just another day at the zoo...

so last weekend we decided to take a rainy day trip to the zoo to visit the small animal building.. we do a quick walk by of the animals on our way to the s.a.b., and then head in.. we hear the most god-awful moans and graons.. almost human-like.. so, since it's such a mellow day at the zoo (we were literally one of maybe 15 families there..) matt and i just assume it's some zoo workers being funny over the loudspeaker.. so while we are unloading isaac from his stroller, a woman kinda rushes by with her daughter.. so we ask her, "what's that noise?" and she briskly replies "it's the tortoises".. well, matt and i don't exactly "get" what she means until we walk into the atrium and see basically the picture above... oh dear lord, it was the closest i've ever been to nature, that's for sure! it went on for another minute or so, but when it was over, the dude tortoise dismounted and then they totally went their seperate ways.. it was craazzy!!
well, anyhow.. it's been almost a week, and isaac just can not seem to stop talking about "tortoise make a big sound" and "tortoise being loud.." he even dug through his books to find one he has about a tortoise and a hippo that are bff, he found his stuffed animal turtle, and that is now his "tortoise".. kiddo is officially obsessed with tortoises now!