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When
Susie and Jim came to visit, we went to the Hellabrun
Zoo here in Munich. It's a nice, big zoo with lots of
animals, interestingly organized by the animals' geographic
origins. Apparently the zoo was deisgned as the world's
first "geo-zoo" in 1928.
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The
zoo had a huge variety of deer and other horned quadrupeds.
There must have been at least fifty different varieties.
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These
little deer live in a large enclosure beside the petting
zoo. (And no, I don't think it was an evil petting
zoo.)
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Susie
and Jim checking out the pelicans.
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The
pelicans.
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A
yak.
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Can't
remember what these are called, but they were huge and
very active.
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Action
shot!
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Hello,
who are you?
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Penguins!
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We
visited the seals at feeding time.
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They
were barking like dogs; we heard them from across the
zoo.
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They
are fun to watch swim. The cold water didn't seem to deter
them.
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This
peakock (Pfau, in German) was wandering the zoo
sidewalks.
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Cheetahs.
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Most
of the animals were in large enclosures like this.
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Here's
a red panda hanging out in the top of a tree.
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His
red panda pal decided to go for a little walk through
the habitat.
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He
looked so soft and fuzzy.
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I
can't remember what type of bird this is, but it walked
right up to us.
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It
had iridescent blue feathers on its chest. Just lovely.
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The
elephants were entertaining even though it was not time
for the daily "elephant training" demonstration
(2 pm).
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Their
trunks are so fascinating. I can't imagine having such
a flexible nose!
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Lots
of elephant pictures because I loved them!
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I
really could have watched the elephants all day.
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The
giraffes were also very beautiful.
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They
move with such grace.
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Even
from the back they look good!
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I
liked them as much as the elephants.
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I
wish I could have taken pictures of the monkeys and apes.
They were incredible, but the enclosures didn't really lend
themselves to good shots.
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In
the cafeteria, a very fancy coffee machine that warms
the cups beforehand with a huge blast of steam.
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At
the U-Bahn station nearby, we saw an animal who was possibly
campaigning for admission to Hellabrun.
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