During my recent time in Singapore I took the opportunity to see their famous zoo. So today is one of the rare times you might learn something from skepticklish.
The big new highlight at the Zoo were the giraffes. How nice you didn't even have to go inside to see one. It moved more than many of the real animals in the zoo.
One of the highlights for me was the wild thumb. Very rare in this part of the world. Gary Larson would have approved.
OK I will actually get around to posting some photos I took of real animals. Of course a zoo in the Lion City has lots of Lions.
They have a few endangered species like the White Rhino. Written about in Douglas Adam's Last Chance to See.
Also featured in that book were Komodo Dragons. Their bite can really ruin your day.
Well no they didn't let the kids in with the dragons. But the petting zoo did include this smaller reptile.
This gal made friends quickly with one of the snakes.
I don't know what this little guy's name was but he didn't like having his picture taken and he just about came up and grabbed my camera.
On the other hand, these sun bears were mugging for the lens for hours.
The zoo generally featured natural settings for all the animals. Or at least they looked like they were natural to us humans.
Oh yes here is that camel I was looking for in Kuala Lumpur.
The polar bear was the only one lucky enough to get air conditioning on this hot day.
Apparently they have had problems with their penguins so they left them out in the heat and posted this description.
Well these kids on a field trip all thought the sign was funny.
The kids ignored these Guanacos for the most part and headed straight for the apes.
The zoo is most famous for their large collection of primates. These orang utans home was being remodeled so they just hung out and ate with everybody else in the cafeteria.
This one was upset that the gibbons were not welcome to join.
The Hamadryas Babboons were invited but turned down the offer, they are so spoiled that their food was brought to them.
The chimpanzees, our closest relatives on the tree of life were busy with other things.
Being the brilliant marketers they are at the Singapore Zoo. They decided to split their zoo in half and open part of it only at night. After the regular zoo closed, step this way for the Night Safari!
Hanging out late gave me an opportunity to take pictures of fire dancers!
However as flash photography was not allowed and the whole place was barely lit you aren't going to get any other photos of the night safari. Above is a shot I took of a huge Indian Rhino!
They did have a stupid pet tricks show I was able to photograph. The highlight was some Weasels recycling cans.
With my ticket I also got admision to a bird park the next day. With even more tricks for us lowly humans.
The bird park was a big hit with the burka set it seemed.
There were some less arrogant birds around as well, I seem to favour the ones without all the bright colors.
Ok, tomorrow I will wrap things up from Singapore. With photos of some of the more unusual street signs I saw.
1 comment:
Well I didn't particularly feel like learning anything, but leave it to the teacher always wanting to teach something. So, I learned that it's pretty much impossible to see very large animals in the dark, and I better be careful where I wander. Looking forward to signs. lt
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