Kookabura sits in the ol' gum tree....
As hot as it was there, this kangaroo seems to be "chillin' "
Normally, African Elephants are a deep gray color, but this is Atlanta..... therefore everything that lives here comes in red clay color!
Orangutans are some of the most fun animals to watch here at the zoo. An information plaque says that orangutan babies have the longest childhood next to human babies... after watching this little guy, I can see why. He was swinging on these ropes for quite a while, sometimes just hangin' around. He eventually made it to the other end where he climbed up on a platform and just laid down and crashed.
This is a silverback gorilla. He was playing with his toes!
This is a lemur. They are also fun to watch. This little guy was watching the humans as much as the humans were watching him. I think kids were calling him "Zoombumafoo".... which my friend told me was a children's program on t.v. Nevertheless, he was a cutie!
This is Ivan. He is Zoo Atlanta's oldest male gorilla. He took Willie B. 's place as dominate male when Willie died. He is 37 and just found his first girlfriend.... (you know how these city career guys can be!) Gorillas are fun to watch, too. He was eating some oranges.... just like humans, he doesn't eat the rinds!
I don't know what kind of bird this is, but it is really pretty!
Zebras are one of the few animals that actually still seem to keep the white stripes fairly clean and not have a tinge of red clay color! I like this picture best because of the stripes against the circles of the rocks....makes for a good composition!
This is Jules.... she is my friend Rachel's daughter. She was fun to watch at the zoo, too! She is posing with the baby elephant. We had to convince her the statue wouldn't get her... once she found out you could knock on it, she was totally enamoured with it!
This is Lun Lun. She is one of Zoo Atlanta's most famous attractions... she is the mother of the star of the Zoo... little Mei Lan! She was born last year no bigger than a stick of butter! You can watch her online daily from 9 to 5 at http://www.zooatlanta.com/ Lun Lun pretty much eats and sleeps as does her little one as you can see in the pic below...
Of course, she had to have her back turned to us as we visited! But trust me... she is adorable! Her name, Mei Lan, means Atlanta Beauty!
That concludes our tour for today!
