Philly Zoo

We celebrated my husband's last day of summer by going to the Philadelphia Zoo yesterday. You couldn't ask for a better day, mid 70's, no humidity. 

The coati below woke up from his nap for a second. 

This pied tamarin looks a little devilish to me...

Cute, fluffy titi monkey from Bolivia.

Female western lowland gorilla wakes up from a nap.

Pygmy marmoset gets a makeover.

A lady ostrich struts by.

Giant river otter snacks on a fish.

Little burrowing owl used to teach children.

I could watch the prairie dogs all day long.

One of my favorites for their sweet faces, the douc langur.

This yawning Aldabra tortoise can live well over 100 years!

Metallic starling sitting pretty.

A Northern diamondback terrapin gazing into the water.

Amur tiger...

African wild dog...

Philadelphia Zoo

Yesterday I posted photos of all the birds we saw at the zoo on Sunday, today it's the mammal's turn.

The squirrel monkeys are absolutely adorable. I couldn't take my eyes off this one. The back light coming in made for some great photos.

Aww... he's sleepin' :)

Lemur in the rare mammal house.

One of my favorites to watch, the pygmy marmoset.

This is the first time I have been able to get a decent photo as they move very fast and the lighting in their environment is low.

Young tiger yawning. I know zoos are not the perfect place for animals but Philadelphia's Big Cat Falls seems like a nice place for them, way better than what they had before. I don't see them pacing like I did in the past.

Some sort of squirrelish creature in the small mammal house.

I think he's a Harris' antelope squirrel.

Beautiful face on this Canadian lynx.

Young gorilla is having fun looking at the people.

Polar bear taking a snooze before dinner.

Asiatic Black Bear

The giant river otters were so active today, chattering, squealing and chasing each other like mad!



One of my favorites, the slow loris.

I'm glad he's slow because they keep him in a dark room with only a very dim blue light on. I had to set my shutter speed super low.