Yup, it's a zoo walk

robbins.photo · Jul 25, 2015

Getting back into the swing of things, just a couple from my latest zoo trip:

DSC_2091 by Todd Robbins, on Flickr

DSC_2351 by Todd Robbins, on Flickr

DSC_2202 by Todd Robbins, on Flickr

limr · Jul 25, 2015

Nice! Great shots and also nice to see you back.

robbins.photo · Jul 25, 2015

limr said:
Nice! Great shots and also nice to see you back.

Thanks Limr. Had a blast today and actually learned a lot. The first shot I was standing next to some tourists and one of the kids asked his dad what kind of tiger that was, the dad told him it was a "Whitey" Tiger. The dad went on to explain that this was obviously a male, only 2 years old and that it came from where all "Whitey" tigers come from, Portugal. Dad apparently can tell the age of the tiger from the length of it's whiskers.

So yup, kind of surprising to find out that the Bengal Tiger who is female and who's ancestors most likely resided in India was actually a whitey tiger from Lisbon. Guess you learn something new everyday.. lol

DarkShadow · Jul 25, 2015

Nice shots.Poor kid,growing up already with wrong information.

robbins.photo · Jul 25, 2015

DarkShadow said:
Nice shots.Poor kid,growing up already with wrong information.

Well I have a strict policy of not embarrassing a father in front of his kids, I figure he's only got about 8-10 years left before they are teenagers and realize just how full of crap he actually is on their own. lol

In the meantime I guess I'll just have to hope that they spend a bit more time watching the discovery channel.

baturn · Jul 25, 2015

Nice stuff, especially the gorilla.

PropilotBW · Jul 25, 2015

I always enjoy zoo photos. What's the monkey looking at?

FITBMX · Jul 25, 2015

robbins.photo said:
Well I have a strict policy of not embarrassing a father in front of his kids, I figure he's only got about 8-10 years left before they are teenagers and realize just how full of crap he actually is on their own. lol

In the meantime I guess I'll just have to hope that they spend a bit more time watching the discovery channel.

Not the discovery channel, they stink! They need to watch PBS's Nature!!!

Plus zoos normally have a info sheet on whatever animal your next to, so the guy should have just read it for his kids! I always read the info at the zoo even though I know a lot about animals, there is always something I forgot!

I love the last shot. I hope you start posting more, I have missed your photos!

robbins.photo · Jul 26, 2015

PropilotBW said:
I always enjoy zoo photos. What's the monkey looking at?

He's staring to the heavens contemplating the dichotomy of his own existence. Either that or the butt of the monkey on the branch over his head. One or the other.. lol

robbins.photo · Jul 26, 2015

FITBMX said:
Not the discovery channel, they stink! They need to watch PBS's Nature!!!

Not much of a PBS guy myself, then again I don't really watch a lot of TV so that might have something to do with it

Plus zoos normally have a info sheet on whatever animal your next to, so the guy should have just read it for his kids! I always read the info at the zoo even though I know a lot about animals, there is always something I forgot!

Yup, he was standing right in front of the huge plaque that has all sorts of information about the Bengal Tiger, habitat, etc - while he was giving his dissertation. Made it even that much more comical.