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Taiping Zoo 11/9/2009
So many times I have visited my favourite Taiping, but never the Zoo!

This time I decided to have a look, and it was a pleasant surprise.
It was also a good opportunity to test my new Nikon D5000.

Just a few pictures.

Leopard cats
 

Chimpanzee
 

Starlings
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Gibbon
 

Gibbon family
 

Gibbon with young
 

So beautiful
 

Pigtail Macaque
 

Long-tailed Macaque
 

Samba Deer
 

Barred Eagle-owl
 

Wild boar
 

and his relatives
 

Lion
 

Otters
 

Black-crowned Night-heron
 

Even nesting
 

Spoonbills
 

Sun Bear
 

Egret
 

Flamingos
 

Sleeping crane
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The Garden of Eden
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Dromedary
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Casuaris
 

Rhinoceros
 

Seladang
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Hippopotamus
 

Elephants
 

wrote on Sep 13, 2009:
In what way(s) was it a pleasant surprise?

Kwai Loh wrote on Sep 13, 2009:
I was expecting a very old-fashioned zoo, with animals in (small) cages. But they have tried their best to create 'natural' environments for the animals. And it was very quiet, no screaming school children running around.

Liz wrote on Sep 13, 2009:
Great photos, you must be happy with the camera.

Liz wrote on Sep 13, 2009:
I'm glad to see there are no photos of orang utans or gorillas, after all the controversy.
http://redapes.org/zoos/malaysias-taiping-zoo-caught-red-handed-again/

wrote on Sep 13, 2009:
Hi "Dexter" junior. Congrats you have seen the monkeys in Taiping at last!

Kwai Loh wrote on Sep 13, 2009:
Dexter JUNIOR...? I think I would like to reincarnate as a gibbon.

wrote on Sep 13, 2009:
Great pics Jan... :)

Liz wrote on Sep 13, 2009:
Except there's no grass, no bushes, no shrubs, no natural habitat!

wrote on Sep 14, 2009:
What about the chimp? S/he looks pretty forlorn to me.

Kwai Loh wrote on Sep 14, 2009:
Maybe s/he was thinking about the meaning of life?
Ok, ok, don't misunderstand me, keeping these animals in captivity is not good, but the conditions could have been worse.

wrote on Sep 14, 2009:
hello, you're out of time. jan had been associating with taiping 'monkeys' all this while. ;) /stephen

wrote on Sep 14, 2009:
Zoos tend not to be only a controversial issue, but also an emotional one. :)

wrote on Sep 14, 2009:
that's an interesting 'blue' starling. /stephen

wrote on Sep 14, 2009:
it's not named george by any chance? ;0 /stephen

wrote on Sep 14, 2009:
from the pairings, more like the ark just 'landed' /stephen

wrote on Sep 14, 2009:
from its condition, looks more like doom's day for it. /stephen

wrote on Sep 14, 2009:
is this one as friendly as awang, the seladang in zoo negara, kl (wonder if it is still there)? in the days i used to frequent zoo negara, i never failed to give its snout a rub and was always rewarded by a furry lick. /stephen

wrote on Sep 15, 2009:
Waah.. So many bird photos and close up too.

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