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    Back from the Zoo w/ lots of pics

    ...albeit bad ones, but who cares? I went to the Oakland Zoo today just to grab a few pics of the animals (went to the SF Zoo last week and forgot my camera so I felt incredibly gypped :-P).

    Let's start off with the flamingos:




    Next are the Sun Bears. And why not have a little enviornment lesson while we're at it. Currently, Sun Bears are being farmed and hunted for their fur and organs (organs are used in Chinese medicine *sighs*). I believe they're not yet endangered, but vulnerable.




    Next are my personal favorites...... Blue and Gold Macaws!!! I believe these guys are currently at Lower Risk, but I know they're thriving in the pet population (as are Greenwinged Macaws):



    More Macaw pics-
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/IMG_2103.jpg
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/IMG_2104.jpg
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/IMG_2115.jpg

    Next are the elusive Bengal Tigers. I believe we all know the gloom story behind these majestic creatures Currently, Bengal Tigers are Endangered and considered at the brink of extinction by many. Habitat destruction and poaching (for fur and medicinal reasons) have greatly decreased the Tiger population.



    ACK! These Tiger pictures are really bad!!!

    More in the next post...

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    And Welcome to the African Savannah!

    First are the Giraffes. These long-legged beauties are thriving in the limited amount of habitat preserved for them and are considered Lower Risk.


    Another of my favorites (Gee, I wonder why?), are the graceful, elegant Gazelles!!! Love the name, guys! I just checked the Oakland Zoo's website, and apparently, there are five subspecies of the Dama Gazelle. Two of these five subspecies are already extinct () and one subspecies is seriously endangered.





    More Dama Gazelle pics-
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/IMG_2132.jpg
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/IMG_2136.jpg
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/IMG_2135.jpg

    And in the same enclosure were the -uhhh- forgotitsname and Crowned Pheasant:


    More in the next post...
    Last edited by Giselle; 07-17-2005 at 01:05 AM.

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    Lastly, we have a multitude of exotic birds.

    Here are Fischer's Lovebirds (not to be confused with Masked Lovebirds). I think Fischer's Lovebirds are considered either Stable or Lower Risk and are certainly thriving as pets:






    I forgot the name to this bird. Urgh. Maybe an enthusiast will recognize it? I think it's some type of hornbill:




    And some kind of duck


    And here's a nice shot of the waterfall in the flamingo enclosure...
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...e/IMG_2093.jpg
    (It's very large)

    Hope you enjoy and I guess I couldn't go to sleep with a clear conscience unless I say, please, folks, spare a dime or nickel or your own time for these creatures so that generations after ours can enjoy them as we do Thanks for reading :-)!

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    oh my gosh, those tigers are so cute! I wish I could go to the zoo, especially a nice one like that! what city is this zoo in? just wondering. the flamingos look so cool!!!
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    Originally posted by QueenChyna
    oh my gosh, those tigers are so cute! I wish I could go to the zoo, especially a nice one like that! what city is this zoo in? just wondering. the flamingos look so cool!!!
    Oakland...it was at the very top of the first post. Those are great pics and thanks for the reminder of how endangered some of these animals are.
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    man i havent been to the zoo in 7 years, that is like a crime or something.
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    oh ok sorry, i guess i missed it! hehe those pictures are so awesome!
    Furry friends are the BEST friends!!!!
    Farm People Rule!!!
    Dogs come when they are called; cats take a message and get back to you.
    ......For everything else, there's Mastercard

    Hanson, I will never forget you, i miss you so, and you will always be in my heart! I will miss your farting, sneezing, barking, growling, and just you! here is a poem for you.....

    I Didn't Get a Chance to Say Goodbye

    I didn't get a chance to say goodbye
    To you, to tell you that I loved you, to say
    What now must be one long, unbroken cry
    Of pain, now that at last you've gone away.
    I cannot tell you what a joy it was
    To be the one to tend you in your need.
    The burden was a gift, for giving does
    Not burden one who loves, though loving bleed.
    I wish I could have been with you when you,
    Perhaps aware, perhaps not, turned towards death
    Alone, with no one there to wonder to,
    To share your fear, your hand, your one last breath.
    I wish, I wish, I wish . . . but it is done,
    And now I must surrender what is gone.
    I LOVE YOU HANSON



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