Grade 7 Visits the Nehru Zoological Park

A visit to a zoo is one of the most enthralling and exciting trips that a child looks forward to. It is an interesting way to let us see animals, which we cannot see otherwise. As a part of our science curriculum, we, the 7th graders of the CIE segment, had a wonderful opportunity to visit the Nehru Zoological Park. The Nehru Zoological Park is one of the largest zoos of India. We heard that there were more than 160 varieties of animals and birds. This got us really excited as we were very eager to see the varied animals.

There was a lot of chattering as we boarded the buses with our spirits full of anticipation and delight. When we reached the zoo, the first thing we saw were fish. There were so many of them of different types — some large, some small, some bright and colourful, some dark and dull. Next, we went to the ‘Animals’ section. It was amazing to see Tigers, Lions, Cheetahs, Leopards, Rhinoceroses, Hippopotamuses, Elephants, and the impressive Jaguars.

The Rhinoceroses and Hippopotamuses seemed to be very lazy. But, they were interesting to look at with their huge and bulky bodies. We were hypnotized by their massive size. The Tigers, Leopards, Cheetahs, and Jaguars were huge and fearful to look at. The sharp teeth and claws were very frightening. The king of the jungle was awesome. We all could watch him for hours together.

Lastly, we went to the ‘Reptiles’ section. We saw the Crocodiles lying in the sun and a wide variety of Snakes, Iguanas, and Cobras. Some of them hissed when we knocked at their glass frames and others were coiled up and did not bother to see us. We had an amazing experience and got a chance to look at all the rare and exotic species of animals: From a dog to a lion, we covered everything there is to see.

The visit was an extremely knowledgeable one. We saw so many birds and animals in real. Until now, we had seen them only in books or on television. But when we saw them in real for the first time, we realized how wonderful and marvelous Nature is. We wondered at the vast variety it presents us with and how we city people do not have much time and opportunity to see such marvels. We really enjoyed our visit to the zoo and made up our minds to visit many more such places.