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A brief interaction between Arlo and and adult from his herd. The adult only has one horn, I'm not entirely sure what happened.

The first time I ever photographed Arlo, the zoo's addax calf.

I know domestics aren't exactly the most exciting part of any zoo but I saw an opportunity to play with extreme perspective with how close you could get to them. I think it resulted in a very attention-grabbing shot.

Hopefully this photo is ok to post to the gallery. I asked if images of visitors where their no identifying features can be seen are ok, and administration said it should be fine. If this photo has to be taken down though, I understand.

We all know about the standard animals most zoos contain in their African sections, but I'm super curious about what people think are under-represented African animals in zoos across the world, and which animals should be more represented than they are. For example, I think the Giant Eland and...

Here is a species list from my visit to the Hemker Park & Zoo on 7/20/22. Species signed but not seen will be listed in Italics Hemker Park & Zoo 7/20/22 Entrance Building 1. Common Marmoset 2. Madagascar Giant Day Gecko 3. Red-Tailed Boa 4. American Alligator (Juvenile) 5. Burmese Python 6...

This place was kind of tricky because I was stuck taking pictures from my car but I liked the expression in this one. If I remember correctly it was getting ready to stand up when I took the photo.

Thought this was a pretty interesting looking shot with the branch and the shadow separating the background and foreground. Really makes the subject pop in my opinion. One of the few advantages of shooting in midday full sun.

This was taken on a very chilly morning so the water is steaming. It thought it made for an interesting photo.

I was looking at my photos from a while ago and this caught my eye. I remember taking it and moving on pretty quickly, but looking back on it this idea has a lot of potential. I'll probably try to improve on it next visit, which I hope will be very soon.

Conehead, haha. Its always a treat getting to catch the animals during enrichment times.

I really liked how that rim light looked on the bottom of its neck. It really brings out how thick their fur is.

This is definitely not a great photo but I wanted to share it here because it really shows how good their climbing ability is.

Not much to say about this one other than I like how it turned out. One of the few times when harsh lighting can actually enhance your photo. I think the contrast between the light and shadows kind of make this shot.

I have no idea why it was doing this but it kept doing it for at least 30 minutes. It made for an interesting shot, though. They really are such peculiar animals.

This giraffe was playing with this stick for a while. In this shot it is hanging by its saliva. Really gross, but an interesting display of the giraffe's abilities.

Do note that this image was taken on February 28th, 2022, at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park in Bay Lake, Florida, USA.

This is the lone male Japanese Serrow at the Assiniboine zoo, taken October 3rd, 2021. He is originally from the Calgary zoo, and was kicked from his herd once he reached maturity. The curator told me they are on the look out to add more serrows so he is not on his lonesome.