Zooishness

It has been a long week, filled with research papers, fibre optics installation, and brunch-o-ween. Amidst all that chaos, I also went to the zoo, with my mother's college roommate, who is helping me learn to use my long lens better, and has really good stories about my mother. It was kinda a crappy, grey day out, so there was hardly anyone there with us. I don't think I saw even one child tapping on glass under a "do not tap on glass" sign, which is a win in my book.

I still don't like penguins (they're the mimes of the bird world), but their enclosure makes for good photos, and i think these two might be opera singers.

We spent quite a while watching the meerkats be goofy. I think they all look like Captains of Industry, surveying their domain.

I feel like they should be wearing ties and suits. Boardroom Meerkat guesses you're all wondering why he's called you here today.

We watched a giraffe bully an oryx for a while. Oryx's are basically goats with fancy horns, so they probably deserve it.

I wasn't entirely sure what this giraffe was doing as I took his picture. Eventually I figured out he was attending to his tail, but my initial mental title for this photo was "giraffsturbation."

This zebra may have thought the same thing. He was pretty... excited for a while. He probably plays a lot of Cards Against Humanity. 

I tried to get good closeups of the lemurs, but i managed to avoid proper focus on all of them, so this is the best you get.  

My mother will want you all to know that lemurs like move it. So here's a video.

The red lemur's reaction to the video is pretty much the same as mine.

The Asian river otters were running around like fuzzy bits of chaos. They were really vocal with us, and they sounded exactly like fussy babies, though all things considered, I think I'd rather have a whining, wet weasel.

I have never had good luck seeing the tigers at their new exhibit, but one was laying right up against the glass of the viewing area. 

He rolled over so that we could see his belly. I am pretty sure he wanted us to rub it, and possibly to follow us home, but he was also showing off giant fangs, so it is probably best that there was glass between us. 

The other tiger was more concerned with the lion in the adjoining enclosure. The lion was roaring and making loud liony noises while we were there, and the tiger chuffed at him for a while. It was a lot like being in my house, except for all the bamboo. Oh, and I think the lions are slightly quieter than Dickypaws The Destructor.

The rest of my pictures can be found by clicking here, if you are inclined towards meerkats, giraffes, and zebra penis (no, its not striped.)