Monkey Poop

My 21 month old daughter adores animals of all sorts, from elephants to tarantulas. She even squatted down and said "Hi Bug!" to a stink bug in our living room one day. Needless to say we were very excited to plan her first trip to the zoo. We talked about the animals she might see on our way there, and she was so excited when we finally got there that she ran right through the gate before we even had a chance to pay! She loved each of the exhibits, and several weeks later she's still talking about it. We saw prairie dogs and otters that made her giggle because they swam over her head. We went through a cave with bats, reptiles, spiders and even dinosaur bones that she was scared of, despite loving dinosaurs. They had a farm animal exhibit with cows, chickens and roosters, an owl, a pig, sheep, and goats. It was amusing that she started saying 'cow' before we even saw one, apparently she already recognizes the smell of manure. She not only got to pet each of the goats, but she had to hug them as well of course. They had polar bears and an arctic fox (which she initially thought was a 'cute baby bear' before we corrected her) and tons of birds, the typical giraffe and penguins, a rhino, zebra and elephants, lions, leopards and such and of course the monkeys and chimps.

So it just so happens that as we approach the chimpanzee section, which is outdoors, they were just setting up to feed them. My husband had our daughter on his shoulders and went right up to the window…..as a chimp decided to poop…..and eat it! So the whole crowd starts saying "ewwww" and I, not so smartly, ask what happened. My husband hollers over to me that the monkey pooped. Well we also got to see the chimps eat apples and oranges and drink juice, and they were swinging from tree to tree, and one hit the window and scared people. My daughter will tell you all of this, but of course only after she tells you that the monkey pooped. Did you go to the zoo? Monkey poop. What did you see at the zoo? Money poop. What did the monkey's at the zoo do? Poop. It's also the answer now at home. Did you poopy? Monkey poop. Did the cat poop? Monkey poop. Sometimes she will even mention it randomly. Monkey poop has now become the go to answer for everything. Yay. I wonder how long this will last……