I am currently on “vacation” visiting friends and family. Yesterday I met up with Phil and Scott from RNS down on the Tacoma water front.
Phil’s awesomeness was just radiating from him while at the restaurant. It was a fun evening and was nice to catch up with friends I usually only see once a year at Boomershoot.
Earlier in the day though the wife and I went to Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium for the first time since our wedding.
I wasn’t smiling because well, I don’t normally smile. Don’t know why, but I just don’t smile that much if it’s a staged photo. We paid a visit to where we had our reception too.
The Gibbons were out just the same as they were during our reception. Just as adorable too.
We also found the Sumatran Tiger that was on display at our reception.
Here she is now, evidently she is most likely pregnant too.
And there’s even more cubs at the zoo, here’s baby snow leopards.
Yes, they were just as adorable in person. There were a couple other cats that were adorable but I only have pictures. If you have kittens, that’s exactly how they were acting but they were bigger. I wanted to play with the kitty cats. We did however stumble across a red wolf puppy.
Yes I know all of these are wonderful cell phone quality, I didn’t feel like lugging around my SLR and backpack. Yes I had an urge to shoot the little bastards. The only good wolf is a dead wolf however I consider a zoo a sanctuary and given they are nothing like the Timber Wolf or Grey Wolf. That brings me to a story of someone who needed blunt force trauma to the face.
You see there are peacocks that run around the zoo uncaged. They’re beautiful with gorgeous tails. When we finally ran across one it looked like it was shedding its feathers, but still seemed odd. As TMW and I were talking a couple overheard us and told us that a woman was chasing the peacock earlier and stepping on its tail to get its feathers. Yeah I was filled with rage when I heard that. While I am not fond of some animals in the wild, I understand their role and don’t want to drive their extinction. That said, something like that just disturbs me on so many levels.
So yeah, I’m going to be visiting other friends all this week and will blog when I can.
TMM is the owner, editor, and principal author at The Minuteman, a competitive shooter, and staff member for Boomershoot. Even in his free time he’s merging his love and knowledge of computers and technology with his love of firearms.
Many know his private name and information however due to the current political climate, many are distancing themselves due to the abandonment of Due Process.
What?!? No, just no. You don’t go chasing an animal around like that. Hunting or culling is something else entirely. Antagonizing an animal so you can take home a souvenir is disgusting.
Oh I know it’s something else entirely. I have this thought in the back of my head that basically says, “that is one lucky animal.”
Then some asshat comes along and screws it up.
Love the pics!
“Cell phone quality” or not, those are great pics! Between the tiger and the leopard cubs you had this cat fan grinning from ear to ear. Thanks for sharing!
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