Off the train and a quick visit to the many animals (mostly smaller primates and birds) kept in enclosures around the core between the lake and the large pond. Many of the animals are found in more than one of the enclosures, as well. It's a little mash-up lack of focus. There are also bats in one little building. Some of the markers describing the inhabitants of a space were simply wrong (the one labeled "Bolivian Titi Monkey" had "White-faced Saki Monkeys" for example--and yes, they are similar in appearance, but I do know the difference. At one end there was an enclosure for a Serval and next to it the promise of a Pygmy Hippopotamus, but that area was under reconstruction of some sort. On the far end is a separate area with Red Kangaroo, Grey Kangaroo and Wallaroo, as well as, Emu. While everyone there seemed to get along just fine, it was not easy to tell them all apart and only the Red Kangaroo had any sort of identifying marker.
Also in this area are the zoo's official odd couple Ambassadors. A Golden Lab named Kago shares an enclosure with a Cheetah named Kumbali. They are the rock stars of the place for those who know it well.
White and Black Ruffed Lemurs are one of three species (Ring-tailed Lemurs and Red Ruffed Lemurs) in the zoo's collection.
Diana Monkeys from Africa, and this one's tail was recently snipped off by something, and she's rather concerned about the wound. Too bad no one else is...
Well, her child is and shows up to play and distract her!
A pair of female Howler Monkeys. The males were Howling up a storm!
Griffon Vulture
The menagerie of Australian bipeds...
Kago and Kumbali--BFFs.
No comments:
Post a Comment