 Are you food? Would you be so kind as to lie down and rot a bit? I prefer a bit of extra flavor. |
 Komodo dragon basking in the Phoenix sun. |
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 An optimistic monkey at the Phoenix Zoo considers the possibilities. |
 A monkey at the zoo climbing through the trees. |
 Howler monkey at the Phoenix Zoo. He looks like he is screaming about being caged, but he seemed pretty happy and was actually just yawning. |
 A pink flamingo at the zoo with pretty swirled feathers. |
 Rez on a concrete toad at the Phoenix Zoo. |
 Brightly colored bird at the Phoenix Zoo. |
 A vibrantly colored bird at the Phoenix Zoo. |
 Alligator at the Phoenix Zoo out for a bit of a swim and lurk. |
 A big bird at the Phoenix Zoo stretching its wings. |
 I had a photo challenge to shoot the emotion "Trapped". This is one of the photos for that challenge. The Phoenix Zoo does a great job creating happy, healthy environments for the animals, but I managed to compose this one to make the leopard look trapped. |
 A colorful bird at the Phoenix Zoo. |
 A young elephant at the Phoenix Zoo. |
 A tiger at the Phoenix Zoo. I was surprised at how much water it could drink in a single sitting. |
 Rez riding the Merry-Go-Round - which features endangered species instead of horses - at the Phoenix Zoo. |
 IIRC, the Phoenix Zoo was founded on a project to save the nearly extinct Oryx. Every known living Oryx (maybe 6 animals) was brought to Phoenix, and nurtured back to a healthy population. They have been restoring them to the wild in their native habitat ever since. |
 A tortoise at the Phoenix Zoo. They seem to mostly rest on their shells, but for a moment this one stood up and adjusted his position while munching on grass. |
 One of a pair of Rhinocerous-plurals that the Phoenix Zoo is hoping will mate. |
 This monkey was sitting in a tree contemplating life and the future. He seemed at one with himself. |
 A cheetah at the zoo. If you look closely you can see the claws partially extended. Cheetahs' claws do not fully retract - they use the partially extended claws like runner's cleats. |
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