On the Thursday morning Mooch went back to pick up Annie and Big Mama
(19-Mar-2009)
![Annie and Big Mama waiting to be collected.](images/iow2_l01.jpg)
Big Mama wanted to visit a zoo so we went to the
Isle of Wight Zoo which is built inside the old fort at Sandown.
![Big Mama Schweetheart outside the Isle of Wight Zoo.](images/iow2_l02.jpg)
The zoo has several lemurs such as this ring-tailed lemur,
![A ring-tailed lemur at the Isle of Wight Zoo.](images/iow2_l03.jpg)
and Monty was pleased to find some spider monkeys,
![Monty with black spider monkeys at the Isle of Wight Zoo.](images/iow2_l04.jpg)
and gibbons.
![A gibbon at the Isle of Wight Zoo.](images/iow2_l05.jpg)
But Monty wasn't too sure about the big cats!
![Monty with a lion at the Isle of Wight Zoo.](images/iow2_l06.jpg)
There are jaguars, lions and tigers.
![A tiger at the Isle of Wight Zoo.](images/iow2_m03.jpg)
Careful Monty that lion is licking his lips!
![Mooch monkey and a lion at the Isle of Wight Zoo.](images/iow2_m04.jpg)
This tiger was carefully supervising the workmen.
![A tiger watching workmen at the Isle of Wight Zoo.](images/iow2_m05.jpg)
But not all the animals are quite so dangerous.