Thursday saw the second ever petting zoo at SUSU, which proved to be just as much of a success as the first.
Forming part of SUSU’s de-stress scheme during exams, the theory behind the petting zoo is that cute animals can help us relax. For others, it was an end of exam treat – everyone’s a winner, really.
Here’s a few of the best photos we found on Facebook and Twitter: let us know if we missed any gems.
![Baby chick. Photo credit Maria Mullins](/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pettingzoo4-386x500.png)
Baby chick. Photo credit Maria Mullins
![The goat, pig and sheep pen. Photo credit Emily Merrell](/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pettingzoo3-375x500.jpg)
The goat, pig and sheep pen. Photo credit Emily Merrell
![The goats get down and dirty. Photo credit](/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pettingzoo10-391x500.png)
The goats get down and dirty. Photo credit
![When pig-holding takes a turn for the worse...Photo credit Shianne Stannard](/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pettingzoo2-468x468.jpg)
When pig-holding takes a turn for the worse…Photo credit Shianne Stannard
![Who knew that our new Degree Break editor Lucy Upshall was strong enough to lift a pig? Photo credit Grace Cameron](/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pettingzoo11-375x500.jpg)
Who knew that our new Degree Break editor Lucy Upshall was strong enough to lift a pig? Photo credit Grace Cameron
![The sheep look like they're enjoying the attention. Photo credit](/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pettingzoo9-468x352.png)
The sheep look like they’re enjoying the attention. Photo credit
![We weren't quite sure what exactly made us find this so funny, - personally I think it's the sheep's face. Photo credit](/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pettingzoo12-468x278.png)
We weren’t quite sure what exactly made us find this so funny – personally I think it’s the sheep’s face. Photo credit
That pig taking a crap on that girls hand is propa grim.
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I walked past and only saw a load of stupid animals, petting farmyard creatures
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Events like these are such a waste of money, who the f*** actually wants a petting zoo? And calling it a petting zoo is such a flattery, there were a few animals at best, spend money of GOOD events instead please that appeal to the majority of students not to the ones who pick the events!
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“[spend money on] events that appeal to the majority of students…” You mean like free laptop repairs?
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Have never commented before but I can’t agree more with you Cantona, please reveal the person who puts forward ideas like these. A petting zoo? Really?! Only about 0.005% if students probably thought ‘oooo what a good idea’, the rest probably thought along the lines of ‘oooo what a ridiculous thing to have’, the only reason the zoo looks even remotely busy is because all your soton tab editors have to go to these things!
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