Zoo Piccies and a Question

[Shortie]

Righto, attempt two, I tried to post this l;ast night but after falling alseep at the computer 3 timesa while typing I gave up

Soory Jennie and PW I'm doing a cheeky and reposting to get more piccies in. I've made the file size small so hope it's ok?

Big Cats



And in a SueA photography style, and photo of the big cats in 'action'... as it were... ah-hem...

[Shortie]

More animals

Birds
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Baby Otter
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Red Panda
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Sunbathing Marakeet
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[Shortie]

Last installment promise

Monkies



Unknown Plant - anyone know what this is?

[moggssue]

Love the marakeet Shortie, his face is brill!!

[Hazel at the Hill]

Those are fabulous, Shortie - you're pretty handy with that camera, aren't you?

Love your little monkies shot too!

Was that at London Zoo, or elsewhere?

[TPeers]

I'll check the plant with Mum - she has one in her garden!

[Flummery]

Plant is Lycesteria formosa (spelling might be iffy!) I've got one too. Are these your holiday pics?

[Headfry]

yeep i say lycesteria too!

[SueA]

Lovely pics. Shortie. What do you mean 'SueA' style photography? I only get 'up close & personal' with slugs & snails not great big lions, I'd have been too embarrassed to point the camera at them!

[SarzWix]

Those pics are marvellous! Specially liking the tigers, they're my favourites!

We visited Chester Zoo in the summer hols, but my photos were pants... Animals looked like specks in the distance! We also visited Knowsley Safari Park, where you can drive through the monkey enclosure. That's hilarious, with them climbing all over the car. The kids loved it! Got some pics of them sitting on the bonnet, licking the washer jets! We were lucky to come out with grandad's car intact (big 4x4), some others weren't so lucky with wipers & aerials being pulled off...

[Shortie]

Those are fabulous, Shortie - you're pretty handy with that camera, aren't you?

I should probably claim the fame on this one but it's OH who took them, he's a natural with the camera... but thanks, I'll pass the compliment on

We were at Paradise Wildlife Park

[Shortie]

Lovely pics. Shortie. What do you mean 'SueA' style photography? I only get 'up close & personal' with slugs & snails not great big lions, I'd have been too embarrassed to point the camera at them!

LOL!! Yes, OH had no shame did he

[Shortie]

We also visited Knowsley Safari Park, where you can drive through the monkey enclosure. That's hilarious, with them climbing all over the car. The kids loved it! Got some pics of them sitting on the bonnet, licking the washer jets! We were lucky to come out with grandad's car intact (big 4x4), some others weren't so lucky with wipers & aerials being pulled off...

OH said about going to Whipsnade instead yesterday as it's the same there too. That was until I gently reminded him that they'd probably damage his car and he's pretty precious with it, lol

[Shortie]

Thanks for the name Flum.

The holiday was a wedding in Southern Ireland and I guess that some of the guest could be described as animals

No, it was our first day back and I forgot I'd promised we'd go there with someone who was down from Wales. You could say we were pretty pooped last night when we finally settled down

[zebedee]

Once saw a totally brilliant event at our local zoo. A tourist (grockles, to us Islanders) was trying to get a close up shot of one of the Bengal tigers. So, ignoring all the large and prominent warning notices, he climbed over the safety barrier and approached the cage to take his shot. Very slowly the tiger put his paw through the bars, hooked his expensive camera off him, and proceeeded to chew it to bits. The rather white faced idiot had the gall to complain to a keeper, and asked for his camera back. The keeper said to him, very calmly "Certainly, Sir, I'll just open the gate for you and you can go and ask for it!" Needless to say he didn't take up the offer and the camera stayed there for weeks. As a footnote to this, the Zoo authorities put up another 'safety' notice that said "PLEASE keep on the right side of the barrier, as we weren't able to rescue the owner of the camera!"