I could not help but notice when I was at the Denver Zoo a few days ago that there are a lot of animals around that are not part of the official "zoo family." There are more bunny rabbits than I can possibly count running around, both in the public spaces and in the animal compounds themselves. There are quite a few squirrels around, too, who seem to find the zoo grounds a veritable smorgasbord, such as the one in the photograph on the left. If they can't find anything on the ground, they simply do a bit of dumpster diving until they find something tasty, such as whatever the hell that squirrel happens to be eating.
Denver has no shortage of geese in its parks, of course, but when the flock gets too big, the city takes action, culling many of them and giving the meat to food banks. However, if they (the geese) decide to hang out at the zoo, such as the two on the fence in the photograph on the right, they are on safe ground, and no one will touch them. I am not sure if those geese are smart enough to realize that, but I suspect that if they see so many different creatures gathered together in one spot, they instinctively know they are home free. Why fly anyplace else, north or south?
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