The Chattanooga Zoo and the LPZ
Apr 19, 2018 09:26:53 #
A Dromedary camel can go a week or more without water, and it can last for several months without food. It can survive a 40 percent weight loss and then drink up to 32 gallons (145 liters) of water in one drinking session.
Chattanooga Zoo
Nov 2017
Dromedary camel by Paul Sager, on Flickr
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4558/23978849437_ceac8da98d_h.jpg
Historically, the cougar ranged throughout the Americas. In North America, the cougar still roams the western half of the continent and a small population survives in southern Florida. As a predator, the cougar plays an important role in controlling and maintaining healthy prey populations, especially of white-tailed deer.
Chattanooga Zoo
Nov 2017
Cougar
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4542/38843835211_1489619b0c_h.jpg
Grey-necked crowned cranes are able to adapt to human encroachment in their native Africa. They favour farms with manmade wetland like reservoirs and irrigated areas. They also follow cattle since they can feed off the insects as well as frogs and lizards that are stirred up. The shortish bill that can efficiently clench an insect, pluck a seed, as well as graze, helps this bird to be drawn towards farms.
Chattanooga Zoo
Nov 2017
Grey crowned crane
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4515/37956824445_b96c6d9405_h.jpg
The lion's archetypal roar is used to communicate with other group members and warn intruders of territorial boundaries.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Feb 2014
Lion in Winter
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1526/23557754739_04234fb4c6_b.jpg
Colobus monkeys spend almost their entire lives up in the branches, rarely touching the ground. Unlike other primates, colobus monkeys’ cow-like stomachs allow them to subsist on a leafy diet. They don’t even need to come down for water, finding enough in the treetops to survive.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Feb 2014
Black and White Colobus
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/803/41018716352_0b02adbd7f_h.jpg
The sunbittern walks silently along dark forest streams in search of snails, dragonflies, or other insects. Sunbitterns usually live alone and threaten intruders by displaying with wings and tail spread. In flight it has been said to resemble a giant butterfly.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Feb 2016
Sunbittern
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1670/24518960319_31b831a415_h.jpg
With tall, thin legs and a long, flexible neck, the Chilean flamingo can reach up to 40 inches in height. Like all flamingos, they have striking pink plumage, including crimson highlights along the edges of the wings. What appears to be the bird's knee is actually its ankle—the joint bends backward rather than forward.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Mar 2015
Flamingo
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1503/23959943323_507b897173_h.jpg
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Chattanooga Zoo
Nov 2017
Dromedary camel by Paul Sager, on Flickr
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4558/23978849437_ceac8da98d_h.jpg
Historically, the cougar ranged throughout the Americas. In North America, the cougar still roams the western half of the continent and a small population survives in southern Florida. As a predator, the cougar plays an important role in controlling and maintaining healthy prey populations, especially of white-tailed deer.
Chattanooga Zoo
Nov 2017
Cougar
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4542/38843835211_1489619b0c_h.jpg
Grey-necked crowned cranes are able to adapt to human encroachment in their native Africa. They favour farms with manmade wetland like reservoirs and irrigated areas. They also follow cattle since they can feed off the insects as well as frogs and lizards that are stirred up. The shortish bill that can efficiently clench an insect, pluck a seed, as well as graze, helps this bird to be drawn towards farms.
Chattanooga Zoo
Nov 2017
Grey crowned crane
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4515/37956824445_b96c6d9405_h.jpg
The lion's archetypal roar is used to communicate with other group members and warn intruders of territorial boundaries.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Feb 2014
Lion in Winter
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1526/23557754739_04234fb4c6_b.jpg
Colobus monkeys spend almost their entire lives up in the branches, rarely touching the ground. Unlike other primates, colobus monkeys’ cow-like stomachs allow them to subsist on a leafy diet. They don’t even need to come down for water, finding enough in the treetops to survive.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Feb 2014
Black and White Colobus
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/803/41018716352_0b02adbd7f_h.jpg
The sunbittern walks silently along dark forest streams in search of snails, dragonflies, or other insects. Sunbitterns usually live alone and threaten intruders by displaying with wings and tail spread. In flight it has been said to resemble a giant butterfly.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Feb 2016
Sunbittern
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1670/24518960319_31b831a415_h.jpg
With tall, thin legs and a long, flexible neck, the Chilean flamingo can reach up to 40 inches in height. Like all flamingos, they have striking pink plumage, including crimson highlights along the edges of the wings. What appears to be the bird's knee is actually its ankle—the joint bends backward rather than forward.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Mar 2015
Flamingo
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1503/23959943323_507b897173_h.jpg
These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.
Apr 19, 2018 09:35:56 #
Very nice work. I found the lion photo intriguing, as one usually doesn't associate lions with snow.
--Bob
--Bob
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Apr 19, 2018 12:01:17 #
Beautiful shots. The Cougar, out west, is known as the Mountain Lion. There's one roaming about 1 mile from my house in Griffith Park
Apr 20, 2018 01:22:34 #
Love the descriptions. These are all your great shots ??? - - you have traveled "muchly"...
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Apr 20, 2018 08:37:59 #
All very nice Paul- excellent sharpness, good color, composition, exposure spot on... VERY nice! and informative, too
Apr 20, 2018 09:01:11 #
Apr 20, 2018 09:08:30 #
fuminous wrote:
All very nice Paul- excellent sharpness, good color, composition, exposure spot on... VERY nice! and informative, too
Thank you fuminous! It was interesting to research the animals, many times learning a few details I never knew myself. Glad you enjoyed.
Apr 20, 2018 09:08:42 #
Stash wrote:
Another outstanding set of images. 
Thank you Stash, glad you enjoyed!
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