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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Apr-17-08 06:58 PM
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Pics from our zoo field trip yesterday...

Geoffroy's Marmoset


Giant Pacific Octopus


SonOfGoG the Younger's artsy-fartsy through-the-aquarium-glass pic


Violet Turaco


Sloth Bear


Mei Xiang
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   Violet Turaco...  Ellen Forradalom   Apr-17-08 07:02 PM   #1 
   Cool!  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-17-08 07:16 PM   #2 
      Oh yes  Ellen Forradalom   Apr-17-08 07:32 PM   #3 
         By gum!  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-17-08 07:35 PM   #4 
   Nobody likes our pics?  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-17-08 11:29 PM   #5 
   tweaking before bed...  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-18-08 02:22 AM   #6 
      You're a meth addict?  Ellen Forradalom   Apr-18-08 03:53 AM   #7 
         That went way over my head...  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-18-08 10:46 AM   #8 
   the octopus looks delicious  datasuspect   Apr-18-08 11:14 AM   #9 
   She'll ink you if you try anything.  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-18-08 11:23 AM   #10 
   SQUID INK PAELLA!!!!!111  datasuspect   Apr-18-08 11:37 AM   #11 
   that guy is on my daughter's hip and leg. In tattoo form of course  yellowdogintexas   Apr-18-08 11:02 PM   #24 
      Does it spurt ink when threatened?  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-19-08 11:13 PM   #32 
         LOL I shal have to ask her. and what a great gimmick for Halloween  yellowdogintexas   Apr-20-08 08:21 AM   #37 
            How long ago did she get it done?  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-20-08 09:26 AM   #38 
               work in progress over the past 3 weeks or so. Getting it finished today  yellowdogintexas   Apr-20-08 05:11 PM   #40 
                  Cool!  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-20-08 11:45 PM   #42 
   Wonderful pictures! We went on a field trip to the zoo yesterday too.  Left Is Write   Apr-18-08 11:41 AM   #12 
   I love the tigers...  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-18-08 05:12 PM   #14 
      When I get them downloaded from the camera, I will do.  Left Is Write   Apr-18-08 11:39 PM   #26 
         I can't wait!  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-19-08 11:14 PM   #33 
   Cool pics! Is that the National Zoo in DC?  CottonBear   Apr-18-08 12:18 PM   #13 
   Yes it is!  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-18-08 05:15 PM   #15 
      The Woodland Park zoo in Seattle has a Sloth Bear too.  cemaphonic   Apr-19-08 01:49 AM   #30 
         They are amazing creatures...  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-19-08 11:15 PM   #34 
   How come Geoffroy gets a marmoset and I don't?  skygazer   Apr-18-08 05:19 PM   #16 
   Skygazer's Pygmy Marmosets  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-18-08 06:07 PM   #18 
      YAY!!!  skygazer   Apr-18-08 06:14 PM   #20 
   Good shot of the panda  seemunkee   Apr-18-08 06:06 PM   #17 
   I used to watch the tamarins...  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-18-08 06:11 PM   #19 
   Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo. I do believe it...  hvn_nbr_2   Apr-18-08 06:28 PM   #21 
   The zoo is far more civilized  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-18-08 09:09 PM   #22 
   Great pics - thanks! :) n/t  InvisibleTouch   Apr-18-08 10:50 PM   #23 
   You're welcome!  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-19-08 01:42 AM   #27 
   great pictures. i love the octipie and the panda. and the bird was  orleans   Apr-18-08 11:07 PM   #25 
   My son took most of them...  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-19-08 01:44 AM   #28 
      he did a great job. n/t  orleans   Apr-19-08 01:47 AM   #29 
   My dear GoddessOfGuinness!  CaliforniaPeggy   Apr-19-08 01:53 AM   #31 
   My dear CaliforniaPeggy!  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-19-08 11:18 PM   #35 
   The octopus is fascinating.  YellowRubberDuckie   Apr-19-08 11:21 PM   #36 
   They are very intelligent...  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-20-08 09:33 AM   #39 
   nice!  tigereye   Apr-20-08 05:45 PM   #41 
   They're so clever...  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-20-08 11:46 PM   #43 
   i LOVE the pics -- and the first one is so funny!  xchrom   Apr-21-08 09:29 AM   #44 
      That little marmoset was as interested in watching us  GoddessOfGuinness   Apr-21-08 04:25 PM   #45 
 
Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Apr-17-08 07:02 PM
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1. Violet Turaco...
THAT's my stripper name.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Apr-17-08 07:16 PM
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2. Cool!
Do you like fruit, too? :rofl:
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Apr-17-08 07:32 PM
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3. Oh yes
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Apr-17-08 07:35 PM
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4. By gum!
It's Carmen Miranda! Love the blue nails!
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Apr-17-08 11:29 PM
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5. Nobody likes our pics?
:cry:
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 02:22 AM
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6. tweaking before bed...
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 03:53 AM
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7. You're a meth addict?
Tell me it ain't so. :cry:
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 10:46 AM
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8. That went way over my head...
Is "tweaking" something meth addicts do? :rofl:
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 11:14 AM
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9. the octopus looks delicious
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 11:23 AM
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10. She'll ink you if you try anything.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 11:37 AM
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11. SQUID INK PAELLA!!!!!111
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 11:02 PM
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24. that guy is on my daughter's hip and leg. In tattoo form of course
she has this monster tat growing on her thigh.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Apr-19-08 11:13 PM
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32. Does it spurt ink when threatened?
:rofl:
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Apr-20-08 08:21 AM
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37. LOL I shal have to ask her. and what a great gimmick for Halloween
thanks for the idea, actually.

