I'd like to introduce you to someone very special

Heyyy-o I went to the zoo (eventually I'll put a video up about it) and something very special happened to me. I met someone very very important.

It happened in an instant: we had been at the zoo, in the hot sun, for seven hours. We were wrapping up our trip with a stop in the zoo store. I had decided I wanted a stuffed snake, but couldn't find one that wasn't six feet long. ("I am an adult" I said, "a six foot long stuffed animal snake is for children" oh how I wish I maintained that outlook for more than 15 seconds.)

Anyways, I was just thinking to myself "Man I hope the deodorant in the car isn't melted because I stink" when I saw him.

Partially obscured by the others around him, I could only see part of his face, but when I got closer and saw the rest, I was awestruck.

Without further ado, I'd like to introduce you to Dr. Theodore.

Isn't he great? When I finally got him home we had a nice photoshoot so here are some pictures from that for you to laugh at:

 As you can probably see, Dr. Theo here has a solid Quasimodo-esque asymmetrical face. As you can also see he is very proud and simultaneously terrified looking. Dr. Theo is a swell guy, he's just a little top heavy and needs some help standing upright but he loves to cuddle.

Gwen (my bird) on the other hand, hates Theo. She will launch herself at him and bite him if she deems him too close and can't fly away. I tried to get a picture of my two children together and this was the best I could do:

Notice the uncomfortable lean that Gwen has going on. About half a second after I took this picture she flew away. Not sure why she hates him but it may be his giant, horrified, unwavering gaze.

He does however get along really well with the three foot tall metal rooster I adopted early this spring:

So that's good.