Gorilla birthday party
Nov. 25th, 2014 08:05 pm
When it's one of the Gorilla's birthdays, the keepers decorate the exhibit and fill it with special treats and a cake (made of gorilla biscuits and yogurt). Kimani was born on November 24th 2004; she's a fully grown ten year old female gorilla now.

Here are Kimani's parents, Kiki and Kitombe, finding popcorn and other treats. Kitombe was showing amorous intentions toward Kiki on this day, but she wasn't that into it.
Rachel and Kambiri
Nov. 8th, 2014 06:07 pm
Kambiri picked up a bunch of carrot pieces during the forage and then sat by Overlook One to eat them. Rachel said "gimme some of those carrots!" (Rachel had just thrown the carrots down to the gorillas a few minutes earlier, so I don't think she actually wanted them.

Kambiri just turned 4. Cute, isn't she?
3:00 snapshot #1782: Thursday
Oct. 17th, 2014 07:16 pm
My friend Miss Lasko-Gross drew this amazing pen and ink portrait of Gigi the gorilla and donated to AAZK for us to auction off.

Foreground to background: My closest zoo friend Kikipuff, my friend Jake who I knew before working at the zoo, and my friend Rachel. (and to the left, my friend Kambiri, a gorilla)
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Busch Gardens, part one
Sep. 12th, 2014 06:21 pm
I took a million pictures at Busch Gardens Tampa, so I'll break it into pieces. Here's a bunch of very nice looking American alligators!
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