Critters

Spent much of the day with my son at the San Diego Zoo. His college anthropology project required an hour of observation of gorillas and the best place to do that is in San Diego. I took the camera and snapped some of the critters we saw:

A Green Tree Snake, piled up on a branch.

The Komodo Dragon - like watching a living dinosaur.

A couple of Republican senators.

Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.

The aptly named snake-necked turtle.  Weird looking critter.

Beached hippos enjoying the sun on a chilly day.

The big Silverback male, ruling his kingdom.

"You talkin' to me??"

Big kitty.

The big male elephant with a couple of grand pianos worth of ivory hanging out.

An Arab taxi.

Timon and his buddy took a pretty keen interest in a hawk that was flying overhead.

Cheetahs have a comfortable life at the zoo but they never prosper.

A young giraffe.  I'll bet his mom gets tired of hearing "my your son has grown so tall!"