3:00 snapshot #1369

I can't see the number of this snapshot without thinking of the Cambridge coffeehouse of the same name.
That out of the way, is this snapshot spooky enough to add to our collection of zoo horror movie stills? I kind of think it's not--that guy sweeping doesn't seem like he's going to kill or get killed. It looks like a statement about the dignified loneliness of sweeping a floor. I dunno, what do you think?



And what to make of a greater angle-winged katydid with a damaged wing, found deep in a basement zookeeper's lounge in the Tropical Forest exhibit?

I've got your giraffe tongue right here

I had some difficulty in the past capturing a shot of a giraffe tongue in action, but Beau was obliging this last time. The tongue is about a foot and a half long but you don't usually see more than ten inches slapping about. The tongue is darkly pigmented, probably an adaptation to protecting it from the sun.


Just place that chunk of squash right there please.

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3:00 snapshot #1372

Darkling beetles Zophobas morio. This is an example of an exhibit animal that also happens to be raised for food for other animals. Their larvae are superworms.


Rachael and Fenris.

3:00 snapshot #1373 PLUS BONUS ALBEE VIDEOS

Last day with the little man.
( click for videos--the third one is the best if you're in a hurry or something )