Today I went to Utah's famous Hogle Zoo. It was the first time I had been there in almost ten years and I must say I had a great time. The giraffes were great, the elephants were awesome, and the monkeys were up to their normal hijinks. There were a lot of new exhibits and I was impressed by the reasonably priced food although I didn't buy any. I did leave with one lingering question that I cannot get off my mind.
Where were the hippos?
As a child, I remember the dark, dank abyss that was the hippo exhibit. It was made of wall-to-wall concrete with non-existent lighting. It wasn't somewhere I liked going alone, but I always had to go there because, well, hippos are cool. I remember a few regular hippos and a pygmy one. Did they ever do anything cool? Nope. They swam. But I loved 'em and I was quite devastated not to see them today. So tell me Hogle Zoo, where the hippos at? Too pricey? Too angry? Too awesome?
:( = me at the zoo without hippos
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