Back from the Zoo w/ lots of pics

[Giselle]

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...