JWG (jwg) wrote,
JWG
jwg

Monkees and baboons



When I was a little kid I used to like to go to the Central Park (NYC) Zoo and visit the monkey house since they were always active and acting up and thus great entertainment. My mother took me there quite frequently although she didn't much like the smell. In 2006 I visited there again and saw some of them outside hopping about on these rocks; I don't recall if there still was a monkey house, but I'd imagine so.





But here are the real things. Many of them hung around in trees.



Then there was this fabulous blue-balled vervet monkey as well as lots of baboons who were frequently seen hanging around in trees dropping fruit onto the ground. Sadly I never did get a good picture of a baby baboon riding its mothers back.

Tags: africa2008
Subscribe

  • Giraffes like varied company

    In downtown Gloucester today we saw these guys having tea: And 2 years ago these were doing the same in Tanzania

  • two earlier election vignettes

    I remember my first election - voting for JFK for president. It was in Stormville, NY. I've never missed voting since then. When I registered, I had…

  • Tanzania reprise

    It's now three months since we returned from Tanzania. It was a most wonderful trip - even better than I'd expected. There were 22 of us on this…

  • Post a new comment

    Error

    Anonymous comments are disabled in this journal

    default userpic

    Your reply will be screened

    Your IP address will be recorded 

  • 1 comment