The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Stardate 66455.7

16:24 - In the urban jungle of Houston, there lies a wonderful zoo among the tall buildings of the medical center. My family and I have trekking through Houston's mighty urban jungle to see the animals for years. This year, we decided to do something new. We wanted to see what the Houston Zoo had in store for zoo lights. At dusk, we travel through the then quiet urban jungle to see the lion sleep at night.

The zoo was lit up in the usual splendor of a Christmas village. Due to cold weather, most animals had to stay inside. We toured the reptile house, the aquarium and the small mammal house. The aquarium offered some pretty spectacular views of jelly fish. They were more impressive than the lights outside. But there was one little guy who was on display, and no normal house could hold him. Lets just say the had to build one extra tall! Yes, Focus Foxies, I reference the giraffe tower at the located zoo.

Being adorably camera shy

When I reference the giraffe tower, Focus Foxies, you know I meant a group of giraffes and not a building? Now you do. Well, we got to see young giraffe pop his head out for a little bit. I would not call this calf small, but he was dwarfed by the others. I later found out his name is Ghubari. With the peaceful lights of this Christmas village around us, we still had no clue where to find a sleeping lion, but we knew were on the right track.

This is the best shot I got of Ghubari!

Sleeping Lion!

Don't fear my darling, Focus Foxies, we eventually found our sleeping lion.
We came upon the large cat exhibits to see a prowling tiger, but no obvious sign of a lion. He was a hard one to spot at night. I swear he is in the middle of the picture. He looked so peaceful and deadly at the same time.

We started to leave the zoo, but not before we had witnessed the spectacular lights and music action. Call it a finale to a great night. We left with Christmas cheer and singing wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh....

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Zoological Focus Foxies in attendance: Mom, Dad, Chelsea, and Hannah