Molly's Weblog

The title is self-explanatory.
This close-up picture of a jellyfish was one of my favorites.

oIt’s hard to see, but in the center left of the photo, there is a prairie dog.

My mom’s favorite animal in the zoo was the tiger. I can see why. I snapped 2 photos of this majestic animal.

I caught the tiger in midair – without meaning to! I meant to catch him on the higher level. Too early! Not that I mind, though. I was the only one in our family that got a “midair shot.”

This lion (or lioness, my dad and I couldn’t decide which) was definetely one of my favorite animals at the zoo. She had a large habitat, like the tiger. We did not see her go from one level to another. She is on the top level at the time of this photo.

You may be thinking, The orangutans were trained to climb on special wires made for them over the zoo at select times by keepers. But the start of the “o-wire” was in the orangutans’ habitat. They could climb any time they liked over the zoo! The o-wire was linked together by towers. To make sure the orangutans didn’t climb down and get away, there were low-voltage power platforms on the towers about halfway down. When they went from one wire to another, they were not touched by the electricity. So now you’re asking, Well, how did they get on it-and off it into their habitat? The answer is, the wire led down diagonally into the habitat. My family enjoyed this so much that we got several pictures of the orangutans climbing.

This gecko in the Reptile House was a great subject for photos.