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noodle · 06-07-2008, 10:36 AM

For work last evening we had a really cool event called Dreamnight at the Zoo.
It's an international thing with zoos all over the world that open up for families of children with disabilities. Obviously, I'm not posting the pictures of the children, but I had fun taking pictures of the animals.

These first ones were from a train.
Couldn't believe they came out so clearly, I was impressed.
Except the deer thingie.
I just liked that shot because in the larger version, you can see every single vein in its ear.
And it was shot from more than 100 feet away. Yay me.

noodle · 06-07-2008, 10:42 AM

Then it was off to the giraffes.
I've learned I love giraffes.

Martian · 06-07-2008, 10:45 AM

That is pretty impressive.

I'm not much of a zoo goer, but my mother is. She's making a big fuss about the stingrays, which they have at the Toronto zoo now. I told her that as long as I'm in the will, she can go right ahead and pet them or whatever they do, and I guess that sounds callous, but I mean those things kill people.

And that's my zoo anecdote. I think yours is better.

noodle · 06-07-2008, 10:46 AM

And then this guy was driving his neighbor, the second guy nuts.
He was harrumpnh-ing like crazy.
I hate seeing the big cats in cages, though.

noodle · 06-07-2008, 10:47 AM

And last, but not least because this owl cracked me up.
His entire body would hold completely still, but his head would move a fraction of a second before I'd shoot the picture.
It drove me nuts.
All I could hear in my head was that Chester Cheetah "ai-ai-ai-ai-ai" noise when I looked at the image previews inthe back of the camera.

But it was a fun night at the zoo. Wish I could have stayed longer.

noodle · 06-07-2008, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martian

That is pretty impressive.

I'm not much of a zoo goer, but my mother is. She's making a big fuss about the stingrays, which they have at the Toronto zoo now. I told her that as long as I'm in the will, she can go right ahead and pet them or whatever they do, and I guess that sounds callous, but I mean those things kill people.

And that's my zoo anecdote. I think yours is better.

They had those, too.
It was cool, but a little anticlimatic.
Kinda like touching calamari if you peel the breading off.
Hard to catch a picture, this was the best one I got.

LoganSnake · 06-07-2008, 11:42 AM

That owl reminds of a Silent Hill nurse....

06-07-2008, 10:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
Martian Young Crumudgeon Location: Canada	That is pretty impressive. I'm not much of a zoo goer, but my mother is. She's making a big fuss about the stingrays, which they have at the Toronto zoo now. I told her that as long as I'm in the will, she can go right ahead and pet them or whatever they do, and I guess that sounds callous, but I mean those things kill people. And that's my zoo anecdote. I think yours is better. __________________ I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

06-07-2008, 11:42 AM	#7 (permalink)
LoganSnake We work alone Location: Cake Town	That owl reminds of a Silent Hill nurse.... __________________ Maturity is knowing you were an idiot in the past. Wisdom is knowing that you'll be an idiot in the future. Common sense is knowing that you should try not to be an idiot now. - J. Jacques