Cody Park animals

I'll leave it to the animal experts to come up with the identity of these animals. The park has the animals listed on signs on the fences but the gnats and mosquitoes were so bad I wasn't going to try to find the information. The animal above is the mother of the baby shown below I would guess. Anyway, she was quite protective as I was taking the photos.

A real cutie

You might think they are up to their necks in cool water, and you'd be correct. It was about 98 degrees yesterday, so they probably were cooling off. Perhaps more importantly, the flies, gnats and mosquitoes were enough to drive anyone/anything crazy. Standing in the water eliminates some of the area the bugs can get to on the animals.

If you haven't been to Cody Park, stop out. It's nice especially in the evenings, when the rides are going for the children and the snack stand has its delicious soft-serve ice cream available!