Washing Time at the Zoo

among the laziest bathers of the zoo are the flamingos who go to sleep while they stand and bathe their feet as they do in their native African Lakes the baboons on Monkey Hill do their sunbathing very peacefully and appear to put in a little dry cleaning at the same time their restful calm is quite different from the behavior of their big cousins for gorillas who take a lot of exercise at Birth time Mark is persuaded by minor to join her in a little fun on the swings and ropes he settles down to shampooing his head but moyna discovers that the keeper has left the hose on in the cage of course water drunk like this tastes ever so much better than the kind she usually has to drink but it tastes better still like this and while mock does his slimming exercises she tries a few graceful experiments with the home polar bears thoroughly enjoy bath time but then all expert divers enjoy bathing however they take the washing side of their business berries seriously and each Claw is licked and Now's the Time for tooth cleaning followed by a face massage and now for the final Plunge the rhinoceros runs out to his bath but he moves more slowly when he's in perhaps because the water is chilly his face is definitely in need of a little beauty treatment so he tries what a good soaking will do to get rid of the creases when he comes out he may be cleaner but he's no better looking you can take an elephant to the water but you can't make him bathe not at dinner rate after he's tried the pond with the tip of his trunk and decided it's too cold this morning thank you but the keeper is one of those who won't take no for an answer and tries an energetic form of persuasion of course like everybody else once he's in the water he thoroughly enjoys it but he has a lot of trouble with a patch on his back that simply will not get wet this solves the problem he has a final mouth rinse and gargle then like all the luxurious bathers he has a dust done not with powder but with dust which after all is the most obvious thing to use after his bath the Pelican hangs himself out to dry although he has doubts as to whether this is a fitting kind of exhibition for a somewhat respectable bathing Beach it's rather a long dull job waiting for the sun to dry you anyway so he sets out to hurry up the process you don't usually think of pigs and bathing at the same time but the wild hogs love bathing and fairly wallowing it though they have a tendency to drink for bath water the best of a shallow pool is that it's so warm and just right for Rolling In the sea lions go in for Family bathing and love basking in the Sun but there's no peace when there's a baby about come on in baby is what this one's saying but baby can't quite make up its mind perhaps the most luxurious of all the zoo bathers are the penguins with their sunbathing Terraces and special bathing pool here are two of the oldest inhabitants taking to the water and the rest of the party decides to follow their example [Music]