Crazy Animals

Don't you just hate it when people post pictures from a zoo trip? I mean, really. They're animals. We've seen them. Seen one, you've seen 'em all.

Well, allow me to try to make it a funner (feel free to use that word!) experience for you. These were some of the pictures I took Saturday, and at the very least, they made me giggle a bit.

I honestly thought he (she?) was a statue when I first saw him (her?)...now that I think about it, this has to be a girl. She was SUCH a diva. She just sat there with her head raised to the sun, soaking up the rays (hope she had on SPF!!) and posing, you know, leaning slightly to the right. (Takes off ten pounds, I hear.)

Then she ever so slowly curled around to clean that spot of dirt and then she resumed the position. CRACKED me up. Of all the animals I saw the entire day, she was the most eager to greet her people. Oh stop...please...with the photos...wait...do I look fat?

Okay so this one wasn't funny - but man these little jellyfish are pretty! (Pretty because I'm not being stung by one! Although, thank you Friends episode, I know what to do if that ever happens to me!)

The penguins were my favorite. They are so stinkin' cute! These two little guys were way over to the side all by themselves staring intently at the wall. My guess? They were in time out. Probably for pushing a poor penguin into the water. (Come to think of it, one old penguin-dude was kind of limping around. I bet it was him.)

Must be a real bummer to be a polar bear in Indiana in August. Talk about out of your element! Perhaps that explains this expression...

You saw this yesterday - but the three headed giraffe made me giggle. I arrived at this exhibit at the same time a large group showed up, and they sort of hogged the space. From my tippy-toed perch between tree branches, this was the view I had.

Okay this is not even right, but you will HAVE to admit it is stinkin' funny. So when Faith and I went to the Louisville zoo, the lions were in a little habitat on the other side of a really huge ravine. No fences separated the zoo-goers from the zoo-dwellers. I got an awesome shot of a lion that day. As you can see, it was a little different for me this time. I was trying to get my camera to STOP focusing on the fence and START focusing on the lions behind it. Fail after fail after fail...

AND THEN SUCCESS. But are you kidding me??? THIS is the shot I get??? Good night, nurse.

And it got worse on the second try. I gave up after that, as the little missus had a hairball that needed expelled. Have you ever watched a lion have a hairball? I wouldn't recommend it.

Reasons I am thankful to NOT be a rhino include: I have no interest in using poop to communicate, I do not want to be pregnant for 16 months, and I do NOT want to give birth to a 140 pound baby. Thank you Jesus, for making me a regular girl.

Speaking of 140 pound babies...this little elephant baby girl was born just over a month ago. Heaven help me if I ever have a 1 month old this size. (Heaven help me if I'm ever the size of that mama there!)

Ever played peek-a-boo with a bear?

It tires him so.

Thank you for looking at my zoo pictures. You are long-suffering and such a good bloggy-friend.