Minnesota Zoo

[guppiecat]

More from the Minnesota Zoo set.




Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) - "Dag Nabbit!"


Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) - It is neither turtles all the way down nor all the way up. In fact, there's just the one.


Cardinal - Cardinal has a seed, but is not sharing.


Dragonfly - Dragonflies are not pollinators, despite how cool that would be.


Birds - Joy


Swallow - "Ruby for an ill child. Sapphires to the match girl and writer. Gold for bread. This probably won't end well."


Gobi - Gobis speak in binary. This means "one"


Gobi - "zero"


Gobi - Waiting for kids to get on the lawn so he can yell at them.


Coral - Within each coral is a hidden magical wonderland under the sea. Like Narnia, you can only enter while you are still small. Very small.

Comments

[mplsfish.livejournal.com]

I think those Narnia kids got to be prety big before the series ended.

How is that cardinal holding the seed?
You had to go to the zoo to see a cardinal?

[guppiecat]

That was actually addressed at the end of book seven. Adults are unable to enter Narnia while they are alive (or something like that).

The seed was, methinks, stuck to the upper beak. (What's the difference between a beak and a bill?)

And yes, the zoo has a much better native bird photography area than anywhere I've yet found in MN. (Not that I've looked very hard.)

[mplsfish.livejournal.com]

Last time I read the Narnia series I was younger than the boy. In fact, I am prety sure they were read to me.
So those kids were dead by then?

[guppiecat]

Well, it's not always the same kids.

In book 7, the kids from book 1 are adults, die and then appear in Narnia.

I think. It's been a few years for me too, but not nearly as long for you. (I reread them about five years ago.)