Tag Archives: zoology

Bonobos! Say it – it’s fun!

This is me after a two zoo tour of Ohio. Ok, fine. This is a koala bear who lives at the Cleveland Metropark Zoo. If I was just a bit taller this guy would’ve been within reach. (There’s no glass, but there is a staff member keeping an eye on things and answering questions.) I [...]

In which I did not steal an elephant.

Saturday we went to the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium. It was … disappointing. There are no giant anteaters or fruit bats or ring-tailed lemurs. And the leopard doesn’t have anything to climb on except for a wee hut that is so low to the ground it wouldn’t take much effort to step on. The penguins [...]

Know your marmots. (Or, please donate to PBS.)

The following is a repost from my older private blog dated August 6, 2007. I know talk of groundhogs is typically over by now, however I had a similar disturbing conversation today on my commute home, and felt an urge to spread the word or at least make it search engine friendly. — E.

This morning [...]