San Diego Zoo Pictures

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I was at the zoo this weekend and neglected to take my camera. Of course, the reptile house just had to have a new snake on display and I had no camera. I headed back today to take a picture of it. I failed miserably. The snake was coiled up far back into the enclosure. I only snapped one very lousy picture. It is a very cool snake though. It is called a Mang Mountain Viper. Apparently it is a newly described species. The San Diego Zoo is, I believe, the only zoo to display it. I think a zoo in Germany also has them. They are cool as hell. Anyway, I snapped a few other pictures while I was there. Enjoy!

This first picture is the elusive Mang Mountain Viper. I told you the picture was lousy! Through glass at high zoom and back in the corner. No bueno.

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A Galapagos tortoise.

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A female Indian Gharial.

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A gorilla picking his nose, a perennial favorite.

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Komodo Dragon! So cool!

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Komodo Dragon up close and personal.

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Meerkat.

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Rhinoceros Viper

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Last one I promise! This is the second time I've caught these two in the act. These sulcatas were at it while I was there a few months back.

[manville]

hahaha nice pictures..you are lucky to watch them having sex huh..lol

[Immortal_sin]

can you still go in the Galapagos enclosure? I remember doing that when we were kids. Of course, that was EONS ago
Great pics!

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Immortal,

No you can't go into the Galapagos enclosure. At least the general public can't. If you are there at feeding time they let you toss fruit to the tortoises. I wish I could have been there when they let you into the enclosures. I'm sure not a good practice nowadays with the threat of possible disease transmission. I've been in an Aldabra tortoise enclosure and that was a thrill.

Manville,

That is the second time I've seen it. Amazing. The male is really vocal too. You can hear him from several yards away.

[MrT]

I was there eons ago, and they had a two headed snake.

That Rhino Viper is really bitchin. Great pic. GQ.

Ern

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Did you say two headed snake? I don't know if they still have that two headed corn snake, but they have a two headed cal king right now. Here is the picture I took today. Not a great pic so I didn't post it the first time. Thanks for the comments!

[atavuss]

where you able to watch the komodos eat? I lucked out and was there when it was feeding time. the keeper would toss whole rats and the dragons would swallow them whole! I forgot how many rats the dragons ate, but it was easily two or three.
Ed