Zoo!!!

Since my school has royally F---ed my transcript and possibly delayed my graduation for 3 months, I've been prowling around the apartment, crying with frustration and angrier than I've been for at least 2 years. I can't talk with anyone about this until at least Monday...so I opted to take my camera for a spin at the Lincoln Park Zoo. It was chilly getting there, but warm in the buildings, and barely a child in sight. You finally did something right, winter weather.


This was actually amazing...a mum and baby gorilla hanging out right by the side of the cage. I took the pic after watching the mother lovingly lick her baby's butt clean for 5 mintues. After a bit, the kid jumped up and turned away, giving his mom a look that clearly meant 'Mom, could you not was my ass in public? it's embarrassing! Jeeze!'

I remember someone telling me that flamingos are not naturally pink, but take on the color from eating shrimp with lotsa pigment. In the wild, they always look like they're on vacation, in cheap shirts, giggling their way over to the magarita bar. These poor pale guys were just trying to avoid the terrifying geese at the other end of a half-frozen pond.


This picture really doesn't do justice to the giraffe's hair (fur?) it was incredibly rich and made me think maaaaybe the zookeepers have been guilting into extra feedings by the harsh weather.


The big cat cages are pretty hard to photograph through, since they're some of the few truly dangerous animals (as in, will attack rather than ignore/run away) kept in cages without a cement ditch. I am, however, happy with the accidentally mystical appearance of this guy:

The polar bears were loving, LOVING the weather. They also happen to me the most cartoonish animals at the zoo. I imagine this one, (the man? definetly bigger and chubbier than the others) would be voiced by Michael Clarke Duncan.

I actually managed to get a good picture of a wolf, the least photogenic animals, but it'll take some editing. Oh, and let me just say...homeless people LOVE free zoos.