Zoo-tastic

So it was a trifecta of fun for Peter and I as we had the whole day to adventure-ise with each other.  We started with the Pittsburgh Zoo, then took a trip to the Ross Park Mall, and finally had some late lunch/early dinner at Chili's.  Here are some of my photographic gems from the day!

Theme for the whole day was "sleepy animals."  Most of the big cats were asleep along with a handful or other animals.  They must have had their Christmas in July feast and were conked-out.

A non-sleeper; this proud puffy ostrich.  She was super full of herself (a girl near us explained how a girl ostrich has grey dull feathers while males have shiny black feathers).

I am obsessed with this color pink.  I am looking at sewing patterns to try on my sewing machine and I think if I find fabric in this shade it will be all mine.

This guy was new at the PPG Aquarium.  He is an angler fish.  I loved the lighting of the tank.

Rays are just too cool.  They are spacecraft animals, moving so smoothly and swiftly in the water.

Look at this plant and think of the first thing that comes to mind; if you though Millennium Falcon than we can be friends.

Perhaps by now everyone has seen the internet meme of the otters holding hands while they slept.  It's true!  And look how the one guy has his toy so it won't float away either!

 

And finally, enjoy this video of the recently adopted/rescued sea otter pup.  He is now five months old (he's big in person).  The squealing is him as he plays.  I shut off the camera just before he started doing flips in the water chasing his tail (OMG).