Pics from our zoo field trip yesterday...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

Geoffroy's Marmoset


Giant Pacific Octopus


SonOfGoG the Younger's artsy-fartsy through-the-aquarium-glass pic


Violet Turaco


Sloth Bear


Mei Xiang

[Ellen Forradalom]

1. Violet Turaco...

THAT's my stripper name.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

2. Cool!

Do you like fruit, too? :rofl:

[Ellen Forradalom]

3. Oh yes

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. By gum!

It's Carmen Miranda! Love the blue nails!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. Nobody likes our pics?

:cry:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. tweaking before bed...

[Ellen Forradalom]

7. You're a meth addict?

Tell me it ain't so. :cry:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

8. That went way over my head...

Is "tweaking" something meth addicts do? :rofl:

[datasuspect]

9. the octopus looks delicious

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. She'll ink you if you try anything.

[datasuspect]

11. SQUID INK PAELLA!!!!!111

[yellowdogintexas]

24. that guy is on my daughter's hip and leg. In tattoo form of course

she has this monster tat growing on her thigh.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

32. Does it spurt ink when threatened?

:rofl:

[yellowdogintexas]

37. LOL I shal have to ask her. and what a great gimmick for Halloween

thanks for the idea, actually.

The octopus is looking pretty good on her leg actually. The swelling has gone down some; it is very colorful. I want her to put up some photos for me so I can share them.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

38. How long ago did she get it done?

[yellowdogintexas]

40. work in progress over the past 3 weeks or so. Getting it finished today

I think.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

42. Cool!

It must be a pretty involved undertaking...

[Left Is Write]

12. Wonderful pictures! We went on a field trip to the zoo yesterday too.

The tigers were actually fighting, and I got some good pictures of them.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. I love the tigers...

We didn't see them the other day though. We were trying to get to animals that we didn't see the last time...like the anteater, whose photograph was blurry.

I'd love to see your tiger pics! Feel free to post them here! :hi:

[Left Is Write]

26. When I get them downloaded from the camera, I will do.

:)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

33. I can't wait!

:bounce:

[CottonBear]

13. Cool pics! Is that the National Zoo in DC?

I've never heard of a sloth bear. Where is it from?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

15. Yes it is!

Sloth bears come from Asia...southern Nepal, India, and Sri Lanka. Those big claws help them dig up ants and termites for food. :hi:

[cemaphonic]

30. The Woodland Park zoo in Seattle has a Sloth Bear too.

I once saw it cracking open a bone by smashing it on a rock. Zoo bears are normally so passive, it was pretty awe-inspiring to see that a funny-looking animal like that could mess you up really bad if it wanted to.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

34. They are amazing creatures...

I'd love to watch them in the wild...

[skygazer]

16. How come Geoffroy gets a marmoset and I don't?

x(

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. Skygazer's Pygmy Marmosets

Just for you...

[skygazer]

20. YAY!!!

I get the cutest marmosets! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:hug:

[seemunkee]

17. Good shot of the panda

Were the marmosets out? I love how they free range in the zoo.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. I used to watch the tamarins...

Back when I had time to volunteer. I hope to get back to it one of these days...

I'm not sure what they're going to do thid year. They're creating more space for the elephants (YAY!!!), but their work is going on pretty close to Beaver Valley. I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to forgo the free-range exhibit for this year, to avoid stressing the little guys out.

[hvn_nbr_2]

21. Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo. I do believe it...

1. "Back in aught-1, or was it aught-2?, or one-a them years when I was chimpie-in-chief..."

2. "Anybody that messes with my Halliburton options gets inked or sucked."

3. "We're gonna need some serious smoke to go with those mirrors to sell this line of bullshit at the UN."

4. "George, if you don't cut back on the Jack and Jim and snortin', I'm gonna move out to a hotel."

5. "You ask him why he hates America, and then I'll bring up some Swiftboat lie. Just make sure you don't mention anything about the economy or the war or the environment or torture or the constitution."

6. So far, I got nuthin' for this one.

Edit: I thought of something for #5.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. The zoo is far more civilized

than the WH

[InvisibleTouch]

23. Great pics - thanks! :) n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. You're welcome!

:hi:

[orleans]

25. great pictures. i love the octipie and the panda. and the bird was

a great picture too. and...(i guess i liked them all--what was the color blurr? prism?)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

28. My son took most of them...

He wanted to see if the camera would pick up the refracted light through the plexiglass panes. It's kind of interesting, especially since someone was walking through the door as he took the pic. :D

[orleans]

29. he did a great job. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. My dear GoddessOfGuinness!

Your son did a great job!

The squid is quite startling!

I lurve the panda...

Thanks for sharing these!

:hug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

35. My dear CaliforniaPeggy!

Thanks for stopping by to look at them! :hug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

36. The octopus is fascinating.

We watched this documentary about them once. Apparently, they had one in a tank, and across the room was a tank of fish. One morning the researchers came back to the lab to find the octopus in his tank, but the fish had disappeared. He had gotten out of the tank, worked his way across the room, at the fish, then made his way back to his own tank. Apparently they are beyond geniuses and get bored very easily. I feel sorry for them in the zoo.
Duckie

[GoddessOfGuinness]

39. They are very intelligent...

The blue thing underneath the octopus is a little plastic cage that had a shrimp in it until the octopus got it.

The person who was working in the invertebrates exhibit said that they won't try to breed them. Apparently, not long after the eggs hatch, females die.

[tigereye]

41. nice!

I esp. like the Octopus.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

43. They're so clever...

I love them too! :toast:

[xchrom]

44. i LOVE the pics -- and the first one is so funny!

and i love octopus -- they're fascinating.

i'm glad you all had fun.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

45. That little marmoset was as interested in watching us

as we were in watching him. It was just before closing time. In fact we didn't gt to see the entire small mammal house. I'm sure he sensed his bedtime was near. He probably figured he'd relax with his favorite show before retiring for the night.