Flat Jen in Kenya Part 1

Feb 20, 2023

Hello otters! Well you won’t believe the adventure flat Jen had on the way to her next adventure! She posed happily for some photos at SFO. Well the next thing we knew she was gone! We looked for her everywhere but in true Flat Stanley fashion- she had slipped away!

We think maybe she was scared of the lions or leopards she might meet when we told her where she was going. Or perhaps she was intimidated by the twenty hours on a plane (we couldn’t blame her). Or maybe she was just homesick and took another flight back to Oregon? We will never know. LUCKILY with a little biotechnology we were able to get an exact copy of her DNA and clone her! With a little scissor surgery we were reunited in Nairobi and we told Flat Jen not to scare us like that again!

Flat Jen at the Airport- The Great escape

Flat Jen CloneD

Nairobi is in Kenya in East Africa. As they say in Swahili - JAMBO Otters! That means hello! 

Jen had a great night’s sleep and did not get any mosquito bites thanks to the net around the bed.

Flat Jen’s Bed

Her first day was amazing!!! She had breakfast with Giraffes. At the Giraffe center she learned about how Giraffes sleep standing up by locking their bones. Also, that their bones don’t have marrow but are rock solid.  They are so strong they can kill a lion with just one kick!

Flat jen and giraffe

giraffe in window

Reticulated Giraffe

Flat Jen’s breakfast with the giraffe

Flat Jen also got to visit an elephant orphanage.

The baby elephants were adorable!!! They were all rescued for various reasons. They were brought to this orphanage where they are fed from bottles until they are strong enough to begin the 5 year process of being introduced back into the wild. They are taken to the park to visit with elephant families everyday. At the end of the day they return to their handler until one day they don’t come back. Then the handler knows they have been accepted & adopted by an elephant family.

Elephant drinking milk

Flat Jen at the Elephant Orphanage

Well Otters we will be in touch soon with more African Adventures!