Various Animals Fro a Zoo in Kyoto

Here's a swan or goose of some type or other.
Here's a nice Japanese crane found in eastern Hokkaido (no, I've never seen a wild one... i live in northern Hokkaido)
King of the... cage
They had some peacocks too. Not running around loose like in the zoo in Portland, though.
A closer view of mister shiny-feathers
Oooh.... it seems it's mating season.
Mr. Shiny-feathers is putting on a show for us beneath the cherry tree
He wasn't the only one though.. you can see the top of another peacock's plummage behind the rock
The third male got into the act too, contestin Mr. Shiny-feathers' claim to the pea hen. She wasn't having any of it though. They both eventually gave up.
Aaaaand.... Lemurs!
Pay attention to that sign: tap on the glass and the lemurs moon you
Aw, come on guys, give us a face shot.
There we go
There's something incredibly interesting just off camera to the right
And here's the monkey habitat, mimicing the concrete and old tire edifices of their natural habitat
And no trip to the zoo would be complete without the monkey pileup
Here's a very frustrated polar bear... he just can't seem to get at the juicy, juicy children
Storks
It seems Mister Elephant got bored of his tiny little viewing area and tried the one thing all pachyderms do when bored: accessorizing.
Yes, he's eating what it looks like he's eating
I've always liked these snakes who disguise themselves as leaves
Wow... there's twice as many flamingoesas they claim to have. Wait... what's that? On the other side of the pen! My evil clone! Sadly, he escaped by the time I made my way around to end this rivalry once and for all.
Doesn't the little vulture look happy?