Freaked out at the Zoo

The Catholic schools all had half days this past Friday, so I thought perfect day to visit our zoo before it goes bankrupt and they release all their animals into the streets of Gulf Breeze. Along with yor ticket into the zoo they give you a bag of kibble to feed the animals( ie: goats, ducks, horses and giraffes). We picked the best day to go, there was NO ONE there and the animals were all close to the cages. I spent a lot of time filming the lion and leopard who were about 3 feet away from me and no one else around. Emma apparently thinks that metal cages aren't reinforced enough b/c she completely lost it the longer we stood there watching the big cats. She was near hysterical, throwing the kibble pellets at me and crying and the lion was just laying there sunning himself. She wanted to just move on and visit the train, so we finally did. And wow the excitement didn't stop there. They have free roaming African gazelle like water buffalo( at least 6 feet tall) and one was stuck between the fence and our train. He bolted and jumped into the water surrounding gorilla island. He managed to get himself entangled in the wires preventing the gorillas from escaping, busted thru the wires with his horns and made his way up onto gorilla island where he thoroughly freaked out the silver back male and the young female. The silver back then chased the gazelle thing across the island swinging his arms and yelling. If Emma wasn't scared before, this pushed her over the edge. I think we won't be able to visit a zoo for quite some time.