Don't Pick Your Nose In Public -
Someone Is Probably Watching
Like some fool with a camera....
This is a Western Lowland Gorilla and her baby that I photographed at the San Diego Zoo in December 2009. She was a bit preoccupied...
The zoo's first two gorillas arrived in 1931. The first gorilla to be born at the zoo, was Alvila, a female, born in 1965. She is still there, and this is probably one of her daughters.
In 1915, San Diego celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal by hosting the Panama California Exposition. Many species of animals were brought in as exhibits, and were scattered around Balboa Park. The animals were abandoned when the exposition ended, and Dr. Harry M. Wegeforth stepped in and founded the Zoological Society of San Diego. In 1921 one hundred+ acres within the park were set aside for the zoo.
The San Diego Zoo now houses over 4,000 animals of over 800 species, and more than 700,000 exotic plants.
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