Friday, February 26, 2010

Zoo - part2 - the walkers

This being a trip down under I'm pretty much only going to display the native species we saw, with one exception. Yes the zoo was full of the usual suspects but we were here for the Marsupials!!!!

The adorable koala, the 50lb wombat (we decided it's arse represents 50% of its mass) and the kangaroo all were on display for us. Also we were lucky enough to see a platypus swimming in its pond unfortunately it was in a room that was extremely dark making photography impossible. The platypus has to be one of the most unlikely animals that exists and a real quirk of evolution - furry, venomous, otter footed, beaver tailed, electroreception, duck billed, lays eggs, young feed on milk, has a pouch.




Here's one animal that wasn't native to the continent but figured ought to get a mention. The superb sumatran tiger. Utterly majestic but sadly so threatened. This picture seemed more appropriate somehow than the beast itself.

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