Let’s continue from Singapore Zoo (Part 1/5) and explore deeper into the Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia.
Tools on display in an African housing.
Watch out for the Hamadryas Baboons of the Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia.
It’s said to have more than 70 baboons kept in this”Great Rift Valley”.
And I just learnt that these hairless pads of skin are called ischial callosities. They provide sitting comfort for the baboons. Lucky fellow… !
What we see here are all taken behind the glass that separates us from the baboons, yet providing us a closer view of those Old World monkeys from Ethiopia.
I think this is a female Hamadryas baboon tending her young; the male has a large white mane. It’s said that it’s best not to show your teeth or stare at a baboon as that can be interpreted as a threat! Touching noses is a friendly greeting but I don’t think I will risk that. XD
Near the Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia is Australian Outback, where you will see critters commonly found in Australia, like kangaroos and wallabies. I understand that a wallaby is smaller than a kangaroo… but hey, do you think this is a wallaby?
I don’t know what is the name of those primates. Black monkeys? -_-|||
I tried black pepper emu before. The other one is a cassowary. What’s the one in the middle? I am a bad student.
A few deer having their lunch in an enclosure at a lower elevation.
Elephants led by zookeepers to another enclosure.
One of the Animal shows at “Elephants of Asia”, featuring elephants at work and play.
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i thought it would just be another zoo. too bad i didn’t visit this
hahaha I like the red baboon ass LOL >.< *noti me*
@Jasper: Guess many people think like you, including me. It happened that we got free tickets to the zoo that’s why I went there. And it’s a pleasant surprise for me to see that the zoo has improved a lot over the years.
@crazywrazy: HAHA.. those red cushions…
those baboons seems like having a bad infection on their ass… lol~ haha
i think those black monkeys should be black howler monkey… their howling very annoying lar… haha!
@henry: where got infection? those asses are glowing in healthy-pink! lol
oh black howler monkey, I see!
I would guess the middle bird is some kind of Egret species…
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very nice:) I hope to get there in my travels
@Cecil: er .. Middle bird? haha! wow your knowledge of animals is so good, I don’t even know what is Egret. And Congrats to your 100th post! On my way now!
@monk: O thx
wow! wow! and another wow! very beautiful! looks like a place that i cannot miss when i visit singapore.
Hi Sis! Howdy? Okay, I got some few days off so I read your recent entry, and finally commenting on this latest one. The first two pictures above look like the Polynesian Cultural Center of Hawaii. They look like they’re from the Pacific Islands. Then about the animals running “carefree” around the zoo – WITH SOME PEOPLE is quite unusual. Normally, they don’t permit tourists to just mingle with these “wild” animals of the “jungle” (I wouldn’t dare). That’s great though! For an exotic experience. I heard, you can even hold snake around your neck??! By the way, Jasper is in Singapore. You guys can meet!!!! I have two more weeks before I can finally fly off the islands of Hawaii.
Quite impressed with the variety of animals available here
Is it same as the Night Safari?
Ho ho….Singapore zoo, nice place. Haven’t been back for 2 years already since we had our new baby….cannot travel lorrr!
I have been to Singapore Zoo last time around 15 years ago. Today, i didn’t even realized that it has improve so much and there are many things to see…. more animals, and renovations…. I guess it is the time for me to re-visit Singapore Zoo again.
Hello friend! Singapore zoo, nice place
wish you a great weekend!
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@Bridge: There is also a park where some critters run around us freely and once I got a fright from a critter which I think is a lemur. It shrieked and jumped to the stair railing in front of me when I was taking a picture of it, even without camera flash.
@dong ho: Thanks, u should visit it when u are in SG.
@peteformation: oh yeah.. kids… hehe
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I heard there was a “murder” incident close to Wesleyan College in that state. In Hawaii, we don’t have a clear case of swine flue here. But I guess, they’re really strict in Singapore even before the swine flue issue.
The baboons were my favourite of the entire zoo – really impressive display and amazing to watch. To answer a couple of queries: I’m pretty sure that the extra bird photo is a saddle-back stork (I have a labelled photo) and you are correct that a wallaby is the general name given to a smaller kangaroo (I don’t think there is a scientific technical difference – simply a size distinction). That looks like a wallaby to me as kangaroos can stand considerably taller than that guy. Free tickets is a good score.
The zoo has a lot of varieties. I like it.