Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo

The Shanghai Zoological Park is a short walk up the street from us.  I, like many of you, have seen the YouTube videos of crazy stuff going down at Chinese zoos, so I've been a little hesitant to go.  However, after being locked up with three boys for three weeks of Christmas break, I was willing to brave the lions.  We went twice in a three day period with two different groups of friends.  On Friday (week ago last), immediately upon entering the gates, the children heeded the invitation of wide open spaces to RUN.

 and RUN

We saw a few creatures, Jonah found a snake skin on the ground of the reptile house (not a display, just trash...ah, China)...

then found another field in which to run and throw dirt clods at one another (with only one occurrence of a rock injury--sneaky rock).

We ate lunch near another field, with more running, then focused on animals and walking through the park for a while.

The following Monday we went with a different set of monkeys...

(Look at those beggars!  Sign clearly visible to not feed the animals, but they know they're going to get something.)

So actually, these were the monkeys:

We learned where to go to avoid danger:

Something tells me it's all happening at the zoo.  I do believe it, I do believe it's true.