noise\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4764.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4764\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4764\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4764_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Do you know what this is? Only a bird a mother could love! This is an Emu \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the largest bird native to Australia. Mommy and Daddy put Emu Oil (or as dad liked to call in Emu Spit) on my head for Craddle Cap, it was messy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4762.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4762\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4762\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4762_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Get me out of here mom, this thing could eat me!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4766.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4766\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4766\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4766_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A West African Crowned Crane \u00e2\u20ac\u201c did you know that cranes are one of the oldest living things dating back millions of years? Learn something new every day!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4768\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4768\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4768_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Wallabies \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a smaller version of a kangaroo, the female had a joey that finally came out of her pouch last week, the joey was hiding in the barn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4769.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4769\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4769\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4769_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Hey \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s me!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4771.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4771\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4771\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4771_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4773.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4773\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4773\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4773_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Hey look mom, the lady behind me says this is an Alpaca, what do you think? Thankfully I have a smart mommy &amp; daddy and they set me straight by letting me know this is actually a Mule Deer. I wonder where that lady went to school? Obviously not Hough because I know they teach you better there!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4776.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4776\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4776\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4776_thumb.jpg\" width=\"215\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a> Giddy Up Turtle!<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4782.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4782\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4782\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4782_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Guess what this is? A hairy Alpaca!!! Maybe we should go tell the lady where to find the Alpacas\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6her kids are going to be very confused!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4787.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4787\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4787\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4787_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Eeek! He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to eat me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4789.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4789\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4789\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4789_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This guy was chatty and spit all over everyone standing there including me. Gross! Occasionally when humans or other alpacas get a little too close for comfort, alpacas spit.&#160; Spitting is their way of saying, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153NO, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like that. Stop what you are doing!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d They can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t talk, so this is their, ahem, nonverbal way to voice their displeasure over something. Alpacas are totally defenseless. All they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got is their spit. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4790.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4790\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4790\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4790_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Mommy was feeding them apples so I could get up close and personal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4800\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4800\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4800_thumb.jpg\" width=\"314\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Help! The Javelina\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got me!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4798.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4798\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4798\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4798_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4803.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4803\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4803\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4803_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This parrot was super cool, I could have watched him talk all day long.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4804.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4804\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4804\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4804_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4806.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4806\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4806\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4806_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I watched the parrot for a long time. I wish I could talk like that!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4807.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4807\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4807\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4807_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Fun Facts -&#160; Macaws are considered to be the most intelligent of all birds and are called by many biologists the Flying Primates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4808.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_4808\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_4808\" src=\"https:\/\/oliver.ma.ttson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_4808_thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Checkin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 out the Lemurs, that guy was all over the place, kind of spastic like my cat Flora \u00e2\u20ac\u201c daddy didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get a picture but it was cool!<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>If you are ever in town you should be sure to check out the zoo, while it is small it is still really neat. I hope my mom and dad will take me back soon.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/cougarmountainzoo.org\/About%20Zoo\/welcome.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/cougarmountainzoo.org\/About%20Zoo\/welcome.aspx\">http:\/\/cougarmountainzoo.org\/About%20Zoo\/welcome.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was such a nice day today mommy and daddy decided to take me to the Issaquah Zoo. A couple of squawking Macaw birds \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I found these guys quiet interesting because they were making all sorts of noises. These ones made even more noise\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Do you know what this is? 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