Week 8 Homework

Visitors at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC admire the animals as a desert fox sleeps behind the glass, Oct. 23. (Aisha Sharipzhan)

A rhinoceros ratsnake on some branches at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, Oct. 23. (Aisha Sharipzhan)

Karina Sharma, 19, poses with a statue of a chimpanzee at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, Oct. 23. (Aisha Sharipzhan)

A burrowing owl glares at onlookers behind the glass at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, Oct. 23. (Aisha Sharipzhan)

A group of tortoises can be found sunbathing at the fountain of the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, Oct. 23. (Aisha Sharipzhan)

Karina Sharma runs along a path at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC that shows how elephants take their steps, Oct. 23. (Aisha Sharipzhan)

Orangutans can be seen making their way across ropes in the air, high above visitors below at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, Oct. 23. (Aisha Sharipzhan)

A lioness is relaxing in her habitat at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, Oct. 23. (Aisha Sharipzhan)