Pacificapocalypse

Hey check it! New baby giraffe at the San Francisco Zoo.

Finally some good news  amongst all the doom and gloom lately. I’m thinking if it’s nice this weekend Court and I will take a day trip to the Zoo and check out his spindly leggedness. I dig giraffes.
One simple request; I like the dude too, but please please please.. don’t name it Obama. ‘Cause that’s just silly.

This sucks.

Gezi the momma giraffe at the SF Zoo died today. She just gave birth to lil’ Babro in February. Not too sure what happened, but it sounds like an infection of some sort. This is actually making me very sad; Court, Kaitlin and I just saw her and the babies a month ago.

I love the zoo.
Yeah, yeah I know, “zoo’s are cruel” whatever Peta dude, go suck down some organic Humus and let me get my zoo on. So last Saturday, we took a little day trip to the San Francisco Zoo. It was hotter than the hinges of hell and there was no way we were going to stay indoors. We still had Kaitlin with us and she couldn’t remember if she’d ever been before (the 12 year old female mind is…  a mystery of Bermuda Triangle proportions.)
I dig the Africa Savanna scene with the Giraffes, Zebra, Lesser AND Greater Kudu. Come on man! Baby Giraffes are awesome. The ginourmous Silverback Gorilla and all the primates. The birds and reptiles. I like the Tapirs and the big Black Swan. I dig the Penguins and the petting zoo with all the farm critters. I love them all.
The Zoo gets a bad rap I think. Yes, ok, I agree, the 1930’s architecture of some of the paddocks are horrific when compared to modern standards, but the new habitats are so much better and they never seem to stop improving. Ok, the whole ‘Death by Christmas Tiger‘ thing was pretty bad for the tiger and the guy that was killed (though in retrospect the two other guys involved come off as world class douchbags.) but I still think the Zoo serves a grand purpose – to allow people and families to see and learn about these animals that they might never otherwise get the chance. Besides. they *did* save those two bear cubs that were up for destruction, and got a nifty new Grizzly bear habitat out of it as well.
So all you naysayers can go fish.
It’s all happening at the zoo.

More pictures here.