Some funky-ass duck

There are some really great spots at +Taronga Zoo for getting really close to the birds, i could get so close I could almost knock them birds of the perch 😉

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Casey

The Sea Lion.

Chaos, my 4 year old spent a good 20 minutes talking to Casey, she discussed everything from the necklace she was wearing thru to the fact she was inviting Casey to her birthday party – note thats kinda true since for her 5 birthday she is staying overnight at +Taronga Zoo for 'Roar and Snore'

This is as close to a sea lion as I will ever get..and quite frankly ever wanna get 🙂

out of 15 odd shots this was the best, alot of luck just getting right light and being square to the very very thick bit of glass.

Great job btw the +Taronga Zoo

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The Devil

There are a number of advantages of having kids, yes contrary to popular belief there are some 🙂 one such advantage for me, is that get to go to the zoo on a disturbingly regular basis, normal i do not even bother with a camera, since most time is spent carrying someone, however this time I did.
Tassie devils are very cool and to see them in the open, even at a zoo is pretty rare, i have only seen one in the wild, near cradle mountain in tassie on the side of the road hissing at us as we drove by 🙂
This guy was sunbaking and as we entered (being the first for the day: ) ) and at the first sign of us went off and hid 🙂

Its also great to hear +San Diego Zoo has taken several onboard in the US, especially given then threaten nature of this species in tassie (facial tumors- cancer)

+Jay Patel, sorry for missing the hangout, i was at least doing something photography related 🙂

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+Australia
member of www.besttopphotographer.com +Best Top Photographer Group ,+Rinus Bakker , +BTP Daily Highlight , +BTP Editor's Choice (Best Top Photographer's page)
+Wildlife Wednesdays curated by +Mike Spinak , +Morkel Erasmus
+Threatened Thursday curated by +Diego Cattaneo +Sumit Sen +Sandy Schepis +Anette Mossbacher
+Furry Friday curated by +Ross Campbell
+ShowYourBestWork by +Britta Rogge & +Rita Gijbels
+HQSP Animals curated by +Joe Urbz , +Marina Versaci , +Nicole Best
+Whole Wildlife Week curated by +Sandy Schepis , +Dick Whitlock . +Anette Mossbacher and +Diego Cattaneo
+BTP Animal Pro curated by +Rinus Bakker