Tag: zoo
member name: Janet "Jax" B.
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August 26, 2008 10:59 PM EDT --
Angela and I took an afternoon and visited Zoo Atlanta. It was very hot and very crowded...and very smelly. Out of all the zoos I have visited, this is on the bottom of my list.
We ran over to go to . . .
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November 13, 2008 01:15 AM EST --
The giraffe exhibit at the Detroit Zoo is really neat, so I decided to post most (not all) of the photos I took of the giraffes.
In the 1930's, German artist Joseph Pallenberg came to the Detroit . . .
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November 16, 2008 10:23 PM EST --
The Detroit Zoo has been a leader in the exhibition, management and breeding of polar bears since the opening of the first bear exhibit in 1928. This was the first time I was able to see the Arctic Ring . . .
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January 11, 2009 12:04 AM EST --
Angela wanted me to take a good photo of the tigers at the Detroit Zoo. One of the tigers was in quarantine until Jan 6th, and one is being shipped to another zoo. That left only the female outside. She . . .
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March 06, 2009 11:08 PM EST --
A is for Aardvarks....These are very neat animals...and they are not closely related to a pig, like a lot of people thing. Aardvarks are more closely related to elephants and elephant shrews.
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August 28, 2008 01:13 AM EDT --
Before I get back to posting the animal photos, I wanted to show you the carousel. It's just gorgeous, with 38 hand-carved wooden animal figures. There also features a series of hand-painted murals . . .
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November 15, 2008 01:46 AM EST --
I'm sure some of you are getting tired of seeing my zoo photos. I did take an awful lot of them....but I am giving you a whole tour of the Detroit Zoo.....
I waited and waited, but the Silverback . . .
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January 18, 2009 01:49 AM EST --
I tend to take a lot of photos, so when the polar bears at the Detroit Zoo were playing around in the water, I tried to get a few good shots. It would have been easier if I had a different lens on the . . .
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October 28, 2008 12:49 AM EDT --
I am trying to get my Detroit Zoo photos up still. I took way too many photos...LOL. .
This is the big watertower that sits outside the zoo. Everytime Detroit gets a new mayor, the watertower gets . . .
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October 28, 2008 11:12 PM EDT --
I am going to get a lot of my zoo photos posted....eventually.
There are a handful of flag poles right outside the zoo...but on this day, only 2 had flags. I think because of the wind and the . . .
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April 19, 2009 03:51 PM EDT --
V is for vultures....
The Detroit Zoo (in Royal Oak, Michigan) has a large group of Old World vultures such as Lappet-faced, Griffon, Hooded, and Cinereous. Vultures serve an important role in . . .
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August 28, 2008 01:02 PM EDT --
I'll try to not have so many ugly animals next time Connie. LOL
Statue outside the reptile house
I saw lots and lots of turtles.
Not all of the turtles were alive . . .
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October 04, 2008 12:58 AM EDT --
I hadn't been to the Detroit Zoo in years, and a new addition since I had been there is Amphibiville. Amphibiville is a village dedicated to and inhabited by amphibians from around the world, a unique . . .
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March 26, 2009 12:56 AM EDT --
I was able to get a few shots of the different eagles at the Detroit Zoo. All of these birds were found in the wild severly injured and were then nursed back to health. The injuries were severe enough . . .
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October 27, 2008 12:33 AM EDT --
Okay, so I'm slow...yes, I'm just getting back to this....
The next place the kids and I visited was the reptile house. It's true name is the Holden Museum of Living Reptiles. This building, . . .
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August 28, 2008 08:42 PM EDT --
Okay, I will try to refrain from posting the ugly animals. LOL
The Atlanta zoo is the home to the official Atlanta Hawk and Atlanta Falcon.
I just love watching the otters, and they were . . .
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October 03, 2008 01:04 AM EDT --
I finally decided to post some of my hundreds (yes, hundreds) of photos that I took in July at the Detroit Zoo. I actually spent about 8 hours at the zoo, and I still didn't see everything. On July . . .
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August 27, 2008 09:09 PM EDT --
I am not going to post every single photo that I took at the zoo, because I did take like 5 - 10 shots of every animal....and I will post in parts so I don't overwhelm you...
This tortoise . . .
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