Which zoo animal do you make a beeline for the second you're through the gate?

There's always a crowd round the pool when the keeper turns up with the bucket. Half the fun is watching them belly-flop in after the fish.

One stands up on the mound like it's on guard duty while the rest dig holes. You say you'll watch for two minutes and you're still there twenty later.

Feeding a giraffe from the platform is one of those things you never forget. Their tongues are far longer than anyone expects.

Nine times out of ten they're curled up in a tree with their tail over their face. When one does wake up and stroll along a branch, everyone gets their phone out.

You can stand at the fence for ages just watching them flick dust over their backs. Kids go quiet, grown-ups go quiet, everyone stares.