I went to the Denver Zoo yesterday afternoon after working a few hours at the local bookstore where I am employed as the bookseeper. The zoo is a mere 10 minute drive away, so I went quickly from doing the books to photographing the animals. The first photograph I took was of the "baby giraffe" on the left. It was born last December, which makes it a little over 8 months old, but it sure doesn't look like a baby to me anymore. It does not seem to be as curious about zoo visitors anymore, either, spending most of its time with the rest of the herd, which seems to be continuously eating. It doesn't even stop to smell the flowers anymore. Sad, as Donald Trump would say.
As far as I can tell, the Wild Somali Ass in the photograph on the right has no herd to hang with, and appears to be desperate for human interaction. He gave out a series of brays when a group of zoo patrons walked up to his enclosure and ran to the fence, no doubt wanting to be petted. As I have said before, the zoo should allow more interaction with between zoo guests and the animals, especially with the obviously lonely ones like the Wild Somali Ass. However, zoo policy seems to be the exact opposite. When a zoo patron jumped over a fence last week to get up close and personal with a rhinoceros, they banned the teenager from the zoo for life. And the rhinoceros never even noticed he was there. No doubt a very blase creature.
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