We went to the zoo today

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And I brought pictures of more than just animal rump. A few even posed for me. The zoo is a small affair inside a large regional park. It features animals from southern California. The big draws are the black bear, the mountain lions, and the petting zoo full of farm animals. It also has some snakes and birds of prey—bald eagles, golden eagles and various vultures. The last of these are such ugly critters! Safely behind glass are snakes and scorpions. And as far as I’m concerned, that’s where they can stay. One of the more cooperative animals, as far as my camera was concerned, was the ocelot. I’ve never seen one the wild. I’ve seen bobcats—happily at a distance. The zoo also has another well-known southern California denizen, the coyote. He stood for me. A gentleman, I guess. But he stayed in the shadow and his pic was too dark to post, darn it. I was surprised the animals were out. We were there at midday, when most of them sleep. And while some mooned us, enough cooperated that for once, I got faces in most pics and not, well, hind ends.