Sunday Selections # 174
Welcome back to Sunday
Selections!
This once-a- week-meme
was originally begun by Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, as a way to showcase some of
the many photos we all take, but don't get around to showing on our blogs.
The rules are very
simple:-
1. post photos of your
choice, old or new, under the Sunday Selections title
2. link back to me,
River, somewhere in your post
3. leave me a comment so
that I know you've joined in and can come over and see what you've posted.
4. hop on over to The Elephant’s Child to see more of her wonderful photos.
Andrew has been holidaying in Europe, I'm not sure if he is back yet, he may or may not participate, I'm sure he needs some rest before processing his dozens and dozens of photos.
There are a couple of other
now-and-again participants though:
Jackie K at WorkingThrough It
Gillie at The View fromHere
I usually go with a
theme for my Sunday Selections and this week I'm continuing with some photos of my most recent trip to the zoo.
Still almost an hour to feeding time and the crowd was lining the fences three deep in some spaces.
Just to the right there is the corner of the enclosure, just off screen is the steel door where the keeper will drop the slabs of raw meat to them.
Next week.....giraffes.
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The zoo is my favorite place to go in the whole world. Maybe that's why I had three kids a husband, two dogs and a cat. Makes me think I am constantly there. FOR FREE.
ReplyDeleteThe zoo is my favorite place to go in the whole world. Maybe that's why I had three kids a husband, two dogs and a cat. Makes me think I am constantly there. FOR FREE.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous post. I love meyous (the name a friend's daughter gave to emus), admire the hippo (happy not to be a size zero) and always love the big cats.
ReplyDeleteAt a nearby zoo one of the tigers doesn't like people crowding his cage - and backs up and sprays them. Eeeeuw. I bet it is pungent and lingering.
Fabulous photos, River. Magnificent animals. Animals are such wonderful creatures and we should do our utmost to protect them.
ReplyDeleteThe hippos are so fascinating.
Have a great week...and give Angel a cuddle for me. :)
Glad the meat eaters are on the other side of the fence! Amazing animals!
ReplyDeleteAt our zoo at the 2 pm bird show, the keeper described the emu as a bird who makes a new friend (same as the old friend) every few seconds, since their brains work that way.
Loved your narrative as much as the brilliant shots! ;)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cats. The dog starts her huff-huff an hour before supper. Bet if she saw one of those big cats huffing she'd knock it off.
ReplyDeleteLife happens; I sometimes felt that I was in my own private zoo too, with four kids. We only ever had one pet at a time, but they would have friends over and hubby would have mates over to watch football occasionally.
ReplyDeleteElephant's Child, my own daughter said meyou's too, when she was about two. There is a warning sign by the lion's enclosure too about how far he can spray. 4 metres. So I planned to step backwards very quickly if he came close to the fence.
Lee; thank you; I'm learning how to get shots without the fence grid intruding, it isn't easy when the subject is constantly moving.
I agree we should protect animals, but it isn't always easy in some countries.
Susan Kane; they're on the other side of two fences with a one metre gap between each one. I didn't know that about emus; so they're like goldfish.
Rose~from OZ; thank you, I try to put a little personality into it.
Joanne; perhaps you could run a short huff huff video every time she does it? I wonder what her reaction would be? I've never known a dog that huffs.
Great shots. Aren't lions beautiful. Mesmerizing to watch them pace. Looking forward to giraffes next week!
ReplyDeleteJackie K; these three were pacing fairly quickly, they were hungry! I learned they don't get fed every day. The zoo tries to mimic wild conditions as much as possible, so the lions get a starvation day between feeds.
ReplyDeletePoor things. I feel so sorry for them.
ReplyDeleteThat hippo is smiling or I will eat my hat.
ReplyDeleteMerle.............
Thanks for sharing some delightful pictures. I love to see these animals but, like Delores, you can't help but feel sorry for them. I guess if zoos didn't have many of these animals though there would be a greater risk of their extinction to happy to see them caged for that reason. Those lions look to be in very good condition and they have such beautiful faces.
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