The One and Only Family

Much of the zoo is composed of glass windows, which Ivan concludes is mostly for the animals’ safety, as “humans, unfortunately for them, are a tad, well, fragrant” (54).

The giant eyeballs are cameras that the zoo puts up so that humans can watch the animals on their computers. Bob asks when the baby is coming, figuring it can’t be long since it only takes dogs about 60 days. Since it takes gorillas eight and a half months, Ivan sighs and says, “[Y]ou really don’t want to know” (58).

Kinyani returns from a vet appointment with a bald spot on her stomach. The humans shaved it, gave her a bunch of yogurt raisons for being good, and then poked her with a silver thing. Afterward, the humans celebrated and held up two fingers. Ivan and Kinyani don’t know what that was about. Ivan says, “[A]t least you got some yogurt raisins out of the deal” (60).