Monday Stream of Consciousness: March 1, 2010

Brandi and i went to the zoo on Sunday. we fed giraffes. giraffes have *really* long tongues. they can chase you with them if you have a cracker that they want! this leads to laughter. a LOT of laughter. they also don't like to take turns. they will try to swipe the cracker you are attempting to feed to another giraffe. and they can be sneaky about it since their tongue allows them to do this from like a half mile away! we also watched some storks of some sort bullying some pelicans. pelicans make this really loud honking sound. it's startling if you don't know this in advance! and the storks click their beaks really loudly. you wouldn't think this was terribly intimidating, but the pelicans would disagree with you. then again, i'm pretty sure i wouldn't hang around if a stork was clicking at me either. that beak is pointy! ;-) animals entertain me a great deal, in case this was not obvious to you. yay zoo!

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adding some photos from the zoo post-stream-of-consciousness.

this orangutan was so funny. he was trying to nap but the sun was too bright!





this little series goes hand in hand with my stream of consciousness!





i had to share this one just to ask what the HECK is going on with my hair here??





i couldn't catch it in action, but these sting rays were actually coming up out of the water, begging for food! (it's an interactive tank.)