Pictures from the Zoo

[Yoda]

I already posted all these on Facebook, so some of you might have seen them already, but for those who haven't, here are a few of the photos I took on our trip to the Pittsburgh Zoo on Saturday...

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I was ten feet from an ostrich, and you still can't convince me that they aren't fictional creatures. I'll believe in flying unicorns before I believe these things exist.


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A prototypical elephant family. Notice none of them looking at any other of others. I assume they're having dinner.


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The sign at the zoo said that young males are typically shunned and forced to keep their distance from the pack, and this photo bears that out. If you look closely you can almost see the elephant teenager listening to The Smiths with his eyes closed in his room.


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If wanting to ride this baby elephant is wrong, baby, I don't wanna to be right.


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I have nothing amusing to say about this. It's just a couple of elephants.


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This sums up Pittsburgh pretty well, rivaled only by the fact that I'm pretty sure people were tailgating in the zoo parking lot.


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We're sorry, er, Stripe-y, but your animal peers have found you guilty.


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"Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius..."


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This primate is somewhat famous at the zoo for having only one arm (not a joke), and I don't think it's a stretch to say you can kinda see it written on his face. It's almost as if he's thinking "this empty space is where I would be waving to you, if I could." Either that or "I hope the Richard Kimble monkey doesn't find me."


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No idea why he's resting his head on this log. I still maintain this species was created when one of them fell asleep and the others drew things on his face.


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After taking this photo, I immediately ran away screaming like a little girl.


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Taken approximately four minutes after the bear hit the snooze button and/or ate the alarm clock.


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"I like turtles."


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Why do I feel like this fish is his biding his time?


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People said I was crazy when I told them to dip their hands in salt for an hour before going to the zoo. Who's laughing now?


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The Burt Reynolds of the kangaroo world.


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The prairie dog is not impressed.


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As if a one-armed monkey wasn't enough, here we have a limbless llama. Well, not really, but it sure looks like it.


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The Arthur Fonzarelli of llamas. I was *this* close to photoshopping sunglasses on him. I suspect this pose is just designed to sell cigarettes.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Nice pics there Chris, had I had you on Facebook, I would have seen them earlier.

Tisk tisk.

[Yoda]

To be fair, you would've only seen them about 20 minutes earlier. But I am appropriately shamed.

[mark f]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65YUe2PJTAQ

[Brother Blue]

I have nothing amusing to say about this. It's just a couple of elephants.Best . . . caption . . . EVER!!! :laugh:





I'm just kidding. Nice pics. :yup:

[eMilee]

awesome pics and love the captions!! make me want to go to the zoo soon!!

[rice1245]

After taking this photo, I immediately ran away screaming like a little girl.

:rotfl: i would too, it's so angry!

[Caitlyn]

Those are great... the pictures and the captions.... :D

[KasperKristensen]

Ostriches are probably my favorite animals.
Did you know their brains only weigh 40 grams? Do you know why? Because their eyes is too freakin' big, they take up all the space.

Things to do if you come across an angry ostrich:
- Keep moving. The ostrich doesn't have the brain capacity to watch you moving and attack at the same time.
- Hold a stick above your head. The ostrich will think you're an ostrich - not kidding!
- Drop down. The ostrich can't look down and kick you at the same time.

They're so simple it's just delightful.

[Thursday Next]

Haha, I went to the zoo yesterday. Didn't get any good pictures, though. Did see an orangutan in a hammock.

[Spikez]

great pics, nice caption with the zebras :p

[WBadger]

yeah these are good pictures... makes me want to go to the zoo

[Godoggo]

Don't know why I haven't looked in this thread before. Great pics, Yoda. I would love to someday work in a zoo or wildlife refuge.