zoo inspiration
01.11.08 | travel &
escapes
if you love the discovery channel, buy this:
planet earth the dvd
series.
we are only 23 minutes into it and i can safely say, UN-FRICKEN-BELEEEIVABLE. top favs so far: high-speed cameras documenting great white sharks eating a fur seal.... completely out of the water! time-lapse of seasons changing from space. you have to watch it to believe it. you'll laugh. you'll cry. you'll be amazed.
second favorite: the six plume bird of paradise, cleans the forest floor before dances for his prospective mate.
my wife's comment: "wish men did that."
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we love our denver zoo pass. today, my mom flew in for a bit of skiing. we hit up destination #1: the denver zoo.
here are two of my favorite images today that are pitiful in comparison to the videography of the aforementioned dvd.
the calm sadness to the reality of a zoo:
this lioness could kill me in a millasecond:
we are only 23 minutes into it and i can safely say, UN-FRICKEN-BELEEEIVABLE. top favs so far: high-speed cameras documenting great white sharks eating a fur seal.... completely out of the water! time-lapse of seasons changing from space. you have to watch it to believe it. you'll laugh. you'll cry. you'll be amazed.
second favorite: the six plume bird of paradise, cleans the forest floor before dances for his prospective mate.
my wife's comment: "wish men did that."
___
we love our denver zoo pass. today, my mom flew in for a bit of skiing. we hit up destination #1: the denver zoo.
here are two of my favorite images today that are pitiful in comparison to the videography of the aforementioned dvd.
the calm sadness to the reality of a zoo:
this lioness could kill me in a millasecond: