National Zoo : Carousel and the Great Cats

We had to pull ourselves away from the orangutans as we were all getting very hungry. 

The boys LOVE the carousel and this carousel did not disappoint.  Connor chose the penguin and Jackson chose the flamingo.

After our carousel ride, we checked in with the Great Cats.

It was amazing to see two females with the male and we learned that the male had fathered cubs to each of the lionesses.  We would have thought that the females would have been jealous of each other.  But, they apparently were not.  The cubs were young and off exhibit as they had just been born a couple months prior.  We had been tracking the birth of the cubs on the zoo cam.

The tigers were very far back.  It was hard to see them and until we saw the picture with the highest zoom, nobody would have known that the tiger cubs were out.  We will definitely planning a return trip and are hoping to see the tigers swimming.   The endangered tigers are apparently really good swimmers.