The Dallas Zoo - Jungle Critters

Let's head on into the rainforest! This group was a little more stand-offish, turning their backs to us so we couldn't get pictures of their faces, or just plain going about their business, too busy to give us homo-sapiens the time-of-day.  That is, everyone except this colorful fellow, Mr. Mandrill, who was not so much stand-offish, as show-offish.  I didn't realize just how "out-there" Mr. Mandrill was when I was photographing him...I promise.  It wasn't until I got home and downloaded a large version of the photo on my computer screen that - BAM! - there he was in all his glory.  So I covered him up a smidge.  This is a family blog, after all.


Granny Nell noticed this gorilla was behaving like any typical male would on a Sunday afternoon: laying around, scratching, wallowing in general laziness.  The only thing missing was a tv with some random sport being played on it.


This guy had a friend or sibling with him and they were having fun wrestling with each other, which included some biting and hay-throwing.  You can see the jeans and shoes reflection of another zoo-goer in the window.  We were close to these guys and their antics were making me a little nervous.  About ten years ago a gorilla escaped from the Dallas Zoo and just recently one of these guys threw a rock at one of the viewing windows, cracking at least the inside pane.  That's all a little to "wild" for me...




                                                                              Chimpanzee!


Tortoise.  Needless to say, these guys didn't do much.


Crocodile!!


A small rainforest deer - the kiplinger!


Meerkat!


Mr. Tiger, heading off into the jungle for a little rest.




This tortoise was slightly more entertaining. 
Some random kid was trying to feed him some bamboo and I got to capture a piece of the "action"


Anteater!


This monkey really showed off his swinging skills for us!


Oh no!  Not you AGAIN!  Sheesh!