Sunday, February 11, 2007

A Day at the Zoo, Part 1

Miyazaki has a small zoo, the Phoenix Zoo, and I spent today there with my family. Yes, that means I'm going to bore you some more with some pictures. These ones are mostly head shots of a few of the animals we saw at the zoo today.

I suppose different people might have different views, but when I see some of the "higher" species at a zoo (or more generally in any kind of cage) it makes me wonder if it's really such a good idea. This chimpanzee looks to me like he'd, on the whole, "rather be in Philadelphia..."


One of a pair of young elephants recently acquired by the zoo. They make them work, having trained them to do different tricks during regular-scheduled "shows".


I don't know what it is about giraffes, but I quite enjoy looking at them...


Pelican in profile.


This camel doesn't seem to mind life in the zoo too much...
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  1. Anonymous2/12/2007 03:34:00 AM

    I wasn't bored at all :) The pictures are great, and that you quoted a W.C. Fields line is even better :) Thank you.

    Ya Haqq!

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  2. Rick2/12/2007 10:10:00 AM

    Hi Irving,
    Thanks for dropping by and commenting. I'm glad you liked the pics, and I'm glad I'm not the only who knows W.C. Fields!

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  3. Anonymous2/13/2007 05:45:00 AM

    Hi Kyklops,
    those elephants look beat up! What are they doing to them? And is that camel smiling? nice photos man, thanks for sharing :)

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  4. Rick2/13/2007 11:24:00 AM

    Hi Maliha,
    I don't think the elephants are treated especially cruelly, but I think, as a "main draw", they are kept pretty busy (performing, etc.). Yeah, the camel looks like he's smiling, doesn't he?

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  5. Axel2/14/2007 12:03:00 AM

    Definitely a smile on that camels face !

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