Last Sunday visit to the Audubon Zoo was both enjoyable and educational. Au pairs got to pet a tiny, three-week old alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and learned, among other things, that “Komodo dragons are voracious eaters. A komodo dragon can eat as much as 80% of its body weight during a single feeding.”

Although au pairs agreed they could not eat anywhere close to their body weight  at one sitting (a sigh of relief from host parents!), they were sure they could out-talk any species on earth, including African Grey Parrots.