After how well Collin seemed to take touching sharks, Hank figured their next trip would involve more of similar activities. He had Tina help him make a list of things to take his androids out to experience, they had so much to make up for that humans took for granted. So today he took the RKs to the zoo, a place where they could see animals that weren't normally found in the city, or in their country even. Connor and Collin were all too thrilled, while Conrad as usual tried to remain reserved, he seemed to be interested as well. Though Conrad instantly regretted the feeding the giraffe part of the experience, the long purple tongue had thoroughly left Conrad's hand a sticky mess, disgruntling the alpha considerably.
Some of the animals were androids though as their species was slowly going extinct, like the polar bear. Though Hank was surprised at how life like the polar bears wear, remembering in his childhood field trip seeing real polar bears at the zoo. While Hank had seen all these animals before, he was now getting the chance to watch the androids experience it for the first time. How Connor and Collin would press their face against the glass as the polar bear would swim up to them, pawing at the surface. Conrad even placed his hand on the tempered glass, the polar bear mimicking him and Hank could swear he saw the alpha android smile just a little.
Connor enjoyed the petting zoo most of all, getting to move around to pet each one of the farm animals, spending time with each one. Collin seemed bored with the lazy domestic animals, Conrad was trailing after Connor, enjoying the way the omega seemed to love and dote on each one. He got to pick up chickens, ducks, and rabbits, speaking softly to each one to the point it was difficult to believe that Connor was actually designed to hunt and kill androids. Collin sat beside Hank grumpily as Connor and Conrad fed a carrot to one of the miniature horses who seemed to lazily and carefully take bites of the vegetable. Collin's guard was down, which was a bad idea with a pair of rambunctious little miniature goats in the pen. One decided it wasn't receiving the attention it wanted and headbutted Collin in the back, making the epsilon fall over into the dirt.
After they finished laughing at the sulking Collin, they moved on to the next event, Hank had scheduled another activity that not a lot of people got to do. The zoo keeper led them into a building for employees only, back towards what appeared to be a veterinary room with kennels stacked on one wall, they had towels draped over some of the cages to keep the inhabitants calm. As the RKs stood there, curious as to what Hank had got them into, the keeper opened up one of the cages. Instantly there was high pitched sounds from the inhabitants being disturbed. When the woman turned around, she placed three small tiger cubs on the examination table, the warm blanket to keep them from the cold metal.
Connor gasped, Collin's eyes widened and Conrad's interest was highly peeked. "Here, you guys can give them their scheduled bottle." The keeper instructed as she handed the androids a bottle each of warmed formula. Instantly, all three were at the table, the keeper helping instruct them the proper way to bottle feed the two week old cubs. As the cubs latched onto the bottles, suckling hungrily, the keeper started to explain to them about the tigers. Each one was a different breed, but there were no longer any more tigers alive in the wild, only in captivity. "But with the help of androids, both human and animal, it might be easier to raise them more capable to thrive in the wild. These cubs will be raised by our newest tiger android, which is programmed with the natural habits and hunting traits of an actual tiger. Its not a sure shot, but its the closest we've come to releasing tigers back into the wild."
"However, since Cyberlife went out of business, there has been no further production of animals or replacements for when they get damaged. Once everything gets settled, Markus said he would put them back in production as soon as he can." The keeper added, Connor was brushing his free hand along one of the cubs back as it greedily nursed on the bottle, quickly emptying the bottle. "We still have some DNA left over of a few other species as well, but they'll need android animal foster parents as well, so all our progress is put on hold for the moment. Though with the help of the freed androids, we have made great advancements in programming the animals as well. They can easily interface with the animals to scan them for any malfunctions and the android animals respond better to them than humans."
Finally the cubs released the empty bottles, starting to clamber over themselves for warmth. Their eyes were open but likely could only see blurs at this point. They looked like large kittens, it was difficult to imagine them as the largest cat in the world. "Do you have an adult tiger in the zoo?" Connor asked, curious to see the differences in size from the kittens to an adult. He'd seen them on documentaries and knew their average dimensions, but it was so much different than seeing them in person he was finding out through his adventures. "We have a brother in sister at the moment, would you like to see them?" The keeper asked as she was already heading towards the door that Conrad pulled open politely for her. All three androids nodded their head, making Hank give off a exhale of a laugh. They followed after the keeper who took them to a viewing room, there was floor to ceiling bars on half the room, keeping the tigers on the other side and allowing them to be safe.
Connor gasped a bit, Collin exclaimed a 'cool', but it was Conrad who did the unexpected. He went over to the bars and crouched down. Calmly, he stuck his hand through the bars before the keeper could stop him, stroking his palm over the large male tiger's head. The large cat remained laying there, closing his eyes as he seemed to be thoroughly enjoying the scratches behind his ear.
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