At the Zoo

I'm writing an article for the zoo magazine about enrichment. Here's some stuff for the sloth bear, ready to be filled with mulch and such with treats hidden inside. The bears don't care if it looks pretty as long as it's fun to dig in.

Fungus

Huh, and I thought this was a spectacular fungus. Shows how much I know.

Here's a more panoramic view:


This is the kind of thing that goes on when people go hiking without me. How come I never get to see the good stuff?

The pug mind

Lilly has developed that obnoxious habit of barking like a hysterical lunatic at other dogs that walk by. She doesn't do it every time, for mysterious reasons that I initially thought had to do with being surprised by the appearance of the other dog. So I started warning her when I saw a dog coming.

This seemed at first to work and I don't know where things went wrong, but in any case at some point I started to say 'no barking' instead of just "there's a dog."

Now, when she hears me say 'no barking' she immediately whips around and starts barking like a maniac. Apparently I am such an accurate predictor of dogs that need to be barked at that she doesn't even wait to see the actual dog.

Mysteries of technology, etc.

Nothing I can think of to post would be funnier than this.

Also I don't usually delve into politics but let's just think of this as a plea for civility.

The amazing animal mind

A waitress had just come and left, and all of a sudden there's Rose in my face. Unfortunately, all the waitress had brought at that point was napkins and silverware.

An animal that knows what a waitress does. It's a mind boggling concept.

Oom Pa

The band was very nice later when Lilly had a barking fit while they were playing. When the piece was over they announced its name, "for two alpenhorns and two pugs." It was only the fault of one pug, though.

Cute babies

Bullfrog tadpoles in a big concrete tank where they can't swim away from us, for a change.