The octopus is looking pretty good on her leg actually. The swelling has gone down some; it is very colorful. I want her to put up some photos for me so I can share them.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Apr-20-08 09:26 AM
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38. How long ago did she get it done?
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Apr-20-08 05:11 PM
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40. work in progress over the past 3 weeks or so. Getting it finished today
I think.

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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Apr-20-08 11:45 PM
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42. Cool!
It must be a pretty involved undertaking...
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 11:41 AM
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12. Wonderful pictures! We went on a field trip to the zoo yesterday too.
The tigers were actually fighting, and I got some good pictures of them.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 05:12 PM
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14. I love the tigers...
We didn't see them the other day though. We were trying to get to animals that we didn't see the last time...like the anteater, whose photograph was blurry.

I'd love to see your tiger pics! Feel free to post them here! :hi:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 11:39 PM
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26. When I get them downloaded from the camera, I will do.
:)
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Apr-19-08 11:14 PM
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33. I can't wait!
:bounce:
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CottonBear (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 12:18 PM
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13. Cool pics! Is that the National Zoo in DC?
I've never heard of a sloth bear. Where is it from?
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 05:15 PM
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15. Yes it is!
Sloth bears come from Asia...southern Nepal, India, and Sri Lanka. Those big claws help them dig up ants and termites for food. :hi:
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Apr-19-08 01:49 AM
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30. The Woodland Park zoo in Seattle has a Sloth Bear too.
I once saw it cracking open a bone by smashing it on a rock. Zoo bears are normally so passive, it was pretty awe-inspiring to see that a funny-looking animal like that could mess you up really bad if it wanted to.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Apr-19-08 11:15 PM
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34. They are amazing creatures...
I'd love to watch them in the wild...
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16. How come Geoffroy gets a marmoset and I don't?
x(
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 06:07 PM
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18. Skygazer's Pygmy Marmosets

Just for you...
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 06:14 PM
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20. YAY!!!
I get the cutest marmosets! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:hug:
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17. Good shot of the panda
Were the marmosets out? I love how they free range in the zoo.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 06:11 PM
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19. I used to watch the tamarins...
Back when I had time to volunteer. I hope to get back to it one of these days...

I'm not sure what they're going to do thid year. They're creating more space for the elephants (YAY!!!), but their work is going on pretty close to Beaver Valley. I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to forgo the free-range exhibit for this year, to avoid stressing the little guys out.
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21. Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo. I do believe it...
Edited on Fri Apr-18-08 06:38 PM by hvn_nbr_2
1. "Back in aught-1, or was it aught-2?, or one-a them years when I was chimpie-in-chief..."

2. "Anybody that messes with my Halliburton options gets inked or sucked."

3. "We're gonna need some serious smoke to go with those mirrors to sell this line of bullshit at the UN."

4. "George, if you don't cut back on the Jack and Jim and snortin', I'm gonna move out to a hotel."

5. "You ask him why he hates America, and then I'll bring up some Swiftboat lie. Just make sure you don't mention anything about the economy or the war or the environment or torture or the constitution."

6. So far, I got nuthin' for this one.

Edit: I thought of something for #5.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 09:09 PM
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22. The zoo is far more civilized
than the WH
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InvisibleTouch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 10:50 PM
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23. Great pics - thanks! :) n/t
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Apr-19-08 01:42 AM
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27. You're welcome!
:hi:
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-18-08 11:07 PM
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25. great pictures. i love the octipie and the panda. and the bird was
a great picture too. and...(i guess i liked them all--what was the color blurr? prism?)
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Apr-19-08 01:44 AM
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28. My son took most of them...
He wanted to see if the camera would pick up the refracted light through the plexiglass panes. It's kind of interesting, especially since someone was walking through the door as he took the pic. :D
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29. he did a great job. n/t
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31. My dear GoddessOfGuinness!Updated at 9:21 PM
Your son did a great job!

The squid is quite startling!

I lurve the panda...

Thanks for sharing these!

:hug:
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Apr-19-08 11:18 PM
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35. My dear CaliforniaPeggy!
Thanks for stopping by to look at them! :hug:
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Apr-19-08 11:21 PM
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36. The octopus is fascinating.
We watched this documentary about them once. Apparently, they had one in a tank, and across the room was a tank of fish. One morning the researchers came back to the lab to find the octopus in his tank, but the fish had disappeared. He had gotten out of the tank, worked his way across the room, at the fish, then made his way back to his own tank. Apparently they are beyond geniuses and get bored very easily. I feel sorry for them in the zoo.
Duckie
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Apr-20-08 09:33 AM
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39. They are very intelligent...
Edited on Sun Apr-20-08 09:34 AM by GoddessOfGuinness
The blue thing underneath the octopus is a little plastic cage that had a shrimp in it until the octopus got it.

The person who was working in the invertebrates exhibit said that they won't try to breed them. Apparently, not long after the eggs hatch, females die.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Apr-20-08 05:45 PM
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41. nice!
I esp. like the Octopus.
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43. They're so clever...
I love them too! :toast:
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44. i LOVE the pics -- and the first one is so funny!
and i love octopus -- they're fascinating.

i'm glad you all had fun.
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45. That little marmoset was as interested in watching us
as we were in watching him. It was just before closing time. In fact we didn't gt to see the entire small mammal house. I'm sure he sensed his bedtime was near. He probably figured he'd relax with his favorite show before retiring for the night.
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