| Small is a relative term. This Visayan warty pig is not that
small. The zoo has a wide variety of pigs and pig-like creatures. |  |
 | Obviously related is
this Chacoan peccary although I could be completely wrong. They all look
equally ugly! |
| This isn't a pig but a rodent. Capybaras are the world's largest
rodents. |  |
 | Even odder is this
La Plata three-banded
armadillo running madly around its enclosure. I finally managed to freeze
its movement with the flash. |
| These sleepy dog-like creatures are called fossa. They were
snoozing inside what looked like a hollowed out tree. |  |
 | Always photogenic are
the meerkats. One always seemed to be on guard and they look so comical. |
| Some of the monkeys share cages with these African spotted necked otters.
There are a number of different sorts of otters here - they are obviously another
of the zoo's specialities. |  |
 | This tiny nocturnal marsupial
lives in a house where night and day have been reversed so they are active
when the visitors are there. To the naked eye the cage appears empty but with the marvels of
computer enhancement of digital photos we can see this tiny mouse-like
creature. This is almost life size! Next door is an enclosure containing
kiwis, which are also nocturnal, but we couldn't see any on either visit. |
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