Zoos

Oh, I just love these places. The kind where they keep animals. Not schools, not offices.

April 12, 2004
Giant Butterfly

A rare California Giant Swallowtail caught at the San Diego Wild Animal Park last Friday.

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January 28, 2004
January 27, 2004
January 25, 2004
Ram Tough and other Scenes

Was he bashing down the thorns so that they wouldn't stick him when he ate the pad or did he soften the skin so he could strip it off with his teeth and tongue?

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November 14, 2003
Bighorn Sheep

I have never seen a bighorn in the wild. Together with a sighting of pronghorn antelope, it remains an elusive thrill for me.

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July 19, 2003
Garnette's Last Visit

We strolled the grounds, allowing Garnette to lead the way because this would be here last time as she is leaving to go to New Orleans in a few weeks. Love beckons.

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September 06, 2002
September 05, 2002
Zoo Animals

[20:36] <EmperorNorton> Do you like zoo animals . ?

[20:36] <dot> why ?

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September 04, 2002
River Horses

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August 31, 2002
Zoo Animals

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August 30, 2002
Camel Fights

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August 27, 2002
An American Panda

"This is an American panda. You've never seen an American panda before."

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August 25, 2002
Rodents and Cats

When I mewed at it, it stared at me. Kindred? we asked one another in the secret language of the searching eyes.

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August 23, 2002
Prologue to the Zoo

"There better be something GOOD, causing this," I raved.

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July 14, 2002
Invisible Rhinos at the Zoo

Rowan was certain that there was a "mama" in every cage, that there were no polygamists among the beasts, and that all the baby animals had young sisters and brothers.

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July 06, 2002
Rhinos Nearing Their Dusk

"I wouldn't screw you if you were the last rhino on earth!"

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Notes on Another Nocturnal Intrusion

Bactrians. Two humps on each.

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Horn and Hoof Mesa, Notes in Words and Icons

Moving down the serpentine road past various species of gazelle that all look like Thompson's to me but are identified as distinct species by the informational signs.

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July 05, 2002
Elephantasy

The elephant enclosure at the San Diego Wild Animal Park hurls its reeking tarp over your nose well before you see any elephants.

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