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ailsa_chanBut defintely not feeling it.
Have smexy new tv, PS3 and Soul Calibur to make sure I don't act my age.
Had a wonderful day at the zoo on Saturday. It was a georgeous day, and the zoo had lots of facinating animals. While I know some people don't I personally think a well run zoo is a good thing. Obviously keeping animals in captivity isn't the necessarily the best thing, but given the destructive march of humanity across the planet and the rate at which habitat is disappearing, sometimes captive breeding programs are all that are keeping many species from extinction. This in turn requires money, and opening the doors and displaying the animals is a good way to do this. Plus allowing people up close makes things more real. Suddenly creatures aren't just something off the TV, they're right there. Hopefully this will mean they are more likely to want to protect and care for what they have seen.
The meal in the evening was the restraunt's usual standard of damn good, and I'm really grateful to everyone who came. We had to kidnapp Mike, Amber adn Reece, but we got them there in the end. Then spend most of Sunday chatting with them and Arkayen who was also down in Bath that weekend.
Photos of the zoo under a cut.
Some birds in hte avery were romaing around so you could get up close and photograph them if they let you. This one made a very deep hoop hoop noise - I think he was tring to attract the attention of another bird who was in a cage.
Spider monkeys. They had just been fedm which involved sidling up to the keeper with his hands out, snatching something and running away.
Owl butterfly has noms.
Large moth. Not quote as big as the one at Longleat.
Bull fur seal.
Pararie dogs. Apparently they have had problems with seagulls trying to steal their young. The local cats also try and have a go, but they're too slow.
Meercat.
Red bellied catfish to your face.
Goth clownfish.
Sleepy monkey.
Gorrilla gorrilla gorrilla.
Baby gorrilla.
Penguin
Terns with beautiful eyes.
Underwater seal.
Seal playing with leaf.
Flamingos
Livingstones Fruitbat. This one was in a tree right in front of us adn when we pointed cameras at him he posed. So we called him Matt the Bat, after a certain hatted one.
Giant tortoise.
Carmeloen.
Have smexy new tv, PS3 and Soul Calibur to make sure I don't act my age.
Had a wonderful day at the zoo on Saturday. It was a georgeous day, and the zoo had lots of facinating animals. While I know some people don't I personally think a well run zoo is a good thing. Obviously keeping animals in captivity isn't the necessarily the best thing, but given the destructive march of humanity across the planet and the rate at which habitat is disappearing, sometimes captive breeding programs are all that are keeping many species from extinction. This in turn requires money, and opening the doors and displaying the animals is a good way to do this. Plus allowing people up close makes things more real. Suddenly creatures aren't just something off the TV, they're right there. Hopefully this will mean they are more likely to want to protect and care for what they have seen.
The meal in the evening was the restraunt's usual standard of damn good, and I'm really grateful to everyone who came. We had to kidnapp Mike, Amber adn Reece, but we got them there in the end. Then spend most of Sunday chatting with them and Arkayen who was also down in Bath that weekend.
Photos of the zoo under a cut.
Some birds in hte avery were romaing around so you could get up close and photograph them if they let you. This one made a very deep hoop hoop noise - I think he was tring to attract the attention of another bird who was in a cage.
Spider monkeys. They had just been fedm which involved sidling up to the keeper with his hands out, snatching something and running away.
Owl butterfly has noms.
Large moth. Not quote as big as the one at Longleat.
Bull fur seal.
Pararie dogs. Apparently they have had problems with seagulls trying to steal their young. The local cats also try and have a go, but they're too slow.
Meercat.
Red bellied catfish to your face.
Goth clownfish.
Sleepy monkey.
Gorrilla gorrilla gorrilla.
Baby gorrilla.
Penguin
Terns with beautiful eyes.
Underwater seal.
Seal playing with leaf.
Flamingos
Livingstones Fruitbat. This one was in a tree right in front of us adn when we pointed cameras at him he posed. So we called him Matt the Bat, after a certain hatted one.
Giant tortoise.
Carmeloen.
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Date: 2008-09-24 08:42 am (UTC)