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3.31.2007

A Day at Moo U

Today we spent our family time at NC State's Vet School Open House. Friends from church told us about it and encouraged us to come spend a few hours with the animals. We had no idea how big of a deal it was! Apparently, this day attracts some 10,000 visitors each year. There was a really interesting self-guided tour taking you through dozens of animal skeletons, anatomy labs, and even live surgeries. There were demonstrations from milking cows to the K9 unit, giveaways, and plenty of animals to have fun with. It was really, really cool. If you ask Chloe what her favorite part was you'll get an enthusiastic "Riding Bus!" After much prompting she may tell you about petting a falcon and climbing up on a bale of hay to look at baby chicks. She also got to feed a guidedog a "cookie," which really helped with her fear of those guys. Eli loved the dogs playing flyball. Daddy loved the fistulated steer who apparently had some mouth-foaming beef with me. I think I loved petting the rabbits and learning about run-over turtle rescues more than anything else. It was a great day.


Chloe petting a miniature falcon

Chloe at the Horse fence

The fistulated steer (before he decided to come after me)

The tired fam on the Wolfline

Contemplatively riding the bus after a long day

2 comments:

Anonymous

I've never heard such bellows until that steer today. He really had some issues with that camera or something..

Terri

I don't think it was the camera. I think it was me. If you'll recall, the foaming of the mouth, the loud bellows, and the intense stare down didn't occur until after the camera was put away!