Erie Zoo: The Rest Of The South Bank

 A "river/stream" subdivides the Erie Zoo into two parts.  The southern and western portion is the larger of the two, and once you've visited the previous two areas of the zoo, you've pretty much got the southern walkways left to do.  This is an area with habitats for some of the larger animals at the zoo, the Amur Leopard, the Amur Tiger, the Southern White Rhinoceros.  None of which were out.  And without a map and depending on the signage alone, I missed the pathway to the Zebra.  So what did I see?  

I saw the Warthog--I love Warthogs and this one had the coolest fucking hairdo I've ever seen!  I ascended the Tower and got some nice big views, just not of the Rhino...  I saw the African Wild Dogs, but with the chain link fence between us, no good photo ops.  I saw both the Allen's Swamp Monkeys and the Lessor Spot-nosed Guenon.  Both mid-sized arboreal monkeys native to Equitoral regions of Africa.  In all cases, the habitats were well proportioned--the Rhino could have benefited from more space.  But the structure with both exterior and interior habitats for the monkeys was exceptional. 

And you know, I mention the missing "A-list" animals, but honestly every animal is on my A-list.  So let's get to it, some pics from the zone marked [Cc]!

This part of the zoo has a rather obvious entrance.  To the right of it is the area designated for a possible future habitat for Andean Bears.  

COMMON WARTHOG

Phacochoerus africanus

I think this Rubble, but I'm not completely sure on that one.  And yet--have you ever seen a funkier do on a Warthog?

Where the Southern White Rhinoceros "Bill" might have been!

This events patio would become a sit-down eatery in the scheme presented by the 2019 Master Plan.

The Guenon and Swamp Monkey habitat, its expansive exterior space against the holding building with a nearly equally as large interior habitat.  

LESSER SPOT-NOSED GUENON

Cercopithecus petaurista

I hung around here for quite a while.  Later a grown female came out.

She gave me the opportunity to capture her with the glory of her amazing tail in full view.  Old World monkeys vary from New World monkeys in a few ways, but none more significant than their tails.  New World monkeys have prehensile tails that they can grip with to the point of supporting their body weight.  Those native to Africa and Asia use their tails for balance alone.  The way she's holding her tail is to counter her center of gravity as she leans forward.  Animals are Fucking Amazing!