Helping Put the Romance Back Into Looking at Animals

A friend of mine recently went on a date of sorts to the Toronto Zoo, this caused me to think of how said date would have gone and where a trip to the zoo would score on the Potential Female Swoon Due to Unexpected Romance scale. A guess would be about 6.3 with possibility of decrease if it was hot and some of the exhibits stunk of poop.

Where many would have stopped pondering a zoo date I continued to wonder what the must see date exhibits were, where you just had to take someone if they were at the very least willing enough to be seen in public with you. Here is a short list, which may be wrong because I know very little about animals and also haven't been to the zoo in ages... methinks it's time to take my girl on an outing...

• the classic elephant ride, although I have a feeling the zoo wouldn't let you ride their pachyderms, and this exhibit is notorious for faint-inducing stench.
• I recently read a story about a hippo that was orphaned in the tsunami a couple years ago and was adopted by a tortoise. Now if these pictures aren't cute enough to cause someone to want to kiss you, you're in trouble. The one caveat being I don't think this has ever happened at the Toronto Zoo, and I'm not sure if either hippos or turtles are cute enough on their own, but one could try.
• I've always thought that monkeys are neat, unless they're like the one from Outbreak.
• I would totally hold hands while gawking at the polar bears
• the nocturnal animal exhibit is kind of humid and pretty dark inside so one could sneakily grab a kiss without anyone noticing. I suggest by the echidna, just don't step on it.
• Finally I'm willing to say that regardless of the person you're with, the palace of the penguins is always a home run. You can take that to the bank.

Happy Romantic Adventure!

Matt the Smooth Operator