I went to the Denver Zoo yesterday to take a few photographs - it is always a great place to go if you get blogger's block. The temperature reached 96 degrees while I was there, and some - but not all - of the animals really seemed to suffer from the heat, especially the zebras, including the one in the photograph on the left. Zebras are native to Africa, and can be found in the wild along the equator, which, if I am not mistaken, is much hotter than Denver. I suspect these animals have been spoiled by their air conditioned cages, three meals a day, and being allowed to watch Animal Planet on cable TV.
The Cape buffalo are also native to Africa, and roam the area around the equator, too, but also seem to have trouble with the heat, including the one seen wallowing in the mud in the photo on the right. Cape buffalo are considered one of the most dangerous animals on the African continent, and gore and kill an average of 200 people a year. They are known to be very tempermental, and therefore have never been domesticated. The heat probably makes them even surlier, too. I suspect they are not popular at petting zoos, either.
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