Zoo

[redbird]

cattitude and I spent a couple of hours at the Bronx Zoo today. From what the woman at the information desk said, the stories about them having to close exhibits and send animals away may be completely without foundation. They did have only one snow leopard on display, and no red pandas, but those animals are being sent all the way to Central Park, and weren't on the published list of animals being exiled.

We had a good time, and saw baby animals—a tree kangaroo we'd known about, and a litter of otters and some langurs we hadn't—but didn't see the lion cub, who may not have been out in public. We only spent a couple of hours, because it was unseasonably hot, and sunny in the way a Spring day can be when the trees are just starting to leaf out. It was also an excellent day for looking at turtles.

I took my camera, and got some good photos. I've fiddled with some of them, and put a few up on Flickr, but no baby animals yet.