I wouldn't call them impolite, but I certainly would call them beastly.
Ellie's spa day consist of lolling in only the finest Oakland mud. Ooh baby, feels so gooooood!
At the Oakland Zoo's annual "Feat for the Beasts", visitors get to come into the exhibit to leave produce for the elephants. The elephants were impatiently trumpeting in the barn because they knew what day of the year it was. The visitors had a blast spreading chow for the ellies and then watching the ellies make little piggies of themselves on all the delicious treats.
This is Comma and Apostrophe's second week in the shelter. Its time for one of you to adopt them. In the interim, I let them run roughshod all over me up until one decides to scale my leg.
Desparate to improve the creaking, flapping and groaning caused by the operation of a small digital camera with an unfocused microphone, I provide an extremely lame narration to a pair of kittens investigating a dog leash.
Why is that elephant so interested in me? Is it my peanut butter sandwich breath? My charm? My kind words? No! Its her BUCKET!
It was 96 degrees F at the Oaktown Zoo. Hot days mean one thing. Aqua aerobics for the ellies. One in particular puts on a great show when she gets in the pool. I don't know how she learned this hammy behavior. She came here from Africa when she was two years old and the keepers don't really try to train them to do silly tricks.
Yes that is, indeed, a tiny kitten growling. She's not quite as fierce as the Oakland Zoo lioness, but she certainly makes her opinions known to everyone. DON'T. MESS. WITH. MY. FOOD.
They're not supposed to fetch. This is SO wrong.
People ask me why the lions behave the way they do and I tell them very patiently, "Because they're cats". There are two prides of lions at the Oakland Zoo, one of whom came in as a group well before the second pair. The older male likes everyone, but the older females have never been thrilled with the "cubs". You might see this at home when you bring a new housecat home. There willl be hissing and posturing and fighting. However, the vet bills would be negligible. With a bunch of 400 pound li...