 Monkey trail overhead and sky-tram in back.
|  Emerging from the cave! ... should he be hibernating??
|  Boar kneels before entering the 'chapel'. :-)
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 |  |  |  Baby Giraffe
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 |  |  I forgot his name ... yea, these annoying memory lapses ....
|  Bonobo checking me out.
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 Orang Utan male has something in his eye ...
|  ... and keeps picking at it.
|  Another male is huddled up ...
|  ... I must have attracted his attention ...
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 ... and he either expressed his displeasure with the interruption or was just yawning ...
|  ... he seemed quite calm after the 'yawn' and exchanged some glances with my lens.
|  before returning to grooming.
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 |  A female picked up some food ...
|  'Let's check this morsel out' ...
|  ... kids are playing and ...
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 ... the hammock comforts another female.
|  Close-up of Tiger chillin' and checking me out.
Eye contact it hard to get!
|  ...here with his brother, slightly hidden on left. Shortly thereafter they were 'sequestered'.
|  A. Evaluating me for food?
B. The keeper left a large bone very close to where I was.
Answer = B
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 Either triggers lip smacking anticipation.
|  Flamingos feed their young a very concentrated deep red 'juice'.
You can spot the females who feed by their faded plumage.
|  No lack of red pigment here!!
|  Sheet-metal overhead monkeys mark the monkey trail.
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 While the celebrating may be over and 2012 actually began, I wish you a healthy, exciting and prosperous year.
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