{"id":846,"date":"2010-05-30T12:01:11","date_gmt":"2010-05-30T11:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/?p=846"},"modified":"2010-05-30T12:01:11","modified_gmt":"2010-05-30T11:01:11","slug":"a-trip-to-the-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/archives\/846","title":{"rendered":"A trip to the zoo!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Tuesday I went to the zoo with my parents. The Tierpark in Berlin is huge, and even after visiting twice there are a few parts I&#8217;ve not seen yet. Here are some animal photos.<\/p>\n<p>\nA Gibbon (I think).<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100518\/20100518-40.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A Gibbon (I think).\"><\/p>\n<p>\nRing tailed lemurs. This photo is a collaboration between myself and my father. He stood behind me, doing increasingly big and stupid movements to get them all to look our way at the same time.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100518\/20100518-41.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Ring tailed lemurs. This photo is a collaboration between myself and my father. He stood behind me, doing increasingly big and stupid movements to get them all to look our way at the same time.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nLove is in the air!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100518\/20100518-42.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Love is in the air!\"><\/p>\n<p>\nI could watch the baby monkeys playing all day! Here they&#8217;d (accidentally) set up a seesaw balance type thing. A monkey each end, pivoting over a log. The monkey on top is here pushing the stick off the log.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100518\/20100518-44.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"I could watch the baby monkeys playing all day! Here they'd (accidentally) set up a seesaw balance type thing. A monkey each end, pivoting over a log. The monkey on top is here pushing the stick off the log.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nMy parents looking into the manatee tank.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100518\/20100518-45.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"My parents looking into the manatee tank.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nManatees like lettuce.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100518\/20100518-46.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Manatees like lettuce.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nWe reached the elephant enclosure in time to see their daily wash and foot check. Compared to actually washing elephants in a river, in India, it really didn&#8217;t compare.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100518\/20100518-47.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"We reached the elephant enclosure in time to see their daily wash and foot check. Compared to actually washing elephants in a river, in India, it really didn't compare.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nOpen wide&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100518\/20100518-48.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Open wide...\"><\/p>\n<p>\nElephants love apples.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100518\/20100518-49.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Elephants love apples.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nLazy leopard.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100518\/20100518-50.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Lazy leopard.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nSunbathing vulture.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100518\/20100518-51.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Sunbathing vulture.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nPrairie dogs.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100518\/20100518-52.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Prairie dogs.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nA visitor&#8217;s dog watching the prairie dogs.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100518\/20100518-53.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A visitor's dog watching the prairie dogs.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nTiger portrait.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100518\/20100518-56.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Tiger portrait.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nTwo bears, two Burrages. I made my parents pose for this photo, as when I saw the bears in the distance I thought a shot like this would look good. I should get people to pose for natural shots more often.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100518\/20100518-57.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Two bears, two Burrages. I made my parents pose for this photo, as when I saw the bears in the distance I thought a shot like this would look good. I should get people to pose for natural shots more often.\"><\/p>\n<p>\nMy dad with a pelican.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/20100518\/20100518-58.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"My dad with a pelican.\"><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Tuesday I went to the zoo with my parents. The Tierpark in Berlin is huge, and even after visiting twice there are a few parts I&#8217;ve not seen yet. Here are some animal photos. A Gibbon (I think). 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