Awkward Animals #2

Otherwise known as “Animals In Mid-Chew”. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This time my favorite is this giraffe. I have a ton of pictures of him making gross faces trying to get that branch down. :)

The Ol’ Swimmin’ Hole

I love going to the zoo and finding the animals doing something that they don’t always do. It makes my pictures so much more interesting! As you can see from these pictures, I found the Indian Rhinos almost completely submerged. I’ve never seen them do this before, and from the comments of the people around me, no one else there had seen it either!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indian Rhinoceros

As a sequel of sorts to my post yesterday, today’s post features one of the newest animals at the zoo, the Indian Rhinoceros. This is actually a pretty rare animal, as it was once hunted to near extinction. Not many zoos have them, so I feel privileged to be able to see them for myself. Fun trivia fact, this animal is actually the true “Unicorn”. This is actually still reflected in its Latin name, Rhinoceros unicornis even though no one actually calls it a unicorn any more. In the passages of the Bible that speak of Unicorns, this is what the ancient writers were talking about, not the mythical horned horse that everyone now associates with the word unicorn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White Rhinoceros

One of the few animals that I had hardly ever visited at the zoo are the rhinoceroses. They live at the top of a hill and it’s a very long walk to get to them, so my family didn’t usually take the time to go see them. When I started going by myself I made sure to make a special trip up to see them for myself, and I have to say, they are huge and amazing, but I am glad they can’t jump, or the small moat between us would have been of no comfort at all. One thing that struck me about them is that seeing them in person, they almost look prehistoric. Like an ancient animal you'd expect to only find fossils of.