Very mellow day at the zoo. My favorite kind of day because less guests equals more time to relax and take photos. And I had at least an hour in every area of the zoo so perfect day for it.
The last two times I was in volunteering I started on MN Trail, and both times once I got to the coyotes I ran into the same pair of photographers I see pretty much every time I volunteer during the off season. I've seen them around for years and still have no idea what their names are. I always refer to them in my head as Jay and Silent Bob because they pretty much remind me of them, lol.
A few of us tried and failed to punk Donnie into thinking their education program skunk escaped. There's a way to hold the skunk pelt in your arms that makes it sorta realistically seem alive. lol yeah, all of us tend to use the Winter season as goof off time. XD
Speaking of escaped animals, apparently a couple weeks ago the male musk ox got a bit cranky and somehow tossed one of the females over the fence! Luckily she was fine, because that could have ended badly with a broken neck or leg. I'm still trying to figure out how that could even be possible. I try to imagine it in my head and it turns into some exaggerated cartoon moment.
Sitting in dolphin stadium for an hour is usually pretty boring, but this time it was highly entertaining thanks to a group of young kids who were so excited to get splashed that it egged Allie into doing it every time she swam past them. April also joined in, and by the end even Semo supplied a little tail splash to the party. Seriously, Allie was basically breaching right up at the glass at one point. I wish I took some video, it was that good.
I was hoping to get a photo of the new female tree kangaroo, but only the male was on exhibit. He was also climbing up the chainlink on the back wall, which gave me a perfect full body view. That's hard to come by with the way that exhibit is built. I really hope that's the next spot they redo on the Tropics because most guests don't even bother stopping to look. Even I skip over it a lot of the time and I love those kangaroos!
During my hour outside the only people I really ran into was this awesome group of teenagers that come and hang out all the time and Dave. In hindsight I wished I made some completely ridiculous empty threat to Dave about what would happen if he doesn't do the one o'clock birdshow on Tuesday. My annual Birthday Birdshow is so much betterer if Dave's there. Be there or be square, Dave! ;P
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kafilipi on 2009.12.21 at 00:02
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