Trip to the San Diego Zoo Pt 2

[Mustang5]

Hey guys, a couple months ago I posted some pics from my trip to the SDZ. I went yesterday so I thought I would do it again. I got some better pics of the larger mammals this time, so it won't be all snakes.

This was a newborn baby giraffe. I got to see the birth which super cool.


This is a baby gazelle that was probably born a couple weeks ago.


Leopards


One of the tiger brothers


Here are both of the brothers looking at the next pic


This is what the brothers were looking at, the zoos new tiger


Here is a gharial, very strange looking reptiles


Galapagos tortoise, love these guys


Chinese Alligator, I am fascinated by these guys that is a full grown adult


Rattlesnake


Another beautiful Rattlesnake


Western Diamondback


Eastern Diamondback


Mang Mt. Pit Viper


Rattlesnake


Blue Spotted Monitor, never seen these guys before, pretty cool lizards


Nile Monitors


King Cobra all curled up


This is a Boelen's python looking towards the door for food


Finally a beautiful leucistic cobra


Hope you enjoyed, thanks for looking!

[Ax01]

sweet!

wow, u witnessed the brith of a baby Giraffe?! that's amazing. did it take place in the public viewing area or did they let u in behind the scenes for that? lol poor baby looks like it dropped from some height tho.

i remember reading as a kid that the Chinese Alligator is the only other species of Alligators besides the American one we have here.

also that golden-yellow rattlesnake is beautiful! and Cobras are always awesome.

good times! thanks again for sharing.

[Mustang5]

sweet!

wow, u witnessed the brith of a baby Giraffe?! that's amazing. did it take place in the public viewing area or did they let u in behind the scenes for that? lol poor baby looks like it dropped from some height tho.

i remember reading as a kid that the Chinese Alligator is the only other species of Alligators besides the American one we have here.

also that golden-yellow rattlesnake is beautiful! and Cobras are always awesome.

good times! thanks again for sharing.

The birth took place in the public. But the keepers gave the giraffe the choice, they had a little area that was penned of in front of the open barn door so the mom could chose if it wanted to go in the barn or stand in the public viewing area. She chose the public area, which was good for everyone watching.

Yeah the baby had quite a fall but baby giraffes are built for that, it stood up within 30-45 mins.

[Ax01]

BTW do u guys have Elephants at your zoo?

i remember our Elephants (from the Seattle Zoo) were all being relocated to the Oklahoma City Zoo last year i think and they took a detour and spent a 2 week vacation in your zoo.

[Mustang5]

BTW do u guys have Elephants at your zoo?

i remember our Elephants (from the Seattle Zoo) were all being relocated to the Oklahoma City Zoo last year i think and they took a detour and spent a 2 week vacation in your zoo.

Yeah we have a huge elephant enclosure. We have 3 Africans and 3 Asians, they all live together. They are all pretty old too, its kind of like an elephant retirement home. Haha but they are still really cool. I don't remember 2 elephants taking a vacation at the zoo but I probably just missed them.

[LittleTreeGuy]

Very cool, thank you for sharing. I love the zoo... even more as an adult than I did as a child.

Those rattlesnakes... they just look bad @$$. I love the look of rattlesnakes... behind glass, or from afar.