Zoo Pictures, 3 of 5: Orangutans, Reptiles, and Amphibians

[kate_nepveu]

Orangutans and the reptile and amphibian house.

	Lucy the orangutan This area has the "O Line," overhead cables to another building. It was too cold for the orangutans to go outside, but the keepers knew they could leave Lucy's door open because she doesn't like going across the O Line.
	Orangutan saying 'Let me out!'
	Orangutan under a cardboard box
	Not-actually-stuffed iguana
	Vietnamese mossy frogs
	Mertens' water monitor
	Tokay gecko
	Grand Cayman iguana
	African pancake tortoise
	Timber rattlesnake (?) Doesn't look like the picture, but that's what the nearby label says. Perhaps the cool texture is because it was shedding.
	Alligator snapping turtle What a big mouth you have!
	Australian snake-necked turtles
	Leopard tortoises under heat lamp
	Leopard tortoise in the food tray
	Very sad Aldabra tortoise
	Another sad Aldabra tortoise
	Oriental fire-bellied toad, showing off the reason for its name
	Green-and-black poison frogs
	Florida softshell turtle

Comments

[tool-of-satan.livejournal.com]

I think this is the zoo where an orangutan did get out a few years ago. IIRC when a keeper ran across it, it took the keeper's hand and led him back to the orangutan habitat.

[kate_nepveu]

Aww!

[(Anonymous)]

Cool! I get to see Vietnamese mossy frogs every time we go to the Monterey Aquarium, and I keep two fire-bellied frogs/toads (they get described both ways) in a 5-gallon tank on my desk. They have a waterfall and their own light. Pretty swanky digs, if I do say so...

[kate_nepveu]

If you're who I think you are =>, I thought of you when taking the picture of the fire-bellied toad. Neat critter.