{"id":64,"date":"2009-12-08T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T10:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/?p=64"},"modified":"2010-07-13T19:45:37","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T16:45:37","slug":"where-ikea-is-meeting-other-animals-in-the-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/where-ikea-is-meeting-other-animals-in-the-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":".. where Ikea is meeting other animals in the Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there! It&#8217;s me, Ikea!<\/p>\n<p>Here comes the last set of fotografs that i have from my trip to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowryparkzoo.com\/\">Tampa&#8217;s Lowry Park Zoo<\/a> few weeks ago. apparently, there are many more fun animals to see in the zoo besides my brothers giraffes that i was talking about <a href=\"http:\/\/ikeathegiraffe.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/where-ikea-is-meeting-real-giraffes.html\">in the last post<\/a>. so, first of all, there are, of course, my friends meerkats:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4v3HMHAHI\/AAAAAAAAAGc\/k_PoBAJHue8\/s1600-h\/CIMG3862.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412816426015064178\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4v3HMHAHI\/AAAAAAAAAGc\/k_PoBAJHue8\/s320\/CIMG3862.JPG\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4v4mPcqdI\/AAAAAAAAAG8\/ntZlJe-C7jQ\/s1600-h\/CIMG3860.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412816451530435026\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4v4mPcqdI\/AAAAAAAAAG8\/ntZlJe-C7jQ\/s320\/CIMG3860.JPG\" \/><\/a> Hello, look here! it&#8217;s me, Ikea! I think he heard, hehe<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4v34pEwiI\/AAAAAAAAAGs\/rozz-0lVyn8\/s1600-h\/DSC_0174.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412816439289889314\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4v34pEwiI\/AAAAAAAAAGs\/rozz-0lVyn8\/s320\/DSC_0174.JPG\" \/><\/a> Guess what, there is a meerkat on this fotograf! staring right at me. as well as on this next one. these meerkats are not very easily noticed with this background you know :)<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4v4DV-p3I\/AAAAAAAAAG0\/fDlMU0zyWdI\/s1600-h\/DSC_0184.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412816442162587506\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4v4DV-p3I\/AAAAAAAAAG0\/fDlMU0zyWdI\/s320\/DSC_0184.JPG\" \/><\/a>so, after a good chat with meerkats, we went for a skyride across the park. i have to say i used the chance to take a few bites from the treetops as well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4xtGJlN6I\/AAAAAAAAAHc\/KgQLYWOu6oU\/s1600-h\/CIMG3870.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412818452960589730\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4xtGJlN6I\/AAAAAAAAAHc\/KgQLYWOu6oU\/s320\/CIMG3870.JPG\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4xtR2UlCI\/AAAAAAAAAHk\/Ls0xeD640DU\/s1600-h\/CIMG3867.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412818456101032994\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4xtR2UlCI\/AAAAAAAAAHk\/Ls0xeD640DU\/s320\/CIMG3867.JPG\" \/><\/a> but here&#8217;s a little areal view of the tortoise on blanks of wood. apparently sunbathing :) <\/div>\n<div>onwards, to the big white cats:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4xsk326GI\/AAAAAAAAAHU\/JLi_J7toHrI\/s1600-h\/CIMG3889.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412818444027881570\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4xsk326GI\/AAAAAAAAAHU\/JLi_J7toHrI\/s320\/CIMG3889.JPG\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4xsQNykFI\/AAAAAAAAAHM\/ZNbXiaOLqbE\/s1600-h\/CIMG3891.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412818438482726994\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4xsQNykFI\/AAAAAAAAAHM\/ZNbXiaOLqbE\/s320\/CIMG3891.JPG\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4xr8QEmwI\/AAAAAAAAAHE\/0q-26xK5SFY\/s1600-h\/CIMG3892.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412818433123588866\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4xr8QEmwI\/AAAAAAAAAHE\/0q-26xK5SFY\/s320\/CIMG3892.JPG\" \/><\/a>so, here i tried to ask them why they look exacly like zebras? but somehow i could not go near enough so they could hear me. anyway, i think the zoo did not have more room for zebras, so they have zebra-colour big white cats instead. (you know, there are zebras also, <a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/SwbTPSi2OhI\/AAAAAAAAAFc\/45olCyf5P0k\/s1600\/CIMG3836.JPG\">together with giraffes for example on this fotograf <\/a>and hippos, but not that many..)<br \/>or, maybe the tigers got loose and ate some zebras :( and now because of that they all turn white like that? many questions unanswered..<\/p>\n<p>and here&#8217;s me with a bunch of alligators. they all slept there like treetrunks and were not much fun at all. so only one fotograf of them:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4y319z4oI\/AAAAAAAAAH8\/yGeg798srwA\/s1600-h\/DSC_0215.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412819737106440834\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4y319z4oI\/AAAAAAAAAH8\/yGeg798srwA\/s320\/DSC_0215.JPG\" \/><\/a> but here, a question &#8211; what kind of animal is on this next fotograf and what is going on?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4y3eGXj2I\/AAAAAAAAAH0\/Ey8cyeKTX8U\/s1600-h\/CIMG3893.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412819730699882338\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4y3eGXj2I\/AAAAAAAAAH0\/Ey8cyeKTX8U\/s320\/CIMG3893.JPG\" \/><\/a><br \/>apparently, there is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowryparkzoo.com\/bio_primate_siamang.php\">shiamang<\/a> feeding a baby shiamang, as you can see from this next foto where i am trying to make a shimp impression:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4y28xN_RI\/AAAAAAAAAHs\/XFF-AQX_bEU\/s1600-h\/CIMG3894.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412819721752804626\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_FfrDexdEX2E\/Sx4y28xN_RI\/AAAAAAAAAHs\/XFF-AQX_bEU\/s320\/CIMG3894.JPG\" \/><\/a><br \/>Of course, there are many more animals in this zoo, but i didn&#8217;t fotograf all of them because they were busy making other things. then, many were on a lunchbreak also and some others did not want to be fotografed at all for some reason. but you can go and check them out, like for example my funny friends <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowryparkzoo.com\/bio_primate_collared_lemur.php\">lemurs<\/a> :) <\/p>\n<p>and for all meerkat fans, here&#8217;s a link to a <a href=\"http:\/\/su.pr\/3cf7tC\">meerkat cam on Cheyenne Mountain Zoo<\/a> &#8211; they are out when there is no snow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton64\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ikeathegiraffe.com%2Fblog%2Fwhere-ikea-is-meeting-other-animals-in-the-zoo%2F&amp;via=ikeathegiraffe&amp;text=..%20where%20Ikea%20is%20meeting%20other%20animals%20in%20the%20Zoo&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/www.ikeathegiraffe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there! 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