This little fellow was behind glass in his habitat but when he looked at me like that I just wanted to bring him home. Not sure how my cats would feel about it but he might just blend in and get them to exercise more and sleep less.
Whoops.. forgot to say that he is a Lemur and although you cannot see his tail, he is a Ringtailed Lemur and they are from Madagascar

The ride stops at this point so the riders can be totally frightened out of their wits. Being suspended from this height and facing straight down is not my idea of fun.

It then drops them at a high rate of speed and sends them off on another track to go slowly up and fast down. I would go on an old regular coaster and I've been on a the one at Sea World and once went on the Hulk at Universal but the ones at Busch Garden are insane.

Pretty as a Peacock
This peacock was sitting off to the side of a huge flock of flamingos. We waited to see if he would get up but he seemed quite happy to just relax on the grass and be admired. I'd never seen a white one before but he reminded me of a bride all decked out in white. Later we walked a long path and came accross a peahen with two babies. One was white so this one is probably the daddy.

This male silverback gorilla was just sitting around when his young one decided to go running and started tumbling down the hill. Big Daddy ran and headed him off before he could tumble down into the moat.
Then he sat and guarded the area. The young one did check back but stayed out of reach before running back to his mother. This big fellow had such an intelligent look in his eyes.
My guest photographer for this photo taken at Busch Gardens is my inherited daughter, Vanessa. Below is a photo I took of her at the beach the next day.

Perhaps I should have titled this one "Beauty and the Beast"...