Greater Vancouver Zoo

[guppiecat]

Continuing the set.

It's worth noting that while I was at this zoo, I popped into Facebook and posted "Piggy escape!" See, what happened was that I was watching the Eurasian Wild Pigs, and as I was watching the sounder wander by, a litter of pigs who were smaller than the fence wandered out onto the trail. This left the drove of adults on one side of the fence and the farrow of piglets on the other. The herd of adults were not amused, but the crowd of people certainly were.

This collection of highlights includes the infamous pig escape of 2009. (Also, collective nouns are fun. :)




Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) - The light worked with me.


Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) - I'm experimenting with my new photo filters. How does it look to those of you with colour vision?


Eurasian wild pig (Sus scrofa) - You'd think that some sort of warning klaxon would go off.


Eurasian wild pig (Sus scrofa) - Streeeeeetch


Eurasian wild pig (Sus scrofa) - So, they escape, spend all their time eating grass and then wander back inside. It seems that it is more than likely that they will put on the critical amount of girth on the wrong side of the fence.


Eurasian wild pig (Sus scrofa) - Pig and dandelion #1


Eurasian wild pig (Sus scrofa) - This little piggy couldn't go to market, 'cause it was too bright outside.


Eurasian wild pig (Sus scrofa) - This little piggy couldn't stay home, the world outside the fence was much too green and tempting.


Eurasian wild pig (Sus scrofa) - This little piggy avoided roast beef, as he preferred grass.


Eurasian wild pig (Sus scrofa) - This little piggy had none, and therefore went off in search of a better life.


Eurasian wild pig (Sus scrofa) - And this little piggy cried "Wee! Wee! Wee!" all the way home, but it was muffled by the lawn and no one heard.


Eurasian wild pig (Sus scrofa) - It is truly most regrettable that the pigs get too big to escape and wander out amongst the people.

Then again, maybe not.

Comments

[silkensteel.livejournal.com]

I love the second pic. The entire thing comes out shades of grey, except the colored patch on the head which shows up very distinctly red.

Can you see the stripey markings on the piglets? How distinct are they to you?

[guppiecat]

I can see the stripes on the piglets. They're there, but I wouldn't say that they necessarily jump out at me.

It's interesting. Thus far, I have one "hate" and one "love" on the spot-colour-on-monochrome effect. :)