Henry Doorly Zoo - Lizards, Meerkittens, Bats, Sugar Glider

[guppiecat]

Concluding the highlights from my recent zoo set.

Whoever asked me for sugar glider photos last year, you finally got one.




Merten's Water Monitor (Varanus mentensi) - I has a ride / I has a tired


Merten's Water Monitor (Varanus mentensi) - I just like how this one looks.


Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei) - When one of your prototusks is loose, you just can't stop wiggling it.


Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) - This little guy is imitating a certain long-haired kitten of my acquaintance.


Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) - The sky is fall... no wait, it's OK.


Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) - Sometimes the light just loves you.


Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) - And the winner of the "oh so fuzzy" contest is...


Bat - Doesn't want to fly.


Bat - Banzai!


Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps) - Need. Sugar Badly.

Comments

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

Is the Klipspringer a baby, or do adults have such short horns (and big ears)?

Love the bat photos, especially the hanging one. I also like the first water monitor photo with the wrinkly skin. And the meerkats, of course; they are always a treat.

[guppiecat]

I'm pretty sure that the Klipspringer is an adult. Every one I've seen at every zoo is about the same size and shape. Unless there was a mass fawning, I suspect that that's what adults look like.