On Tuesday, our class went to Hamilton Zoo. We were investigating if the zoo was a good place for animals because we had filled up our marble jar.
My favourite thing was the noisy Kea. Its mouth was chirping the whole time I was there. I was wondering why it was chirping. It was big and fat with a bit of blue underneath its wing. Its enclosure was full of trees. It also had cages where it slept. It ate berries, seeds, and tender roots. I was getting frightened because it started staring at me so I went over to the information board where I couldn't see it, but, when I turned around, it was still looking at me, so I slipped my finger in the cage then it started climbing up to my finger. There was a sign that said 'I bite'. If it didn't say that, I would have patted it. I wondered if it walked slowly or fast then I saw it walk. It went sort of slowly and sort of fast. I wanted to find out what its Maori name was. I want people to stop killing them.
The Kea fluttered around the enclosure, looking like it was angry at them by peeking and squawking at it. Its mouth was like a duck but smaller. Suddenly a Kea came up to me then I thought I knew what one was the boss - the big bad one. Their eyes scared me a little bit. I was about to burst into flames when I saw the boss. It was so big. I zipped up my mouth. My mouth was turning into a circle. I scrambled over to the other side to see if there was another big one. I felt sorry for the ones in the wild being killed by humans and the cat family. I saw four bowls full of cool water and I was wondering if Kea can go in water or if they just drink it. I think two are for playing in, and the other two are for drinking.
I felt happy spending time with my friends at the zoo.
