Penguin encounter

My eyes have been opened this week to the allure of the behind-the-scenes zoo tour. I did not get any pictures on Tuesday visiting tigers and orangutans, but it was fascinating learning about how they are trained and fed and what sort of enrichment they get in their cages. Yesterday, the Penguin Encounter at the Florida Aquarium was quite delightful. I also note that the whiteboard manufacturers definitely have a well-developed niche market here: it is like the way they use them on homicide TV shows, only with columns and rows for different animals and feeding schedules! Interesting industrial-size food preparation areas; as the slightly comical guide yesterday at the aquarium held out a metal tray with samples of the frozen squid and small fish and so forth consumed by the aquarium's denizens, they skittered back and forth in a way that reminded me of Fawlty Towers...