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Sunday, May 29, 2005
monkey affair in the zoo
smelt of animal poo yesterday. went to the toronto metro zoo with my bro for one of his anthropology assignment: observe primates for 1 hr.
the zoo is way way bigger than the zoos i been too. it's separated into the different regions. there were many species of animals, but i saw more scenery than of animals. why? long pathways with trees, plants, and more greens.
we started with looking at the different monkeys for my bro's assignment.. my bro decided on gorillas. had to observe how they behave in so many aspects: like family diversity, tool usage, etc. so took LOTS of pics of gorillas. had the 1-hr observation where we watched the gorillas laze around, and sort of play violently. went for lunch and met the zookeeper which we finally were able to differentiate the gorillas and find out more about the family and behaviour.
toronto zoo has a very interesting gorilla family. first there is papa charles, with 2 wives samantha and josephine. despite jo being the oldest, she is of lower rank than sam. sam has 3 kids: subira (9 yrs-old male), shalia (3 yrs-old female), and sadiki (3 mnth-old 99%-confirmed male). it's hard to determine the sex as males have very very tiny... anyway sam was carrying sadiki as she sat in one corner. jo has 2 kids: jomo (male), and johari (4 yrs-old female). jomo was moved to cincinnati, usa, because he challenged charles once he matured and the zookeeper had to separate him from the grp. well now subira is showing more aggression.
here are some pics of the primates out of the many many we took:
the mandrills which are large baboons
ah-meng! okay, the westernized orangutan.
the gorilla villa
jo resting, johari or shalia on the net
charles, with his silver-back and butt facing us, looking at his 3 kids: subira, johari and shalia
johari and shalia playing around
johari or shalia with her feet on the play-thing
after the whole monkey business, it was finally time for us to tour the zoo. and that was the point where i started to grow tired and want to leave the zoo (especially after standing in front of the gorilla villa for a few hrs). saw some interesting animals, many which were LAZING and SLEEPING!
african artifacts
a peacock on the roof of the africa restaurant, which sells burgers and pizzas. african?
light shining through the green canopy
dead? no, just a slping tiger
an awake, but lazy tiger
llamas on the slope
me with a lazy llama
red and pink. flamingos!
rabbits-on-stilts: maras
a red panda climbing up a tree
the wild horse: przewalski's horse
me at the entrance, leaving the toronto zoo
and off i left. i've SO grown out of zoos..
the zoo is way way bigger than the zoos i been too. it's separated into the different regions. there were many species of animals, but i saw more scenery than of animals. why? long pathways with trees, plants, and more greens.
we started with looking at the different monkeys for my bro's assignment.. my bro decided on gorillas. had to observe how they behave in so many aspects: like family diversity, tool usage, etc. so took LOTS of pics of gorillas. had the 1-hr observation where we watched the gorillas laze around, and sort of play violently. went for lunch and met the zookeeper which we finally were able to differentiate the gorillas and find out more about the family and behaviour.
toronto zoo has a very interesting gorilla family. first there is papa charles, with 2 wives samantha and josephine. despite jo being the oldest, she is of lower rank than sam. sam has 3 kids: subira (9 yrs-old male), shalia (3 yrs-old female), and sadiki (3 mnth-old 99%-confirmed male). it's hard to determine the sex as males have very very tiny... anyway sam was carrying sadiki as she sat in one corner. jo has 2 kids: jomo (male), and johari (4 yrs-old female). jomo was moved to cincinnati, usa, because he challenged charles once he matured and the zookeeper had to separate him from the grp. well now subira is showing more aggression.
here are some pics of the primates out of the many many we took:
the mandrills which are large baboons
ah-meng! okay, the westernized orangutan.
the gorilla villa
jo resting, johari or shalia on the net
charles, with his silver-back and butt facing us, looking at his 3 kids: subira, johari and shalia
johari and shalia playing around
johari or shalia with her feet on the play-thing
after the whole monkey business, it was finally time for us to tour the zoo. and that was the point where i started to grow tired and want to leave the zoo (especially after standing in front of the gorilla villa for a few hrs). saw some interesting animals, many which were LAZING and SLEEPING!
african artifacts
a peacock on the roof of the africa restaurant, which sells burgers and pizzas. african?
light shining through the green canopy
dead? no, just a slping tiger
an awake, but lazy tiger
llamas on the slope
me with a lazy llama
red and pink. flamingos!
rabbits-on-stilts: maras
a red panda climbing up a tree
the wild horse: przewalski's horse
me at the entrance, leaving the toronto zoo
and off i left. i've SO grown out of zoos..