New Zoo trip, part 5: Otters

[dragoness_e]

New Zoo trip, part 1
New Zoo trip, part 2
New Zoo trip, part 3
New Zoo trip, part 4

On my previous zoo trip, I managed to get a few pictures of otters. This time I got quite a few more.



Otter ledge



This may look familiar from the previous zoo trip. This ledge overlooks one of the areas we tourists can look at the otters, and everytime there's someone with a camera standing in that area, the otters come up to the ledge and show off. Yes, they mug for the camera.

Otter muggings



See?

Look ma! More tourists!



Don't fence me in.....



North American River Otter



Otters are graceful swimmers

Comments

[ameban.livejournal.com]

I've been checking all your posts about your trip to this zoo park... and well, I'm surprised to see so many rare species on you photos. I mean, licaons (wild african dogs) and babiruses are just too rare to be commonly in zoos; that's just impressive. Pretty much the same to that odd ibis, or the pingueon (I guess it's some south assian species, but I don't recognize it). I figure out this zoo may be one of the most important among its kind.
About the otters, I find them really amusing; I love how playful is this specie. Anyway, are those otters from America? they look different from european otters.
I look forward to more of your zoo posts. Those pics are neat ;-)

[dragoness-e.livejournal.com]

Buenos dias, Ameban!

The Audubon Nature Institute (http://www.auduboninstitute.org/) runs the Audubon Zoo, the Aquarium of the Americas, and the Audubon Insectarium here in New Orleans. Each of them is one of the better ones in the United States. The Institute is very active in preserving endangered species through breeding programs; we have quite a few rare and endangered species at our zoo because of that.

Odd Ibis? Do you mean the Whooping Crane (http://www.republicofnewhome.org/images/home/zoo/img_1747.jpg)? That's an very endangered American species of migratory wading bird.

The different doves are from the Phillipies or south-east Asia.

Those above are North American River Otters. The zoo also has Asian Otters, which I posted photos of last year in this entry (http://dragoness-e.livejournal.com/64656.html#cutid1).

[ameban.livejournal.com]

Hola!
I knew about Audobun -the naturalist- and the assotiations that have his name, but I didn't know there were such zoos in States. Certainly important zoos' politics have changed, and now they aren't a plain collection of animals, but they're focused on preserving rare species. Still, even if I know many of those species, I find really surprising to see them in a Zoo. They're like little jewels.
No, the ibis I meant is the one of this photo: http://www.republicofnewhome.org/images/home/zoo/img_1531.jpg
About the pingeons with colouring feathers... have you noticed mostly of the bird species with most colouring and bizarre feathers are from India-to Australia? Even in SouthAmerica's forest, birds aren't like that.
I find amusing the English name of Screamers', certainly it fits the specie (and perhaps certain someone, too XD); in Spanish, it's "chaja".

Oh! I didn't noticed you said what kind of Otters were those. I saw they're different of European otters, which are darker coloured and hasn't those big mustaches. When you see those species together, is easier to find out their differences.