Unfortunately, this is the final photoblog from our June day at the Munich Zoo. After the baby elephant, lions & polar bears, and various birds, we'll finish with sea lions and other creatures we caught on camera. (But surely we'll go back to the zoo this Autumn.)
While they were swimming and playing, California sea lions were some of the most difficult animals to photograph because they move so fast, and often underwater! So we pointed our lenses at those sea lions "kissing" on the edge of the pool:
At the far side of the pen was a mom and baby. She was usually shielding him/her from sight, and we had to be quick to capture this shot:
Further down the zoo path was the house with tortoises. I think these are from the Seychelles (definitely not Galapagos)... I need to remember to take a photo of the information plaque as well as the animals next time!
Surprisingly they were quite active, because it was lunch time:
The baboons were not so active. The young ones played, but many like this guy just sat around munching on something. Wonder what it's thinking?
I looked through the entire list of Munich Zoo animals and think this next one is an Indian Gaur -- the largest species of wild cattle. Its horns are less curvy, but other Google images indicate that this is the closest match to the zoo's list of residents. (Yes, I really have to take better notes next time.)
In the next photo, a Vicuna (native to the Andes) and an ostrich are standing together. It's always funny what animals the zoos can/will put in the same pen. The ostrich comes from Africa and and Vicuna from South America!
Small creek-size branches of the Isar River run through the zoo. This next photo was just outside the zoo while crossing a bridge. The fish in the water is bigger than the duck (and swam right under)!
We almost didn't get this last one, but he emerged for a moment at dusk, just as we were about to leave. The giant anteater hugged the fence on the far side of the pen, and hustled away to hidden places. We figured it was time to go home as well.
