Greater Vancouver Zoo

[guppiecat]

Concluding the Vancouver Zoo set. These highlights include the best sign ever and some monkey photos.




Sign - Yes. The sign actually says "No quadra-cycles on the giraffe deck".

I love the English language.


Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) - Go on. Kiss him.


Chinchilla - "It is unwise to bargain with the evil chinchilla."





American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) - Wikipedia states "The baby spends about 5 months with the mother before leaving her." In practice, this means that after five months, the mother eats all the remaining babies.


White's Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea) - You'd think that tree frogs would look more impressive in colour.


White's Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea) - You'd be wrong.


White-headed Marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi) - They have amazingly long tails.


White-headed Marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi) - And tiny little toes.


White-headed Marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi) - And fuzzy little faces.


White-headed Marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi) - They are clearly the cutest little monkeys ever. They hate it.

Comments

[mplsfish.livejournal.com]

I think you should try to get money for the first few.
Best Giraffe pic evar. And the teeth on the gator are epic. I can see Sesamee Street using the b&w frog.

Thanks for the email. :)

[ororo.livejournal.com]

Love the sign and the giraffe adn the chinchilla, excellent playing with light and dark on the chinchilla.

[guppiecat]

Thanks, but I must admit that I totally screwed up the flash balance on the chinchilla. Admittedly, this was easier to do, because I was shooting through glass and didn't have much room to work in. However, the screw up, plus the fact that she was ancient and blind in one eye is what made it look all impressive. :)