Different day, different zoo.

[Ferry_vO]

Well, I had planned to drive to EHAM today but all flight are grounded due to the cloud of volcanic ash currently covering Europe; my second plan was to drive the other way and get me a Canon 100-400 L Lens but it is not in stock, so I had to divert to my third plan: Visit the Amersfoort zoo, a small but interesting zoo in the centre of Holland. I visited this place only once before, a few years ago.

Brown bear:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Afoort%20zoo%207D/Afoort1.jpg

Asian Elephant with young:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Afoort%20zoo%207D/Afoort2.jpg

Boa Constrictor:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Afoort%20zoo%207D/Afoort5.jpg

Giraffes:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Afoort%20zoo%207D/Afoort6.jpg

Apparently this is the king of the animals, but..

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Afoort%20zoo%207D/Afoort7.jpg

White Bengal Tiger:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Afoort%20zoo%207D/Afoort10.jpg

Indian Rhinoceros; love the 'armoured plating' look!:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Afoort%20zoo%207D/Afoort11.jpg

Meerkat:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Afoort%20zoo%207D/Afoort9.jpg

A very young Patagonian Mara:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Afoort%20zoo%207D/Afoort12.jpg

[Ferry_vO]

This looks terrifying, but this Cape Hyrax (Or Rock Hyrax) was just yawning:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Afoort%20zoo%207D/Afoort13.jpg

Asian small-clawed otter:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Afoort%20zoo%207D/Afoort15.jpg

:)

[Chacha]

Thanks for sharing Ferry...

That Rhino looks cool

And the wet otter...

:applause:



The meerkat shot... that's nice...

[Ferry_vO]

Thanks Chacha.

Last ones for now:

This is how a Hyrax normally looks like; Hard to believe it's closest living relative is the African Elephant!:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Afoort%20zoo%207D/Afoort21.jpg

An Australian Blue-tongue skink, you can tell where it got it's name from:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Afoort%20zoo%207D/Afoort22.jpg

A Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis):

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Afoort%20zoo%207D/Afoort14.jpg

And finally two Siberian (Or Amur) Tigers:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Afoort%20zoo%207D/Afoort23.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a262/Ferror/Afoort%20zoo%207D/Afoort24.jpg

Give me a zoo with Tigers and Reptiles and my camera and I can keep busy all day long! :d

[Matt Wynn]

that last Tiger don't look too interested in anything, "I've eaten, i've drank, think i'll nap", i love taking photos of Meerkats, they always seem intrugued by their reflection in the lens... this guy takes it too Far... i see a meerkat these days and i'm reminded of the 'Compare the market/meerkat" TV Ad here in the UK...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xiC9GNNODE