Mona is an Australian koala. She is seven years old. She is very cute. She likes sleeping in the day. But at night she gets up and eats leaves. Mona doesn't drink water for months. But she's healthy, because she can get water from the leaves.

Here's a big house. A lion lives in it. Her name is Maria. She is ugly (丑陋的). She is from South Africa. Meat (肉) is her favorite food. Maria is very lazy. She sleeps and relaxes (休息) for 20 hours every day. Today is Maria's eighth birthday. The workers in the zoo are having a birthday party for her.

This is a big elephant. His name is Johnny. He's from Thailand. He's eleven years old. He has bad eyesight (视力). He likes to eat grass (草). He's friendly and clever (聪明的). People can teach him to do something for them.

Tuantuan is a cute panda. She's five years old. She's from China. She's very beautiful, but she's very shy, so please be quiet. She likes eating bamboo (竹子) and drinking water. She relaxes about 10 hours a day.