Zoboomafoo!

Justin went to afternoon kindergarten, so that meant we got to spend the morning together. One of the things we did almost every day was watch Zoboomafoo (a PBS wildlife show for children) together. When the opening theme song came on, he would sneakily turn the volume all the way up while I pretended to not notice what he was doing. Then he would start lemur-leaping around the house, demanding that I join in. After we watched the show, he would often want to play predator/prey. This was a game he invented where I was always the prey (a grazing gazelle, an unaware zebra, a sweet little rabbit) and he was always the predator (amazingly fast cheetah, powerful lion, stealthy fox). His ongoing interest in animals started at a young age and was all-encompassing. Ah, good times.

Last week Justin messaged me on facebook with this news; Zoboomafoo had died. While this is sad, he lived a good, long life at the Duke Lemur Center. I missed Lemurpalooza in September, but this is a place I would love to visit someday, especially with Justin, my favorite predator.