My trip to Night Safari (YSN)

Have you ever seen real bats eating just in front of you? Have you ever seen a flying rat? Have you ever been in the jungle at night? I had these experiences on the night of 14th, February. I went to the Singapore Night Safari. That was really a fantastic journey!

By the time we arrived the zoo, it had already been 9 pm, but it was lively there. I saw torches here and there. Flame was jumping up and down. Not far away, a lot of people dressed in aborigine’s traditional clothes were doing performances on the stage. They spurted fire from their mouth! I felt I come to the virgin forest. So we couldn’t wait to buy tickets and started our wonderful adventure.

First we stepped into the Fishing Cat Path. The light was dim and trees were surrounding us. Sometimes we could hear some animals bellowing. So I advice if you are a girl, do not go there alone. “Hey, look, what’s that?” when we were near a river, someone shouted. We spot towards his direction, something was moving at the river bank. It looked like a leopard, but smaller. When we took photos with flash (flash is not allowed in the zoo, but at first we didn’t know…), its eyes reflected the light and shining liked two lamp bulbs! I only saw this on TV, but today I saw it with my own eyes. How incredible! Then I knew it was called Fishing Cat. The cat waits patiently at the water’s edge and lungs into the water when a fish swims near.

Then we went on adventure. What impressed me most was the bat room. Before we stepped into the room, I saw a sign saying “For your own safety, do not touch the bats.” I was a little scared. Would the bats bite me and suck my blood? But my thought changed when I saw the little cute bats. Some bats were no bigger than my hand, and they were eating bananas on the trees. There were also big ones hanging up side down on the trees, making noises to the passing people to protect themselves. I had never seen bats at such a close range, I liked it!

Later on, we saw other variety of animals. For example, binturong, otter, crocodile, tiger. All of them had made a deep impression in my mind. I thought this trip really incredible.