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