Showing posts with label predators. Show all posts
Showing posts with label predators. Show all posts

Friday, December 18, 2009

Predators at the San Diego Zoo -- Part 2

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Another set of shots from our trip to the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park. In an attempt to post these in some sort of logical fashion, I've put up a set of predators.

This magnificent lion was camped out on top of an old SUV that is part of its territory in the Wild Animal Park. Each time we passed him by he was sound asleep, but for a brief moment he lifted his head to look around, and quite thankfully, I had my lens on him at the time!

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The eyes on this beautiful cat just pull you in:
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It was raining while we watched the otters, but clearly, they could care less.
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While not as charismatic as the above predators, I've always been fascinated by our largest living lizard species. This guy was quite large, and happy to pose for shots behind the glass.
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Isn't this guy cute? Not a baby, this is a dwarf crocodile. Taken by my darling wife, who was manning the wide-angle camera at the zoo.
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