Munich Day Five: The Zoo

After a long and leisurely breakfast, Tobias, Thom and I headed to the Munich Zoo! I was most definitely like a kid in a sweetshop, and Tobias too…we love taking photographs of animals. Luckily Thom was very supportive of the whole endeavour! To further emphasise our childishness, for a coffee we ended up sitting at the children’s table because there were no other seats left. Cue three adults sitting around a table in the shape of a paint splat, a heart chair, a flower chair and some sort of cloud/tree chair. Definitely got a few funny looks!

My favourite animals are the big cats, but I think this was the best photograph of the Tamarin of the day. A little bit about them:-
- The tamarins are squirrel-sized New World monkeys from the family Callitrichidae in the genus Saguinus. They are closely related to the lion tamarins in the genus Leontopithecus.
- Different tamarin species vary considerably in appearance, ranging from nearly all black through mixtures of black, brown and white. Mustache-like facial hairs are typical for many species. Their body size ranges from 13 to 30 cm (plus a 25 to 44 cm long tail) and they weigh from 220 to 900 grams. Tamarins differ from marmosets primarily in having lower canine teeth that are clearly longer than the incisors. In captivity, tamarins can live for up to 18 years.
- Tamarins are inhabitants of tropical rainforests and open forest areas. They are diurnal and arboreal, and run and jump quickly through the trees. Tamarins live together in groups of up to 40 members consisting of one or more families. More frequently, though, groups are composed of just three to nine members.
- Tamarins are omnivores, eating fruits and other plant parts as well as spiders, insects, small vertebrates and bird eggs.
- There are eighteen species of tamarin

After spending the majority of the day at the zoo, we then headed to a nearby bar and had food. Tobias and I ended up having a schnitzel the size of our faces along with chips and a side salad, while Thom went with just chips. There was vegetarian things on the menu, but he just had a “craving”…and who is to argue with that!

After meeting up with Laura and Paolo, we then headed to the Hofbräuhaus for a beer of course! This was then followed by shots in another bar before Tobias, Thom and I headed for home, and then Thom and I waited for Laura and Paolo to head back as we had the only key to get into the flat! We were just so knackered from the day that we decided it would be better to stay awake and just chill in the flat rather than stay out when we were too tired to really enjoy it.