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Diana in front of a clever display for voting on one's favorite conservation project |
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First things first! One of four Squiched Penny Machines Diana finds just inside the entrance to the zoo |
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Looking onto the "Giraffe Field" |
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Diana feeding a giraffe |
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"Here's lookin' at ya, kid" |
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Just hangin' around. . . |
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From the "Giraffe Field" walking, overlooking downtown Colorado Springs |
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Looking for another handout |
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Tapir |
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Tapir 2 |
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Pronghorn hoping for leftovers |
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Long neck bird |
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Meerkats |
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On up the walkway, looking back over the "Giraffe Field" |
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Long legged bird |
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Efelent |
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Noel, looking dapper |
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Diana entering the Australia area |
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Diana feeding a small bird (seed on the stick) |
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The line up . . . |
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Another bird feeding |
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Pretty bird |
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Love birds |
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One of the many birdhouses |
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Wallabys |
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Peacock preening |
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Looking about . . . |
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Asian animal entry |
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Tiger (duh?) |
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Rocky's hadbitats |
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Diana and Noel with the plains behind |
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Bear |
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. . . closer . . . |
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North American River Otter |
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Cougar. Well, Mountain Lion |
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. . . asleep . . . |
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Porcupine |
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Wolf (the just been thrown fresh meat :) |
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A learning center |
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Diana and Noel with butterfly sculpture behind |
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Sad Diana between Out-Of-Order Squished Penny machines :( |
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"Monkey" |
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. . . preening |
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. . .grey beard . . . |
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Pair of Pythons (under the heat lamp :) |
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Penguins galore! |
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Two penguins walked into a bar . . . the second one should have been paying attention (lol) |
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for Harry :) |
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a hippos nose(s) "under the tent"? |
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Komodo Dragon |
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Outside the "tent" |
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Happy again, Diana found another Squished Penny machine :) |
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Tiny monkey . . . |
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"Not all the monkey's are in the zoo. Eveyday you meet quite a few. . . ." |
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The old man |
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The old man's feet . . . |
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Sad? |
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and lazy :) |
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Positive reinforcement training . . . |
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. . . more training |
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The Colorado plains and Colorado Springs through there play yard |
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Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep |
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very LOUD bird |
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preparing to flight off? |
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I don't think so . . . |
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Do they ever get squashed? |
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Feeding |
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Diana says a last, "GoodBye" to the giraffes |
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