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Wandered over to the zoo... again. [pics heavy]

thez_yo

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Well, I guess it's always the same animals and all, but meh. Here's pics--

I started out early enough in the morning that the snails were still out
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I wish this hadn't turned out off-focus but there are some truly fantastic (phantastic? :awesome:) succulents in people's yards here in fun diego
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and nice flowers too
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and my favourite coloured one :love:
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Is this an iris? it's my favourite kind!
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and apparently I'm close to a really swanky rich neighborhood where people have nice lions guarding their abodes
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So going along this walk, I realize I hit the dead end at which there's the rickety wooden footbridge. Face and conquer your fears, eh?
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Oh god was it awful :ohno: but I was rewarded with some wicked graffiti at the end:
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and some more on the ground
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So I finally get into the park, and more awesome succulents of course:
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And of course I head to the conservatory. It wasn't opened yet because I think they start at 10am, but the pond out front is always nice:
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this one definitely doesn't look like koi..
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...so I set off again on my walk (continued in next post :p)
 
that snail is incredible!! :p. haha nice pics!
 
couple more flowers on the way to the zoo because, well, I wouldn't be on this forum if I didn't like nice flowers :lol:
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so I guess I got there early because I had to wait behind some rope til 9am with the crowd of early peeps but I caught a pic of this guy while waiting
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and his buddy after getting let in
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if anyone ever asks you, flamingo pond? SMELLS to high heaven :puke:
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this is behind them pink birds
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I don't normally drop by the monkey cages because I guess I don't really like watching monkeys but this time I stopped by
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here-ish is where the Sarra/vft bog is amidst the monkeys
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this guy seemed as bored with me as I was with him :lol:
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here's the minibog with some bunbuns
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and a sad looking little nep with them :down:
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these guys randomly
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ok, enough monkeys... on to more stuff (to be continued in next post)
 
There's an exhibit that has turtles and some sort of uh... croco-alli-ghari-caiman animal? I'm sure the purists will let me know :lol:
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turtle-swimming slo-mo :awesome:
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I'm sure one of you 1337 h4x0rs can figure out how to make that into a gif. Though not an amusing one ??? anyway, a fishing cat I think:
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this guy did not like me showing up there :0o:
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more flowers!
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And hippos!
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ok, enough water things... moving on (continued in next post)
 
Some blue bird (I would make a horrible ornithologist :lol:)
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an otter doing otter things (stirring up mud?)
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monkeys hang out in there with the otter. they do not care :lol:
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this guy sorta cared though.. was probably thinking 'what are you doing over there?'
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some strange 4-horned bacon-beast
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displeased with me looking at him apparently
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a nice statue :)
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ducky!!
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and some strange fruit
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another birdface
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and a cute flower that was across from that pond
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ok, so up the hill to where the zebra, arctic stuff, and elephants hang out. The zebras were being antisocial, as were the elephants so you just get gazelle-type-things and the polar stuff :p
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n'awww a cute widdle arctic fox :love:
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even the caribou were hiding :0o: but... more duckies! and bathtime!
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this one's bill was decidedly more blue than turned out in this pic
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so, enough duckies for the time being... (continued in next post)
 
this is the bridge that leads from Laurel up into the park (I think it's called the Prado but I'm not entirely sure). Apparently you can see it from the zoo without being on the gondolas.
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startled venison :p
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that last one calmed down though... either that or was preparing to head-butt me ???
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some hoppity things
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and then onto where the relephant things start. Fake tar pit:
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some skulls
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and statues
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and apparently morning nap-tiemz
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I think this one's called a secretary bird. it's tall :0o:
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And I swear there's a hummingbird in these
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this is in with that teeny tiny little deer that I couldn't see because of the glaring sun :lol:
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and just like the tepuis, snacks provided! :awesome:
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:lol: ok, over to BEARS! (to be continued in next post)
 
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and lions too I guess :p
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ok back to bears
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monkeyface
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there's a good 3-4 aviaries at SD Zoo
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this one has some nice ponds in it too
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then another aviary... I forget what this one is called but it used to be my favourite because it used to have this gigantic blue pigeon from somewhere tropical. Didn't see it/them this time :crap:
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more purty flowers
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and then off to the hummingbird aviary.. (to be continued in next post)
 
Secretarybird! :) Lovely!
Those archerfish are awesome, did they spit at you? :p
I think the bird you meant was a Victoria Crowned Pigeon, still lots of pretty toucans/aracaris/toucanetts. :)
 
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and then back home through the conservatory :)

their one good pitcher because after getting placed there, they slowly start looking crappier and crappier (like my plants :lol:)
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and a whole pot of mimosa pudica
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I only shot a pic of one orchid.. I guess the others just didn't feel photogenic :lol:
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-=fin=-
 
  • #10
that snail is incredible!! :p. haha nice pics!
Thanks :)

Secretarybird! :) Lovely!
Those archerfish are awesome, did they spit at you? :p
I think the bird you meant was a Victoria Crowned Pigeon, still lots of pretty toucans/aracaris/toucanetts. :)

Thanks :) Nope, no spitting. The top of the water was turbulent now that you bring it up though :suspect:

And yes, that's it! I didn't see them.. I hope they're OK and just relocated. I looked for them in their usual tree but they were nowhere to be seen. And yes.. but somehow despite it being as early as the zoo opens, everything was still sleeping/hiding :down: Maybe I was too early.
 
  • #11
Great thread. It's like going on a guided tour of the zoo! I really enjoyed all the pictures. I especially loved the pics of the hippos swimming underwater. The water in the hippo enclosure at the Honolulu zoo is usually kinda cloudy so you can only see them if they smash their faces up against the glass! :-D
 
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Great thread. It's like going on a guided tour of the zoo! I really enjoyed all the pictures. I especially loved the pics of the hippos swimming underwater. The water in the hippo enclosure at the Honolulu zoo is usually kinda cloudy so you can only see them if they smash their faces up against the glass! :-D

Thanks :) Actually, I did it no justice. This was the luke-warmest tour you coulda gotten :lol:. If you're ever in San Diego, it'll take a good 8 hours to well and truly really go through everything. I just sped through in 3 hours and totally ignored things like the herp exhibit, all the big cats, etc.
 
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Great photography!
 
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Thanks :)
 
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Zuzana, nice effort in crossing that foot-bridge again -- so very far off the ground. My only complaint with your post was the marked lack of photos (heh, heh).

Holding back are you?
 
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Roul rouls! I love those little things. Our's are going to have babies soon, if they can keep the eggs in their nest. I need to get back over there again. Sucks about the glare in the Guinea turaco photo. The big blue birds are called great blue turacos.
 
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Zuzana, nice effort in crossing that foot-bridge again -- so very far off the ground. My only complaint with your post was the marked lack of photos (heh, heh).

Holding back are you?

Why thank you, and I know - I should strive to fill 10 whole pages with photos :lol:

Roul rouls! I love those little things. Our's are going to have babies soon, if they can keep the eggs in their nest. I need to get back over there again. Sucks about the glare in the Guinea turaco photo. The big blue birds are called great blue turacos.

:0o: I see I have found our resident ornithologist!
 
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:0o: I see I have found our resident ornithologist!

Not really, I just work around some of the same, or similar, birds. I'll have to post photos of them sometime soon.
 
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You work at Busch gardens right?

Nice picks King zuzunums!
 
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Wire man: oh cool :)

Peat: hahaha nope, but the San Diego Zoo is pretty awesome. Thanks :)
 
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