As I mentioned in yesterday's blog post, I went to the Denver Zoo Wednesday afterrnoon to take a few photos. It was a perfect fall day, and so all of the animals were out and about, and many, including the lion in the photograph on the left, were happy to pose for a portrait. Strangely enough, all of the zoo's lions and tigers came down with the coronavirus, but are all on the mend. And how did they contract the coronavirus in the first place? Beats the hell out of me. Perhaps they were not socially distancing.
The ring-tailed lemur was also quite willing to have it's portrait taken, although it seems to be constantly angry. At me! It's not my fault it is locked up for life, after all. I have suggested several times that the zoo let visitors take the monkeys home for a visit on the weekends, giving them a break from their boring routine. What could possibly go wrong?
The clouded leopard in the photograph on the left is usually never interested in posing for the camera. It likes to pace back and forth past the door to it's cage, waiting to be fed or let back inside, where it can watch Animal Planet on cable TV. Eventually a zookeeper came along and fed it something through the cage. Amazingly enough, that clouded leopard acted just like my sister Susan's dog Blackberry as the zookeeper gave it treats. Perhaps clouded leopards should be allowed to go home with zoo patrons for a visit, too. After all, they are just big cats.
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